Gunnar

Henderson

Schwarber played for Team USA back in 2023 and hit two home runs in five games. He’s coming off a season in which he hit 56 home runs and drove in 132 RBIs. The pending free agent will be joined on Team USA by fellow new additions second baseman Brice Turang, shortstop Gunnar Henderson, and catcher Will Smith, who were all announced today.

The Orioles were 7-for-7 stealing bases against Edgar Quero today, and one helped lead to a run; Henderson and Tyler O’Neill pulled off a double steal in the first, after which Henderson scored on an infield single. The other runs came on a Dylan Beavers homer. Henderson is now 26-for-30 steals bases this season, helping to make up for his rather disappointing .274/.348/.440 line.

It’s an extremely rare off day for Henderson, who rarely ever comes off the field. The 24-year-old fantasy star is batting .278/.349/.455 with 16 homers, 61 RBI and 20 steals in 558 plate appearances over 132 games. He’s on pace for his third consecutive 25-homer campaign and has eclipsed 20 thefts in each of the last two seasons.

Henderson homered in the first and then singled, stole second and third and scored on Ryan Mountcastle’s single in the sixth. He’s up to 16 homers and 19 steals on the season. It’s far too late for him to make a run at his 2024 total of 37 homers, but it looks like he’ll easily top the 21 steals he had then.

The triple, a liner into the corner in right field, should have been a double and an error on Roman Anthony, but we suppose that hardly matters. Both that and the homer were crushed at 110.6 and 108.0 mph, respectively. The homer was his third of the month, which obviously doesn’t count the grand slam he barely missed out on in Houston yesterday.

Henderson provided all of the team’s offense in Saturday’s loss against the A’s, taking Jack Perkins deep for a three-run blast in the first inning. Baltimore would be shut down for the rest of the game. The 24-year-old shortstop is up to 14 homers while slashing .284/.354/.466 with 66 runs scored, 50 RBI, and 15 steals across 458 plate appearances.

Henderson knocked a base hit in the first inning, then came up in a huge spot for the Orioles in the eighth. Down by two runs with two runners on and two outs, he took Caleb Thielbar deep for a go-ahead, three-run homer. It was his 13th home run of the season while slashing .285/.335/.468 with 63 runs scored, 46 RBI, and 14 steals across 437 plate appearances.

Even Henderson’s non-hit today was a 108.9 mph lineout. We may be about to witness the first real hot streak of the season from one of baseball’s best players.

Henderson drew a walk in the first inning, then knocked a base hit in the third before leading off the seventh with a double and scoring on a single. He would double in two runs and score again before the inning was over as the Orioles brought nine runs in to score in the frame. The 24-year-old shortstop is hitting .281/.350/.459 with 11 homers, 53 runs scored, 38 RBI, and 13 steals across 406 plate appearances.

The 24-year-old shortstop will take a seat with left-hander Kyle Freeland toeing the slab for the Rockies. Jackson Holliday will slide over to cover for him while Jordan Westburg starts at second base for the Orioles on Friday evening in Baltimore.