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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

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.

THE NUMBERS

angle
barrel_edge
player id
670541
player name
Yordan Alvarez
team
Houston Astros
matchup
Athletics vs Houston Astros
headline
17.4% barrel
barrel rate
17.4
hard hit rate
53.7
plate appearances
561
opposing pitcher
Brady Basso
detail
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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