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16.7% barrel
Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 16.7% of his batted balls this season across 114 plate appearances — about 2.23x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 43.6%. 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.
Published Thursday, August 27, 2026
Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 16.7% of his batted balls this season across 114 plate appearances — about 2.23x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 43.6%. 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.
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