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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

16.1% barrel

Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 16.1% of his batted balls this season across 127 plate appearances — about 2.15x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 41.4%. He's facing Tanner Gordon, who has allowed 8 home runs in 35.1 innings this season — 2.05 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 31, 2026

Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 16.1% of his batted balls this season across 127 plate appearances — about 2.15x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 41.4%. He's facing Tanner Gordon, who has allowed 8 home runs in 35.1 innings this season — 2.05 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
Baltimore Orioles vs Colorado Rockies
headline
16.1% barrel
barrel rate
16.1
hard hit rate
41.4
plate appearances
127
opposing pitcher
Tanner Gordon
opposing pitcher hr9
2.05
detail
Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 16.1% of his batted balls this season across 127 plate appearances — about 2.15x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 41.4%. He's facing Tanner Gordon, who has allowed 8 home runs in 35.1 innings this season — 2.05 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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