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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

16.3% barrel

Oneil Cruz has barrelled 16.3% of his batted balls this season across 375 plate appearances — about 2.17x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 55.4%. He's facing Matthew Boyd, who has allowed 14 home runs in 89.7 innings this season — 1.4 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 Sunday, September 13, 2026

Oneil Cruz has barrelled 16.3% of his batted balls this season across 375 plate appearances — about 2.17x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 55.4%. He's facing Matthew Boyd, who has allowed 14 home runs in 89.7 innings this season — 1.4 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
Pittsburgh Pirates vs Chicago Cubs
headline
16.3% barrel
barrel rate
16.3
hard hit rate
55.4
plate appearances
375
opposing pitcher
Matthew Boyd
opposing pitcher hr9
1.4
detail
Oneil Cruz has barrelled 16.3% of his batted balls this season across 375 plate appearances — about 2.17x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 55.4%. He's facing Matthew Boyd, who has allowed 14 home runs in 89.7 innings this season — 1.4 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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