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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

16.9% barrel

Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 16.9% of his batted balls this season across 118 plate appearances — about 2.25x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 43.4%. 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 Saturday, August 29, 2026

Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 16.9% of his batted balls this season across 118 plate appearances — about 2.25x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 43.4%. 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 Athletics
headline
16.9% barrel
barrel rate
16.9
hard hit rate
43.4
plate appearances
118
detail
Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 16.9% of his batted balls this season across 118 plate appearances — about 2.25x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 43.4%. 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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