Gunnar Henderson 2021

[survivedc]

Jeez, not sure if this is a thread about Gunnar Henderson and the merits of calling him up, or an opportunity to take pot shots at the old management and turn every success of theirs into successes that happened in spite of them.

[sportsfan8703]

With the draft coming up it’ll be hard to pass on Leiter or Rucker, but we could have our own Bregman/Correa combo with Gunnar/Meyer, Lawler, House. That would be nice. 
 

I know we’re down on the MLB team and this season, but Elias has a chance to have a big day this upcoming draft. 

[bpilktree]

0-5 and 5 k’s yikes.  

[joelala]

So much for that promotion. 

[ChuckS]

1 hour ago, bpilktree said:

0-5 and 5 k’s yikes.  

Channeling his inner Chris Davis. 

[ChosenOne21]

It's a bad game. I hear Babe Ruth had some of those

[OriolesMagic83]

16 hours ago, joelala said:

So much for that promotion. 

Make that a demotion! 

[Aglets]

3 hours ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

Make that a demotion! 

Guess they benched him today as punishment to think about what he did.

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, Aglets said:

Guess they benched him today as punishment to think about what he did.

Probably trying to trade him.  Maybe some other team hasn't seen the boxscore.

[joelala]

1 hour ago, Can_of_corn said:

Probably trying to trade him.  Maybe some other team hasn't seen the boxscore.

We’ve given him too many at bats and he’s clearly injured now as a result. 

[OriolesMagic83]

50 minutes ago, joelala said:

We’ve given him too many at bats and he’s clearly injured now as a result. 

Missed the chance to trade him at his peak value!

[Three Run Homer]

On 6/5/2021 at 7:49 AM, sportsfan8703 said:

With the draft coming up it’ll be hard to pass on Leiter or Rucker, but we could have our own Bregman/Correa combo with Gunnar/Meyer, Lawler, House. That would be nice. 
 

I know we’re down on the MLB team and this season, but Elias has a chance to have a big day this upcoming draft. 

I've read that House is more likely to wind up as a 3B, and I suspect that's also true of Gunnar.  It would be great if we could get a blue-chipper who is likely to stay at SS.  Meyer and Lawler may both be gone at pick 5.  I see that Kahlil Watson is climbing up the mock draft boards; I don't know if he is considered a true SS.  I would rather take one of the top pitchers (Leiter, Rocker, Jobe) than Matt McClain, the top college shortstop.    

 

[OriolesMagic83]

4 hours ago, Three Run Homer said:

I've read that House is more likely to wind up as a 3B, and I suspect that's also true of Gunnar.  It would be great if we could get a blue-chipper who is likely to stay at SS.  Meyer and Lawler may both be gone at pick 5.  I see that Kahlil Watson is climbing up the mock draft boards; I don't know if he is considered a true SS.  I would rather take one of the top pitchers (Leiter, Rocker, Jobe) than Matt McClain, the top college shortstop.    

 

What about Westburg, does he look like he could stay at SS?

[Aristotelian]

6 hours ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

What about Westburg, does he look like he could stay at SS?

If not Westburg, Joey Ortiz has stepped up his hitting, and we haven't seen what Maikol Hernandez can do. We've got some interesting options.

[7Mo]

11 hours ago, Three Run Homer said:

I've read that House is more likely to wind up as a 3B, and I suspect that's also true of Gunnar.  It would be great if we could get a blue-chipper who is likely to stay at SS.  Meyer and Lawler may both be gone at pick 5.  I see that Kahlil Watson is climbing up the mock draft boards; I don't know if he is considered a true SS.  I would rather take one of the top pitchers (Leiter, Rocker, Jobe) than Matt McClain, the top college shortstop.    

 

I checked on Watson this weekend. Some stuff suggests he'll wind up at 2B but it depends on how he develops and grows. Henderson has a chance to stay at short. Not sure anyone can be sure until you see how the growth and development affect each player.