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MLBcontact quality barrel edge
16.9% barrel
ELITE BARREL RATE
Published Tuesday, September 15, 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%. 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
Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
headline
16.9% barrel
barrel rate
16.9
hard hit rate
43.7
plate appearances
100
opposing pitcher
Braydon Fisher
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%. 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.
This record was written when the finding was first published and has not been edited since. The numbers and the wording are what our engines produced on the day.