Jackson Holliday 2023

[OriolesMagic83]

14 hours ago, spleen1015 said:

 

I think he's going to be ok.  Was it Gunnar that was like 1 for his first 38 at Aberdeen?

[emmett16]

Havnt seen the Aberdeen feed on MiLB.TV last two nights

[interloper]

Just now, emmett16 said:

Havnt seen the Aberdeen feed on MiLB.TV last two nights

Lol yeah we are going to be in Holliday blackout mode for awhile. 

[Sports Guy]

A friend of mine just sent this to me:

From baseball America today:

It only took a few games for Holliday to break out of his shell. The 2022 first overall pick went 2-for-5 with a home run and triple in his third game for High-A Aberdeen. He had four balls on the night hit 100-plus mph: his triple was 103 mph off the bat, his home run was 102 mph and he had two other outs that exceeded 100 mph. Holliday is showing refined plate skills, contact and developing power in games. Few prospects are garnering more positive feedback from those within the game than the Orioles' latest top draft pick.

[btdart20]

12 minutes ago, interloper said:

Lol yeah we are going to be in Holliday blackout mode for awhile. 

Seriously, is that why?  I assumed it was just a lack of cameras at stadiums or something dumb like that.

[interloper]

2 minutes ago, btdart20 said:

Seriously, is that why?  I assumed it was just a lack of cameras at stadiums or something dumb like that.

Aberdeen's broadcast, when there is one, is trash. It's the toughest place in our minors to get eyes on the players. 

[btdart20]

13 minutes ago, interloper said:

Aberdeen's broadcast, when there is one, is trash. It's the toughest place in our minors to get eyes on the players. 

Ah gotcha.  Agreed, but they usually have a feed.  It hasn't been on the last couple of days.  But they were also in Wilmington too.

[Hank Scorpio]

1 minute ago, btdart20 said:

Ah gotcha.  Agreed, but they usually have a feed.  It hasn't been on the last couple of days.  But they were also in Wilmington too.

Yeah Wilmington doesn't broadcast games.

[Aglets]

Holliday is hitting .235/.381/.529 so far for the Ironbirds.   4 walks to 4 K's.  Great to see the plate discipline is still there. 

Only 5 games so far (and worth noting that none of them in Aberdeen yet) but hopefully the kid shows he is ready to move quickly.

Edited May 1, 2023 by Aglets

[Just Regular]

High-A Week 1 - 32nd of 170 Sally Bats in wRC+

Junior Caminero has him beat for youngest Bat in the league, so Holliday may need to beat Caminero to AA for that kind of accolade this season.

Our guy has Tampa's guy on eye and defensive skill, most likely.

[Mooreisbetter27]

2 for 3 with 2 bb today. Ops up to .870. 

[emmett16]

16 minutes ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:

2 for 3 with 2 bb today. Ops up to .870. 

The kid is a player. 

[Just Regular]

Week 2, Friday night - another bang on the drum of "I'm better than this league too, boss".

[Ohfan67]

10 hours ago, Mooreisbetter27 said:

2 for 3 with 2 bb today. Ops up to .870. 

Edited because I am apparently really, really dumb. 

Edited May 6, 2023 by Ohfan67

[Just Regular]

It is a fantasy oriented list, but near top of the scale the separation between Kyle Stowers (might be good in roto) and Drew Rom isn't as big.

BP pushes out a monthly re-rank, and keeping watch on "the #1 prospect in baseball", they now have Holliday #5, lagging....

Jordan Walker, Elly De La Cruz, soon to graduate Anthony Volpe, and Jackson Chourio