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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

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.

THE NUMBERS

angle
barrel_edge
player id
699013
player name
Esmerlyn Valdez
team
Pittsburgh Pirates
matchup
Pittsburgh Pirates vs St. Louis Cardinals
headline
21.2% barrel
barrel rate
21.2
hard hit rate
48.3
plate appearances
251
opposing pitcher
Quinn Mathews
detail
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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