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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

17.1% barrel

Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 17.1% of his batted balls this season across 153 plate appearances — about 2.28x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 40%. He's facing Tanner Bibee, who has allowed 13 home runs in 87.7 innings this season — 1.33 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 Tuesday, September 8, 2026

Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 17.1% of his batted balls this season across 153 plate appearances — about 2.28x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 40%. He's facing Tanner Bibee, who has allowed 13 home runs in 87.7 innings this season — 1.33 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
Cleveland Guardians vs Baltimore Orioles
headline
17.1% barrel
barrel rate
17.1
hard hit rate
40
plate appearances
153
opposing pitcher
Tanner Bibee
opposing pitcher hr9
1.33
detail
Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 17.1% of his batted balls this season across 153 plate appearances — about 2.28x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 40%. He's facing Tanner Bibee, who has allowed 13 home runs in 87.7 innings this season — 1.33 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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