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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

17% barrel

Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 17% of his batted balls this season across 163 plate appearances — about 2.27x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 39.6%. He's facing Max Scherzer, who has allowed 13 home runs in 60.8 innings this season — 1.92 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 Friday, September 11, 2026

Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 17% of his batted balls this season across 163 plate appearances — about 2.27x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 39.6%. He's facing Max Scherzer, who has allowed 13 home runs in 60.8 innings this season — 1.92 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 Toronto Blue Jays
headline
17% barrel
barrel rate
17
hard hit rate
39.6
plate appearances
163
opposing pitcher
Max Scherzer
opposing pitcher hr9
1.92
detail
Christian Encarnacion-Strand has barrelled 17% of his batted balls this season across 163 plate appearances — about 2.27x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 39.6%. He's facing Max Scherzer, who has allowed 13 home runs in 60.8 innings this season — 1.92 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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