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...only switch hitter in the starting lineup, he’s off to a blistering start at the plate this season...
Like fellow Texan switch-hitter Lance Berkman—a former Rice standout and current all-star leftfielder with the Houston Astros—the 6’4, 215-lb. Hendricks is only beginning to scratch his potential. Hendricks models his swing after the Astros star, driving the ball to all fields from both sides of the plate...
...believe him. As a freshman in 2003, the fun-loving graduate of Flint’s Davison High School led all Crimson players in stolen bases with 17, finished third on the team in batting (.331) and, as the leadoff hitter, chipped in four home runs and 25 runs batted in with surprising power. But his “high energy” attitude, according to Farkes, is as valuable an asset to the team...
...that the scouts care. In a startling reversal from four years ago, the switch hitter will likely be drafted this June...
...Pretty much all the teams I’ve talked to are interested in me as a hitter,” he says...