Several days after Gunnar Henderson left a spring training game early, the Orioles revealed a diagnosis for his injury. Manager Brandon Hyde told reporters after Wednesday’s game that Henderson has a mild intercostal strain. Hyde said that he is “very, very hopeful” as far as Henderson being on the Opening Day roster.
Absent any other context, that’s a positive development for Henderson. The manager is very hopeful he’ll be on the Opening Day roster. It’s less positive because, up until right now, that wasn’t even a question. Nothing had been indicated about the injury to make Opening Day up in the air.