In nearly everything the Orioles have tried to do recently in player development, there’s been a constant in their plans to improve players and prepare them for the big leagues: the only way to get better is to be challenged.
So, however difficult it must have been for young hitting prospect Gunnar Henderson to go hitless for his first seven games after a recent promotion to High-A Aberdeen, the long-term goals are never out of sight.
“It’s good to go figure it out now,” Henderson said. “That’s what they want, for us to go out and get it early.