Gunnar Henderson 2022

[RZNJ]

1 hour ago, Getz said:

From a lefty!

That ought to help his splits against LHP.  Didn't look like he was looking for a walk either.  Haha

[seak05]

59 minutes ago, jabba72 said:

Gunnar watch...Hes up next.

He's playing 3B tonight But ihave no idea if the rotation is still in play. We should maybe get a clearer picture of that in Norfolk but then  mayb the O's are fine playing Gunnar at two different positions in the pros. 

Elias was asked about this on the MLB broadcast last night. He said they view both Gunnar and Jordan as SS and they'll both continue to play there. However as they don't know about the MLB roster makeup when they arrive, they want them to have positional flexibility...and that MLB is constantly shifting now anyways, so positions matter less.

That said, he views Gunnar as a left side of the field player SS/3B, while Jordan they see as more 2b/SS/3B

[Sports Guy]

17 minutes ago, SteveA said:

In Nashville of all places.   Which brother lives there now?   Wonder if he is in the house?

Lol..John Angelos probably doesn’t know who Gunnar Henderson is.

[Can_of_corn]

3 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

Lol..John Angelos probably doesn’t know who Gunnar Henderson is.

Or that Norfolk is in Nashville.

[Tony-OH]

2 hours ago, Getz said:

From a lefty!

Exactly.. Really nice to see a legitimate breakout impact player.

[Tony-OH]

36 minutes ago, RZNJ said:

That ought to help his splits against LHP.  Didn't look like he was looking for a walk either.  Haha

Is that some kind of snide comment towards what I said he was doing in Bowie. Please remember, just because a guy hits a home run does not change what he WAS doing at a previous level. I realize it usually only takes one good game or even one at bat to make you break out your orange and black pom poms, but try not makeking dumb comments towards stuff I've said before because you just make yourself look foolish.

How about you just enjoy the kid's run instead of trying to make snide remarks that have no bearing on what happened.

[RZNJ]

15 minutes ago, Tony-OH said:

Is that some kind of snide comment towards what I said he was doing in Bowie. Please remember, just because a guy hits a home run does not change what he WAS doing at a previous level. I realize it usually only takes one good game or even one at bat to make you break out your orange and black pom poms, but try not makeking dumb comments towards stuff I've said before because you just make yourself look foolish.

How about you just enjoy the kid's run instead of trying to make snide remarks that have no bearing on what happened.

Where's your sense of humor, Tony?  He had like a .198 OPS against LHP's this year and you did say it looked like he was not looking to do damage against them.  It's only 1 AB, but he certainly did some damage on that pitch.  

 

[SteveA]

And he makes a highlight play as well...

 

[oldfan]

Rounding the bases he has that easy glide of a good athlete, he looks the part.

[Aristotelian]

1 hour ago, SteveA said:

And he makes a highlight play as well...

 

Honestly that defense is more exciting than the homer. 

[Filmstudy]

5 hours ago, seak05 said:

Really tough opening night for Gunnar. Interested to see how he does against Small who is both very very good, and left handed

(and much older then Gunnar)

That interested me as well.  Small is a terrific prospect who has dominated everywhere in the minors and was a former #1 pick of the Brewers.

[sportsfan8703]

6 hours ago, SteveA said:

And he makes a highlight play as well...

 

So when do we start comparing him to Manny?  What this guy is doing this year is incredible and he’s doing it at 20. He’s out there stealing bases too. 

[maybenxtyr]

10 hours ago, yark14 said:

The energy in that dugout has to be incredible.

It was like that in Delmarva when they were all there.

[Hazmat]

7 hours ago, oldfan said:

Rounding the bases he has that easy glide of a good athlete, he looks the part.

He looks massive.  More muscular and filled out than what I was expecting.

[Can_of_corn]

6 minutes ago, Hazmat said:

He looks massive.  More muscular and filled out than what I was expecting.

Yep, he looks very large for a Shortstop.