Is the Gunnar Henderson hype for real?

Photo by Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesLately, the Orioles farm team is drawing more favorable buzz than it has in years: just this week Baseball America ranked the Orioles a best-ever No. 7 in the league, while Keith Law put them in the 18 slot (it’s better than the 30-out-of-30 ranking he gave them two seasons ago).

Most of that buzz has centered around the five prospects the Orioles have on MLB’s Top 100 list. Their first-round picks in 2019 and 2020, Mssrs. Rutschman and Kjerstad, already rank No. 2 and No. 69. Pitchers Grayson Rodriguez and DL Hall clock in at No. 27 and 70, respectively, while big righty bat Ryan Mountcastle is at No. 77, having announced himself with a…