2019 Bowman Chrome Black Wave Refractor Gunnar Henderson ROOKIE AUTO 1/1 BGS 9.5

The Baltimore Orioles have not enjoyed a winning season or a playoff appearance since 2016, and if rookie Gunnar Henderson has his say down the stretch, both of those streaks will end in 2022. The touted prospect was called up to the majors on August 31, and he made an instant impact. In his second career at-bat later that night, Henderson’s authoritative swing sent a ball about 10 rows deep into the right-center field seats at Progressive Field in Cleveland, helping Baltimore to a 4-0 win. When he debuted at Camden Yards two days later, he smacked a pair of doubles as part of a 5-2 victory.

Henderson is the latest in a string of young players produced by the Orioles’ pipeline that have pushed them into the chase for a wild card spot—quite the improvement for a team that was roundly panned coming into the season and was described this way by The Athletic: “Even if the Orioles make incremental moves toward respectability this season, it likely won’t show in the standings, where they are expected to be buried in the basement again. Crazier things have happened, I suppose. Still, the Orioles will go through another season, hoping for good health, some encouraging performances and fewer than 100 losses.”

Big draws like Henderson have made hogwash out of those preseason predictions. Meanwhile, the top draws from Henderson’s catalog of baseball cards are becoming more and more popular. One of the biggest cards buried in the 2019 Bowman Draft product was Henderson’s Chrome Black Wave Refractor 1/1 Rookie Auto, and that card has been launched into the Premier Auction. With Henderson in the lineup, fans will fill Camden Yards with excitement down the stretch, and this card should draw an excited crowd of its own.