Gunnar Henderson might be the best baseball name of all time. I know Rusty Kuntz, Coco Crisp, Oil Can Boyd, Vinegar Bend Mizell, and Butterclap Dickerson are all fire but Gunnar??? Look, Rickey Henderson is the greatest baseball player of all time. I know Shohei is a god and Trout is a goat but their New Balance and Subway commercials just aren’t doing it for me. Rickey was a walking marketing machine literally dripping all over the field. I mean…. cmon…

Anybody with the last name of Henderson already has an upper edge on all of us because of Rickey Henderson. But shout out to the Henderson family out in Montgomery, AL who called their son Gunnar. Gunnar Henderson. cmon…. GUNNAR HENDERSON? That is like my dream emcee name right there. Too hard. Btw, have Gunna and Gunnar linked up yet? Drop some “YOSEMITE” type shit for Gunnar’s walk up song and it’s a wrap.

But who is Gunnar Henderson? I never knew him until I saw him in the Futures Game a few years ago. He stood out to me in 5 seconds as a superstar. I can’t find that AB from him that caught my eye but he hit a triple and went Pete Rose style headfirst into 3rd. He had pop, wheels, and grit. And he’s a SS and has dreamy hair on a dreamy team? Sign me up every day of the week.

All around baller too… Check out this bomb, oppo taco slice down the LF line, an RBI single up the middle, a stolen base, and then an absolute CANNON from deep in the hole. Gunnar is nasty.

I haven’t collected in a minute but I just dove in quickly like I did on my Jazz Chisholm and CeeDee Lamb addiction a couple of years ago. Here’s what I just picked up. Not saying that these cards are good investments but I’m betting on Gunnar’s style becoming the next marketing darling of MLB. Baseball needs a new wave behind Tatis, Acuña, and Soto… Gunnar is definitely in that discussion for who can carry the throne.