Gunnar Henderson’s mammoth blast Sunday — the farthest dwelling run ever hit onto Eutaw Street — didn’t simply cap off the very best week of the rookie’s nascent profession. It culminated the very best efficiency by any participant within the American League final week.
Henderson was named AL Player of the Week, Major League Baseball introduced on Monday. The 21-year-old infielder went 10-for-19 with three dwelling runs, six RBIs, 5 runs and two stolen bases in 5 video games. He led the AL in batting common, slugging proportion and on-base proportion final week with a .526/.550/1.053 slash line.
A month in the past, Henderson, who opened the yr because the consensus high prospect in baseball and the front-runner to win the AL Rookie of the Year Award, was hitting .170 with a .651 OPS as he slumped to start his first full season as an enormous leaguer. Every week in the past, he was hitting .201 with a .712 OPS as he slowly began to realize his footing. But after posting a whopping 1.603 OPS final week, he’s now slashing .236/.349/.455 for a well-above-average .804 OPS. The solely certified hitters on the Orioles to have a better OPS than Henderson are Cedric Mullins (.835) and Austin Hays (.830).
The recognition is much more spectacular contemplating Henderson missed the primary sport of the week with lower-back discomfort, however he hit safely in all 5 video games he did play.
After hitting a go-ahead dwelling run in San Francisco on June 2, Henderson hit a clutch two-run dwelling run to the other subject in Baltimore’s win over the Milwaukee Brewers on Thursday to stop a sequence sweep.
As his bat continued to warmth up, supervisor Brandon Hyde elected to place Henderson within the leadoff spot in opposition to right-handed starters Saturday and Sunday in opposition to the Kansas City Royals with Mullins, the membership’s traditional leadoff hitter in opposition to righties, on the injured checklist with a proper groin pressure.
He rewarded his skipper by having the very best sequence of anybody within the majors, going 8-for-13 with two homers and 4 RBIs in opposition to the Royals. Henderson went 3-for-3 with two stolen bases Friday, 2-for-5 with a solo shot Saturday, and 3-for-5 with three RBIs and his record-breaking lengthy ball onto Eutaw Street on Sunday. His common exit velocity within the sequence was a whopping 99.4 mph, together with seven batted balls over 100 mph.
His 113.8 mph dwelling run Sunday was the hardest-hit ball by an Oriole this season. The large fly’s estimated distance of 462 ft, in response to Statcast monitoring knowledge, is the farthest by an Oriole this yr.
Henderson’s dominance helped lead the Orioles to a sequence sweep, as Baltimore enters its dwelling tilt versus the Toronto Blue Jays on a four-game profitable streak.
Arizona Diamondbacks rookie Corbin Carroll received the weekly award for the National League.
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