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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

19.8% barrel

Esmerlyn Valdez has barrelled 19.8% of his batted balls this season across 269 plate appearances — about 2.64x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 48.4%. He's facing Ryan Johnson, who has allowed 14 home runs in 65.7 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 4, 2026

Esmerlyn Valdez has barrelled 19.8% of his batted balls this season across 269 plate appearances — about 2.64x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 48.4%. He's facing Ryan Johnson, who has allowed 14 home runs in 65.7 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
699013
player name
Esmerlyn Valdez
team
Pittsburgh Pirates
matchup
Los Angeles Angels vs Pittsburgh Pirates
headline
19.8% barrel
barrel rate
19.8
hard hit rate
48.4
plate appearances
269
opposing pitcher
Ryan Johnson
opposing pitcher hr9
1.92
detail
Esmerlyn Valdez has barrelled 19.8% of his batted balls this season across 269 plate appearances — about 2.64x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 48.4%. He's facing Ryan Johnson, who has allowed 14 home runs in 65.7 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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