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Henderson wins 2nd straight Most Valuable Oriole award

For the second straight season, Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson has been voted Most Valuable Oriole by local media who regularly cover the team. Henderson is the first consecutive winner since Adam Jones in 2011 and 2012.

Henderson is hitting .283 with a .9064 OPS. His 37 home runs are the most by an Orioles shortstop. He’s driven in 87 runs while hitting leadoff much of the season. He’s stolen 21 bases and been caught just three times.

His WAR (Wins Above Replacement) of 8.7 is third in the American League.

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Others receiving votes were Corbin Burnes, Colton Cowser, Adley Rutschman, Anthony Santander, Albert Suárez and Jordan Westburg.

Henderson is the 14th Oriole to win consecutive awards. He’ll be presented with the award before Saturday afternoon’s game against the Detroit Tigers.

Peter Schmuck and I voted for Henderson, Santander and Burnes.

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Rich Dubroff

Rich Dubroff grew up in Brooklyn as a fan of New York teams, but after he moved to Baltimore, quickly adopted the Orioles and Colts. After nearly two decades as a freelancer assisting on Orioles coverage for several outlets, principally The Capital in Annapolis and The Carroll County Times, Dubroff began covering the team fulltime in 2011. He spent five years at Comcast SportsNet’s website and for the last two seasons, wrote for PressBoxonline.com, Dubroff lives in Baltimore with his wife of more than 30 years, Susan.

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