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After his Rookie of the Year performance, the sky’s the limit for Gunnar Henderson

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Take a trip on the wayback machine with me, friends. Let’s travel all the way back to...May 2023.

King Charles was coronated. The Writers Guild of America strike began. Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were not yet dating. It was truly a strange time.

Another thing happened in May 2023, too: Gunnar Henderson was struggling. The 22-year-old Orioles infielder, the preseason favorite for American League Rookie of the Year, failed to live up to the hype in the season’s first two months. By the middle of May, his batting average fell to .170. His OPS dropped as low as .