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21.2% barrel
Esmerlyn Valdez has barrelled 21.2% of his batted balls this season across 251 plate appearances — about 2.83x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 48.3%. 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, August 28, 2026
Esmerlyn Valdez has barrelled 21.2% of his batted balls this season across 251 plate appearances — about 2.83x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 48.3%. 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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