After being drafted together in 2019, Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson will represent the Baltimore Orioles in the 2024 MLB All-Star Game.
The American and National League starters were announced on July 3.
Henderson is the first Orioles’ shortstop to receive the honors since Manny Machado in 2018. He talked about the honors and what it means to him with reporters on July 3.
“I’m very humbled and blessed to be the starter,” Henderson told Roch Kubtako of MASN Sports. “It’s awesome being able to be do this my second full year.”
On going to the AllStar game with Rutschman, Henderson says it’s “special.”
“It’s really special to me because he was my first roommate when I got into pro ball,” Henderson told Andy Kostka of the Baltimore Banner. “We’ve had our relationship become best friends throughout our time together from the minors to the big leagues.”
Rutschman was drafted first overall in the same draft Henderson was drafted 42nd. It’s the first time Baltimore has multiple starters in the All-Star game since 2014.
“It’s pretty cool to be able to be considered [for] that,” Henderson told Kostka. “Feel like it’s just a testament to the hard work that not only myself has put in but the hitting coaches, the infield coaches, just all the development stuff. The work continues to come, but feel like it’s pretty cool to be acknowledged for that.”
Henderson is slashing .288/.383/.600 with 26 home runs and 58 RBIs in 2024.
This story will be updated.
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