2022 1st Round Pick (#1): Jackson Holliday, - SS - Stillwater HS (OK)

[El_Duderino]

 

[Roll Tide]

Same High School as Grayson Rodriquez 

[Sports Guy]

https://www.masnsports.com/orioles-rss/orioles-select-jackson-holliday-with-first-pick-in-draft
 

Yea, they took their #1 guy.  I really don’t doubt that.  Lots of good stuff here from Elias.

[Frobby]

As mentioned, I was out at dinner when the pick was made.  Turned out that in the far corner of the room directly facing me was a TV tuned to the draft.  I was pretty surprised to see Holliday picked.   I’ll be rooting for him to prove the Orioles right.   The journey begins!

[lovetoaster]

44 minutes ago, jcaponio said:

Thanks. How about in terms of the top prospects in all of baseball? Top 50 ish?

McDaniel listed him at 36. With Jones at 24 and Johnson at 30. Nobody else in this draft in the top 75.

[Big Mac]

5 minutes ago, Roll Tide said:

Same High School as Grayson Rodriquez 

Uh, they didn't even go to high school in the same state...

[Can_of_corn]

1 minute ago, Big Mac said:

Uh, they didn't even go to high school in the same state...

It's a big school.

[Just Regular]

O'Dowd touting child Jackson Holliday's ping-pong skills.    Elias touting his very technically correct play of the SS position.    Get this guy in a room with JJ Hardy.

[linedrive]

I was pleasantly surprised at this pick. I expected either Druw Jones or Termarr Johnson, but I think this was the right pick. If the O's were worried about signing Jones, they're not going to save any money on this pick, which is why I was a bit surprised, but I love that we now have a 5-tool shortstop in our system!

[Sports Guy]

 

[Roll Tide]

7 hours ago, Big Mac said:

Uh, they didn't even go to high school in the same state...

Weird, I thought I saw it in one of the links Tony posted in the opening thread. I’m going to have to go look for it. 

[Hallas]

7 hours ago, Sports Guy said:

 

Not much slot savings, especially considering 1:1 never really gets slot.

[Sports Guy]

3 minutes ago, Hallas said:

Not much slot savings, especially considering 1:1 never really gets slot.

They will save somewhere between 300-700k under slot.  

[Hallas]

Just now, Sports Guy said:

They will save somewhere between 300-700k under slot.  

Ehh, I don't think 1:1 has ever gotten their full slot value, so when you factor that in, yes they're saving over the official slot value, but relative to what past 1:1s have received it's not much of a discount.

 

Adley got a record (at the time) bonus at 8.1 million, and that was 300K under slot.

[Sports Guy]

4 minutes ago, Hallas said:

Ehh, I don't think 1:1 has ever gotten their full slot value, so when you factor that in, yes they're saving over the official slot value, but relative to what past 1:1s have received it's not much of a discount.

 

Adley got a record (at the time) bonus at 8.1 million, and that was 300K under slot.

Tork got full slot.

And it’s still saving money. The idea shouldn’t be to save as much as you can.  It should be to take the best player you can.  You don’t get bonus points for saving the most money.