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Drake Baldwin's 2026 barrel rate is 18.6%. That ranks in the top ten leaguewide, ranked #10 of 402 qualified hitters. Source: Baseball Savant Statcast, refreshed nightly by Legends Deck.
Barrel rate (also called barrel percentage or barrel%) is the percentage of a hitter's batted balls that fall into the "barrel" zone — a combination of exit velocity and launch angle that historically produces a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage. A barrel requires at least 98 mph exit velocity paired with a launch angle window that opens wider as velocity climbs. This is the cleanest single metric for elite power contact quality, separating hitters who merely hit the ball hard from those who hit it hard in the air.
Barrel rate is one of the stickiest year-over-year Statcast stats for hitters, which makes it a stronger forecaster than raw HR/AB. Elite hitters typically post barrel rates above 10%; league average is around 6%. This board surfaces the hitters most likely to sustain power production regardless of batted-ball luck.