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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

21.7% barrel

Esmerlyn Valdez has barrelled 21.7% of his batted balls this season across 247 plate appearances — about 2.89x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 49.6%. He's facing Randy Vásquez, who has allowed 12 home runs in 70.8 innings this season — 1.53 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, August 26, 2026

Esmerlyn Valdez has barrelled 21.7% of his batted balls this season across 247 plate appearances — about 2.89x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 49.6%. He's facing Randy Vásquez, who has allowed 12 home runs in 70.8 innings this season — 1.53 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
699013
player name
Esmerlyn Valdez
team
Pittsburgh Pirates
matchup
Pittsburgh Pirates vs San Diego Padres
headline
21.7% barrel
barrel rate
21.7
hard hit rate
49.6
plate appearances
247
opposing pitcher
Randy Vásquez
opposing pitcher hr9
1.53
detail
Esmerlyn Valdez has barrelled 21.7% of his batted balls this season across 247 plate appearances — about 2.89x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 49.6%. He's facing Randy Vásquez, who has allowed 12 home runs in 70.8 innings this season — 1.53 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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