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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

16.2% barrel

Elly De La Cruz has barrelled 16.2% of his batted balls this season across 581 plate appearances — about 2.16x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 53.5%. He's facing Tarik Skubal, who has allowed 10 home runs in 89.8 innings this season — 1 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 Monday, September 14, 2026

Elly De La Cruz has barrelled 16.2% of his batted balls this season across 581 plate appearances — about 2.16x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 53.5%. He's facing Tarik Skubal, who has allowed 10 home runs in 89.8 innings this season — 1 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
682829
player name
Elly De La Cruz
team
Cincinnati Reds
matchup
Los Angeles Dodgers vs Cincinnati Reds
headline
16.2% barrel
barrel rate
16.2
hard hit rate
53.5
plate appearances
581
opposing pitcher
Tarik Skubal
opposing pitcher hr9
1
detail
Elly De La Cruz has barrelled 16.2% of his batted balls this season across 581 plate appearances — about 2.16x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 53.5%. He's facing Tarik Skubal, who has allowed 10 home runs in 89.8 innings this season — 1 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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