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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

17.1% barrel

Oneil Cruz has barrelled 17.1% of his batted balls this season across 347 plate appearances — about 2.28x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 55.7%. He's facing Yusei Kikuchi, who has allowed 7 home runs in 42.3 innings this season — 1.49 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 5, 2026

Oneil Cruz has barrelled 17.1% of his batted balls this season across 347 plate appearances — about 2.28x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 55.7%. He's facing Yusei Kikuchi, who has allowed 7 home runs in 42.3 innings this season — 1.49 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
Los Angeles Angels vs Pittsburgh Pirates
headline
17.1% barrel
barrel rate
17.1
hard hit rate
55.7
plate appearances
347
opposing pitcher
Yusei Kikuchi
opposing pitcher hr9
1.49
detail
Oneil Cruz has barrelled 17.1% of his batted balls this season across 347 plate appearances — about 2.28x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 55.7%. He's facing Yusei Kikuchi, who has allowed 7 home runs in 42.3 innings this season — 1.49 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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