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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

17.2% barrel

Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 17.2% of his batted balls this season across 136 plate appearances — about 2.29x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 40.9%. He's facing Jake Bennett, who has allowed 6 home runs in 86.1 innings this season — 0.63 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 Thursday, September 3, 2026

Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 17.2% of his batted balls this season across 136 plate appearances — about 2.29x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 40.9%. He's facing Jake Bennett, who has allowed 6 home runs in 86.1 innings this season — 0.63 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
Boston Red Sox vs Baltimore Orioles
headline
17.2% barrel
barrel rate
17.2
hard hit rate
40.9
plate appearances
136
opposing pitcher
Jake Bennett
opposing pitcher hr9
0.63
detail
Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 17.2% of his batted balls this season across 136 plate appearances — about 2.29x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 40.9%. He's facing Jake Bennett, who has allowed 6 home runs in 86.1 innings this season — 0.63 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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