In some ways, Gunnar Henderson’s experience at the Home Run Derby served as a reminder of just how new to the national spotlight he still is.
Gunnar Henderson didn't make it out of the first round of the Home Run Derby on Monday night, but did not seem too upset by his failure to advance. , decided to take part in this year’s event, Rutschman offered him some tips. And naturally, since one young star of a burgeoning juggernaut passing wisdom to another constitutes a storyline of sorts, reporters spent much of Monday afternoon’s media availability asking Rutschman what advice he had shared.
“Yup, yup,” he said when one reporter asked if he had counseled Henderson. “Hit the ball pull side, in he air, really hard.” Ultimately, Henderson could not alter that angle enough to push into the semifinals of Monday night’s event, hitting 11 first-round homers and therefore failing to advance. Funnily enough, it was the man with the second-lowest launch angle — a man who might not be one of the top three power hitters on his own team, realistically — who took the title: Los Angeles Dodgers outfielder Teoscar Hernández outlasted local Texas kid and Kansas City Royals star Bobby Witt Jr. to win.
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