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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

20.9% barrel

Aaron Judge has barrelled 20.9% of his batted balls this season across 268 plate appearances — about 2.79x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 57.4%. He's facing Zac Thornton, who has allowed 11 home runs in 65.4 innings this season — 1.51 per nine. A barrel is contact at the exit velocity and launch angle that produces home runs, so this measures the contact itself rather than the results it has produced so far.

Published Saturday, September 12, 2026

Aaron Judge has barrelled 20.9% of his batted balls this season across 268 plate appearances — about 2.79x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 57.4%. He's facing Zac Thornton, who has allowed 11 home runs in 65.4 innings this season — 1.51 per nine. A barrel is contact at the exit velocity and launch angle that produces home runs, so this measures the contact itself rather than the results it has produced so far.

THE NUMBERS

angle
barrel_edge
player id
592450
player name
Aaron Judge
team
New York Yankees
matchup
New York Mets vs New York Yankees
headline
20.9% barrel
barrel rate
20.9
hard hit rate
57.4
plate appearances
268
opposing pitcher
Zac Thornton
opposing pitcher hr9
1.51
detail
Aaron Judge has barrelled 20.9% of his batted balls this season across 268 plate appearances — about 2.79x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 57.4%. He's facing Zac Thornton, who has allowed 11 home runs in 65.4 innings this season — 1.51 per nine. A barrel is contact at the exit velocity and launch angle that produces home runs, so this measures the contact itself rather than the results it has produced so far.

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