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17.4% barrel
Yordan Alvarez has barrelled 17.4% of his batted balls this season across 561 plate appearances — about 2.32x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 53.7%. 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 Monday, August 24, 2026
Yordan Alvarez has barrelled 17.4% of his batted balls this season across 561 plate appearances — about 2.32x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 53.7%. 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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