EDGEAI
MLBcontact quality barrel edge
20.1% barrel
ELITE BARREL RATE
Published Wednesday, September 16, 2026
James Wood has barrelled 20.1% of his batted balls this season across 580 plate appearances — about 2.68x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 58.1%. He's facing Zack Wheeler, who has allowed 13 home runs in 79.5 innings this season — 1.47 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
695578
player name
James Wood
team
Washington Nationals
matchup
Philadelphia Phillies vs Washington Nationals
headline
20.1% barrel
barrel rate
20.1
hard hit rate
58.1
plate appearances
580
opposing pitcher
Zack Wheeler
opposing pitcher hr9
1.47
detail
James Wood has barrelled 20.1% of his batted balls this season across 580 plate appearances — about 2.68x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 58.1%. He's facing Zack Wheeler, who has allowed 13 home runs in 79.5 innings this season — 1.47 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.
This record was written when the finding was first published and has not been edited since. The numbers and the wording are what our engines produced on the day.