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Balls with Recorded Speed and Angle Allowed 2026

Balls that have both a usable speed and angle measurement. These are the balls used to calculate barrel percentage. For pitchers, this measures contact by opposing hitters. Calculated by MLBDB from recorded game measurements.

Season

All players with a recorded value; no minimum workload filter. Data through September 27, 2026. Data refreshed Oct 11, 2026, 8:18 AM UTC.

No. 1 / Balls with Recorded Speed and Angle Allowed / 2026

Sandy Alcantara

MIA

670

Season leader

Balls with Recorded Speed and Angle Allowed2026 season
#	Player	Team	EV+LA balls
1	S. AlcantaraSandy Alcantara	MIA	670
2	M. WachaMichael Wacha	KC	593
3	N. MartinezNick Martinez	TB	584
4	E. RodriguezEduardo Rodriguez	AZ	582
5	C. SánchezCristopher Sánchez	PHI	571
6	T. BibeeTanner Bibee	CLE	567
7	S. LugoSeth Lugo	KC	552
8	S. BazShane Baz	BAL	544
9	G. KirbyGeorge Kirby	SEA	541
10	F. ValdezFramber Valdez	DET	540
11	M. McGreevyMichael McGreevy	STL	537
12	N. CameronNoah Cameron	KC	524
13	T. SuganoTomoyuki Sugano	COL	521
14	K. GausmanKevin Gausman	CHC	517
15	M. KellyMerrill Kelly	AZ	516
16	B. SingerBrady Singer	CIN	511
17	M. KingMichael King	SD	510
18	A. AbbottAndrew Abbott	CIN	508
19	A. PallanteAndre Pallante	STL	508
20	A. NolaAaron Nola	PHI	505
21	F. GriffinFoster Griffin	CLE	505
22	F. PeraltaFreddy Peralta	TB	502
23	P. MessickParker Messick	CLE	500
24	M. GoreMacKenzie Gore	TEX	497
25	T. RogersTrevor Rogers	BAL	496
26	A. KayAnthony Kay	CWS	494
27	J. SorianoJosé Soriano	TOR	492
28	L. GilbertLogan Gilbert	SEA	489
29	S. ImanagaShota Imanaga	CHC	488
30	B. WooBryan Woo	SEA	487
31	L. WebbLogan Webb	SF	479
32	S. GraySonny Gray	BOS	478
33	Y. YamamotoYoshinobu Yamamoto	LAD	476
34	R. DetmersReid Detmers	LAA	474
35	K. MonteroKeider Montero	DET	474
36	R. RayRobbie Ray	SD	474
37	K. FreelandKyle Freeland	COL	468
38	M. LorenzenMichael Lorenzen	TOR	468
39	B. YoungBrandon Young	BAL	466
40	N. McLeanNolan McLean	NYM	465
41	C. SchlittlerCam Schlittler	NYY	463
42	T. BradleyTaj Bradley	MIN	463
43	G. HolmesGrant Holmes	ATL	461
44	M. LiberatoreMatthew Liberatore	STL	460
45	B. ElderBryce Elder	ATL	459
46	S. BurkeSean Burke	CWS	458
47	W. WarrenWill Warren	NYY	458
48	R. VásquezRandy Vásquez	SD	458
49	D. RasmussenDrew Rasmussen	TB	456
50	W. BuehlerWalker Buehler	SD	454

EV+LA balls: Balls that have both a usable speed and angle measurement. These are the balls used to calculate barrel percentage. For pitchers, this measures contact by opposing hitters. Calculated by MLBDB from recorded game measurements.

Understanding Balls with Recorded Speed and Angle Allowed

Season rankings use regular-season records. A player has one combined row across teams; the team label identifies the associated team, not a separate team stint.

Source: MLB statistics and MLBDB derived measures. Formulas describe the measure above. Data refreshed Oct 11, 2026, 8:18 AM UTC.