Anyone with Holliday’s track record would have gotten the hype. It wasn’t just the Orioles ginning it up. He’s a 1:1 pick, considered the top prospect in the game, and went through four levels of the minors in a year at age 19. On top of that, his dad was a star player for 15 years. Of course there was going to be hype!
I have zero problems with any decisions the O’s have made with him or how they handled his time in the majors. He’ll go back to Norfolk, re-set, and be back up later this year. Not everyone has a perfect glide path to the majors - ask Mike Trout.