EDGEAI
MLBcontact quality barrel edge
17.6% barrel
ELITE BARREL RATE
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2026
Eduardo Valencia has barrelled 17.6% of his batted balls this season across 100 plate appearances — about 2.35x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 44.6%. He's facing Max Scherzer, who has allowed 14 home runs in 65.8 innings this season — 1.91 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
Detroit Tigers vs Toronto Blue Jays
headline
17.6% barrel
barrel rate
17.6
hard hit rate
44.6
plate appearances
100
opposing pitcher
Max Scherzer
opposing pitcher hr9
1.91
detail
Eduardo Valencia has barrelled 17.6% of his batted balls this season across 100 plate appearances — about 2.35x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 44.6%. He's facing Max Scherzer, who has allowed 14 home runs in 65.8 innings this season — 1.91 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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