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MLBcontact quality barrel edge

20.3% barrel

Esmerlyn Valdez has barrelled 20.3% of his batted balls this season across 276 plate appearances — about 2.71x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 48.9%. He's facing Davis Martin, who has allowed 9 home runs in 66.9 innings this season — 1.21 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, September 9, 2026

Esmerlyn Valdez has barrelled 20.3% of his batted balls this season across 276 plate appearances — about 2.71x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 48.9%. He's facing Davis Martin, who has allowed 9 home runs in 66.9 innings this season — 1.21 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 Chicago White Sox
headline
20.3% barrel
barrel rate
20.3
hard hit rate
48.9
plate appearances
276
opposing pitcher
Davis Martin
opposing pitcher hr9
1.21
detail
Esmerlyn Valdez has barrelled 20.3% of his batted balls this season across 276 plate appearances — about 2.71x the league rate of 7.5%. His hard-hit rate is 48.9%. He's facing Davis Martin, who has allowed 9 home runs in 66.9 innings this season — 1.21 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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