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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 104 plate appearances — about 2.35x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 40.5%. 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 Wednesday, August 26, 2026

Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 17.6% of his batted balls this season across 104 plate appearances — about 2.35x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 40.5%. 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
Baltimore Orioles vs St. Louis Cardinals
headline
17.6% barrel
barrel rate
17.6
hard hit rate
40.5
plate appearances
104
detail
Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 17.6% of his batted balls this season across 104 plate appearances — about 2.35x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 40.5%. 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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