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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

17.2% barrel

Oneil Cruz has barrelled 17.2% of his batted balls this season across 334 plate appearances — about 2.29x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 56%. He's facing Blade Tidwell, who has allowed 4 home runs in 24.5 innings this season — 1.47 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 Thursday, September 3, 2026

Oneil Cruz has barrelled 17.2% of his batted balls this season across 334 plate appearances — about 2.29x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 56%. He's facing Blade Tidwell, who has allowed 4 home runs in 24.5 innings this season — 1.47 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
665833
player name
Oneil Cruz
team
Pittsburgh Pirates
matchup
San Francisco Giants vs Pittsburgh Pirates
headline
17.2% barrel
barrel rate
17.2
hard hit rate
56
plate appearances
334
opposing pitcher
Blade Tidwell
opposing pitcher hr9
1.47
detail
Oneil Cruz has barrelled 17.2% of his batted balls this season across 334 plate appearances — about 2.29x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 56%. He's facing Blade Tidwell, who has allowed 4 home runs in 24.5 innings this season — 1.47 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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