Barrel up

To “barrel up” in baseball, hit a pitch hard with the bat’s sweet spot. A “barrel” is a batted ball with equivalent exit velocity and launch angle that has a minimum.500 batting average, 1.500 slugging. Barreled balls must have an exit velocity of at least 98 mph and from 26 to 30-degree launch angle. Barrels are more effective in producing hits, especially extra-base hits, than non-barrels.