Roughly one month ago, I surveyed the field of the top contenders for the AL’s Most Valuable Player award for this season based on their performance up to that point. Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson had already established himself as one of the better players in baseball through the first month. Here we are in early June and he’s taken himself to another level: Henderson is, at least according to Baseball Reference WAR, the best player in all of MLB up to this point in the season. He’s the only one above 4.0 WAR.
For Orioles fans, it’s been fun to see what Henderson does on a daily basis all season.