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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

17.4% barrel

Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 17.4% of his batted balls this season across 132 plate appearances — about 2.32x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 41.3%. He's facing Tomoyuki Sugano, who has allowed 18 home runs in 76.8 innings this season — 2.11 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 Wednesday, September 2, 2026

Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 17.4% of his batted balls this season across 132 plate appearances — about 2.32x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 41.3%. He's facing Tomoyuki Sugano, who has allowed 18 home runs in 76.8 innings this season — 2.11 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
17.4% barrel
barrel rate
17.4
hard hit rate
41.3
plate appearances
132
opposing pitcher
Tomoyuki Sugano
opposing pitcher hr9
2.11
detail
Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 17.4% of his batted balls this season across 132 plate appearances — about 2.32x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 41.3%. He's facing Tomoyuki Sugano, who has allowed 18 home runs in 76.8 innings this season — 2.11 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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