Logan Henderson

Traditional scouts have several reasons to pan the idea of Henderson making it as a big-league starter, but stat-line scouts will see a lot to get excited about. Henderson, a fourth-round pick in 2021, logged a 28.7 K-BB% and 0.88 WHIP in 46.1 innings at Double-A and a 20.4 K-BB% and 1.06 WHIP in 23.2 innings at Triple-A, and some of his lower-level statistics are even more impressive. However, he's an undersized (5-foot-11, 194 pounds) righty with a low-90s fastball and a below-average, seldom-used breaking ball. Henderson's plus changeup is his money maker, but it's quite rare for a fastball/changeup righty to make it as a starting pitcher. Henderson's fastball has good movement and he locates it well, which has thus far allowed him to get by on below-average velocity, but he'll have little margin for error whenever he gets his shot in the majors, as he's also a flyball-heavy pitcher. An oblique injury delayed Henderson's start to the 2024 season, but his 81.1 innings still marked a career high. Projection systems see a mid-rotation starter in Henderson, just know that there aren't many, if any, recent examples of successful starting pitchers with his combination of size, handedness and pitch mix. Read Past Outlooks