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MLBcontact quality barrel edge
15.9% barrel
ELITE BARREL RATE
Published Monday, September 21, 2026
Eduardo Valencia has barrelled 15.9% of his batted balls this season across 111 plate appearances — about 2.12x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 47.6%. 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
Washington Nationals vs Detroit Tigers
headline
15.9% barrel
barrel rate
15.9
hard hit rate
47.6
plate appearances
111
detail
Eduardo Valencia has barrelled 15.9% of his batted balls this season across 111 plate appearances — about 2.12x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 47.6%. 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.