Gunnar Henderson 2021

[MurphDogg]

7 minutes ago, Getz said:

Another homer from Gunnar today. Him and Westburg need to be promoted.

Oppo again!

 

 

[Getz]

3 minutes ago, MurphDogg said:

Oppo again!

 

 

It really looks like a replay

[Pickles]

Slow bat.

[Just Regular]

He and Cannon were tied for league lead with 4 HR; now he has it all to himself.

Delmarva's 109 runs scored entering tonight league high.   The 0-15 Fred Nats have 39.   

Lynchburg looks like the other best team in the league and they match up next week.    Maybe after Lynchburg week we get some movement.

[joelala]

FWIW, Jonathan Mayo, whom was on Glen Clark radio this week, is extremely bullish on Henderson and seems to think he’ll stick at SS. Said he’s inside his top 50 prospects in baseball right now, and seemed to be tentatively even higher on him than that. 
 

Very exciting. 

[Three Run Homer]

16 hours ago, Pickles said:

Slow bat.

Are you saying that just because he's hitting opposite field home runs?

[Pickles]

6 hours ago, Three Run Homer said:

Are you saying that just because he's hitting opposite field home runs?

Facetiously, yes.  

 

[ShoelesJoe]

3-4 with 5 RBI tonight.

Ho Hum. 

[ShoelesJoe]

Remembering back to the weeks leading up to the 2019 draft how many of us were hoping that pitcher Seth Johnson would still be available for us to grab with the 42nd pick in the second round. Luke was especially bullish on him, if I recall. But the Rays grabbed Johnson at #40, and we settled for Gunnar. 
 

Seth Johnson is pitching in Low A with an ERA of 10 and a WHIP of 3. Yes, the Rays have a great farm system, but currently he’s not among their top 30 prospects. Meanwhile Gunnar Henderson is two years younger at the same professional level, is hitting the snot out of the ball, and is considered one of the top 100 prospects in the game. 

[Can_of_corn]

57 minutes ago, ShoelesJoe said:

3-4 with 5 RBI tonight.

Ho Hum. 

He manage to pull anything?

[Can_of_corn]

This looks like someone "forcing a promotion".  If he keeps it up how much longer does he stay at this level?

[Just Regular]

Delmarva's run differential is 2nd in the league, 30-ish better than everyone else except Lynchburg, who is ~15 better than them.    Yes I am reacting to a 3-week Low-A sample, but I can accept Delmarva keeping its Boy Man Among Boys for the showdown.   Informal league championship before multl-level/year guys start their in-season climbs.   I have gotten to the point where nightly I expect to see Delmarva scoring runs like the '27 Yankees.

I would guess this position player group has some Koby fingerprints on it from doing work a few years ago:

Catchers (click column headers to sort)

#	Name	Pos	Bat	Thw	Ht	Wt	DOB	Status	MLB 40-man
8	Yainer Diaz	C	R	R	6' 0"	195	09-21-1998	Active	No
20	Andres Melendez	C	R	R	5' 10"	150	05-21-2001	Active	No
31	Eric Rodriguez	C	R	R	6' 1"	188	07-28-1998	Active	No

Infielders (click column headers to sort)

#	Name	Pos	Bat	Thw	Ht	Wt	DOB	Status	MLB 40-man
44	Will Bartlett	1B	R	R	6' 3"	215	02-02-2001	Active	No
12	Christian Cairo	2B	R	R	5' 8"	170	06-11-2001	Active	No
13	Angel Martinez	2B	S	R	6' 0"	165	01-27-2002	Active	No
29	Jhonkensy Noel	3B	R	R	6' 1"	180	07-15-2001	Active	No
2	Gabriel Rodriguez	SS	R	R	6' 2"	162	02-22-2002	Active	No
7	Yordys Valdes	SS	S	R	6' 0"	170	08-16-2001	Active	No

Outfielders (click column headers to sort)

#	Name	Pos	Bat	Thw	Ht	Wt	DOB	Status	MLB 40-man
25	Julian Escobedo	CF	L	L	5' 11"	190	06-10-1998	7-day IL	No
47	Cody Farhat	CF	R	R	6' 1"	185	09-26-1996	Active	No
15	Korey Holland	CF	R	R	5' 11"	170	01-01-2000	Active	No
	Miguel Jerez	LF	R	R	6' 1"	178	10-24-1997	7-day IL	No
33	Alexfri Planez	CF	R	R	6' 2"	180	08-17-2001	Active	No
37	Micah Pries	RF	L	R	6' 4"	190	02-27-1998	Active	No
32	Johnathan Rodriguez	RF	R	R	6' 3"	180	11-04-1999	Active	No

[panick]

I see that Henderson now has 4 errors. Is that because he is switching back and forth between SS and 3B, or because of the notoriously bad minor league infields that I have read about?

[seak05]

1 hour ago, panick said:

I see that Henderson now has 4 errors. Is that because he is switching back and forth between SS and 3B, or because of the notoriously bad minor league infields that I have read about?

I don't know, but I was going to ask about his defense. 

With all the shifting they now do at the Major League level, it probably helps to be able to play all the infield positions, at least somewhat, so the switching should help with that 

[Moose Milligan]

14 hours ago, Can_of_corn said:

This looks like someone "forcing a promotion".  If he keeps it up how much longer does he stay at this level?

I'd say July.

That's a little over a month away, it'll be here before we know it.  See if he cools off at all or if he's really just crushing this level and ready to move up.