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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

16.9% barrel

Eduardo Valencia has barrelled 16.9% of his batted balls this season across 100 plate appearances — about 2.25x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 43.7%. He's facing Gabriel Hughes, who has allowed 5 home runs in 53.4 innings this season — 0.84 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

Eduardo Valencia has barrelled 16.9% of his batted balls this season across 100 plate appearances — about 2.25x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 43.7%. He's facing Gabriel Hughes, who has allowed 5 home runs in 53.4 innings this season — 0.84 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
680664
player name
Eduardo Valencia
team
Detroit Tigers
matchup
Colorado Rockies vs Detroit Tigers
headline
16.9% barrel
barrel rate
16.9
hard hit rate
43.7
plate appearances
100
opposing pitcher
Gabriel Hughes
opposing pitcher hr9
0.84
detail
Eduardo Valencia has barrelled 16.9% of his batted balls this season across 100 plate appearances — about 2.25x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 43.7%. He's facing Gabriel Hughes, who has allowed 5 home runs in 53.4 innings this season — 0.84 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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