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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

17.6% barrel

Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 17.6% of his batted balls this season across 101 plate appearances — about 2.35x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 39.7%. He's facing Nick Martinez, who has allowed 14 home runs in 85.9 innings this season — 1.47 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, August 24, 2026

Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 17.6% of his batted balls this season across 101 plate appearances — about 2.35x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 39.7%. He's facing Nick Martinez, who has allowed 14 home runs in 85.9 innings this season — 1.47 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
687952
player name
Christian Encarnacion-Strand
team
Baltimore Orioles
matchup
Tampa Bay Rays vs Baltimore Orioles
headline
17.6% barrel
barrel rate
17.6
hard hit rate
39.7
plate appearances
101
opposing pitcher
Nick Martinez
opposing pitcher hr9
1.47
detail
Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 17.6% of his batted balls this season across 101 plate appearances — about 2.35x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 39.7%. He's facing Nick Martinez, who has allowed 14 home runs in 85.9 innings this season — 1.47 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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