Gunnar Henderson 2024

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, TopGunnar said:

You were to busy thinking about Elly Cruz. What was up with that by the way? 

He's trolling me.

[Moose Milligan]

9 minutes ago, TopGunnar said:

You were to busy thinking about Elly Cruz. What was up with that by the way? 

What was up with what? He’s Jesus in baseball spikes. Statcast God. 107 mph throws across the infield. Most exciting player in the game. Just ask @Can_of_corn

[Ohfan67]

3 hours ago, yark14 said:

Gehrig also rode on trains during road trips and sports medicine didn't really exist.

There were also 28 scheduled double headers in 1938. Hard to compare because the eras were so different. Both streaks clearly super freakish. 

 

p.s. Apparently there were 41 scheduled double headers in 1941, but Gehrig was done by then. 

Edited May 4 by Ohfan67

[Just Regular]

It seems like that could have been one of the highest infield liner snags ever.

[Say O!]

Gunnar’s D has been spectacular this year and firmly cemented his status as the SS of the present and future. 

[AlbNYfan]

7 minutes ago, Say O! said:

Gunnar’s D has been spectacular this year and firmly cemented his status as the SS of the present and future. 

That was a great play, but I was more impressed by Mateo's back-up, turn and throw play.

[Natty]

Gunnar is now leading the AL in Homeruns and tied for the MLB HR lead with 12. 

[baltfan]

Gunnar now has 2 hits (2/53) in all of the losses combined. His batting average is .037.  Of course you would expect his average to be lower in losses but this seems rather extraordinary.  Mountcastle, who I randomly checked is hitting .244 in losses.  Even Mullins, who is barely at .200 overall, is hitting .135 (5/37). 

[OnlyOneOriole]

6 hours ago, baltfan said:

Gunnar now has 2 hits (2/53) in all of the losses combined. His batting average is .037.  Of course you would expect his average to be lower in losses but this seems rather extraordinary.  Mountcastle, who I randomly checked is hitting .244 in losses.  Even Mullins, who is barely at .200 overall, is hitting .135 (5/37). 

Good post.

 

Yeah I have noticed he has been really REALLY cold in almost all of the Os loses.  When he hits the Os seem to win most of the time.

 

When he doesn't hit?  They lose almost all of the time.  Odd to see a team so reliant on one player the Os are with Gunnar.

[Frobby]

12 hours ago, baltfan said:

Gunnar now has 2 hits (2/53) in all of the losses combined. His batting average is .037.  Of course you would expect his average to be lower in losses but this seems rather extraordinary.  Mountcastle, who I randomly checked is hitting .244 in losses.  Even Mullins, who is barely at .200 overall, is hitting .135 (5/37). 

Santander is at .093.  But yeah, that seems really extraordinary.  I assume it won’t come close to holding up over a full season.  Last year, among our players with 100 PA in losses, nobody hit worse than .170 (Mullins).  Gunnar was at .179.   

[interloper]

Eh I think it just highlights how good the pitching has been in those losses. If we lose, it's usually because we are facing someone having an extremely good pitching performance - good enough that Gunnar is shut down. 

[Roy Firestone]

22 hours ago, Natty said:

Gunnar is now leading the AL in Homeruns and tied for the MLB HR lead with 12. 

Aaron Judge is starting to go on a HR run now. 

[clapdiddy]

6 minutes ago, Roy Firestone said:

Aaron Judge is starting to go on a HR run now. 

Yup.   It was only a matter of time.  

[Moose Milligan]

8 minutes ago, clapdiddy said:

Yup.   It was only a matter of time.  

I do believe it's also a matter of time before his toe starts giving him issues or he pulls/strains something else while roaming the outfield.

I like Aaron Judge so I'm not rooting for him to get injured.  It just sucks that he plays for the Yankees but he's a fantastic player and seems like a good dude.  It's overall a net positive for the game of baseball to have someone like that.

He's still certainly dangerous but it wouldn't surprise me if after two seasons of over 1.000 OPS that he's reached his peak and he's entering a decline.  I don't think he'll ever be as bad as Stanton but I do think he's entering a stage of his career where he might be more injury prone.

Of course this is now a reverse lock.

 

[Moshagge3]

25 minutes ago, interloper said:

Eh I think it just highlights how good the pitching has been in those losses. If we lose, it's usually because we are facing someone having an extremely good pitching performance - good enough that Gunnar is shut down. 

It's the opposite of when a couple of years ago ESPN, as I recall, showed a graphic about the Yankees' amazing record in games where Brett Gardner hit a home run. They were trying to make it sound like Gardner was a magic sparkplug for the team, and I couldn't believe how dumb it was even for ESPN. Come on, if the pitching is bad enough that Brett Gardner is taking them deep, then of course the rest of the team would be teeing off as well! The stat is showing how NOT important Gardner is!