Jackson Holliday 2024

[LockUpTheGunner]

I'm thrilled that Jackson is looking better than he did earlier in the season. It is extremely important that he turns into a good player especially after the large amount of players that the Orioles have traded in favor of him. Can Jackson be as good of a player as Westburg is what I want to know? Jordan Westburg is going to be an excellent player for the Orioles.

[OriolesMagic83]

I like him in the 9 hole for now.  Lots of speed in front of Cowser and probably Gunnar soon as he heats up.  Cowser 2nd, Santander 3rd?

[Rbiggs2525]

7 minutes ago, OriolesMagic83 said:

I like him in the 9 hole for now.  Lots of speed in front of Cowser and probably Gunnar soon as he heats up.  Cowser 2nd, Santander 3rd?

I like Jackson in 2 hole eventually. He can exploit the bole between first and second plus he has speed not to be doubled up. Cowser, Jackson, Gunnar, Santander, Ohearn would be pretty formidable first 5.

[Sports Guy]

 

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

 

[interloper]

6 minutes ago, Sports Guy said:

 

The umps are certainly trying their hardest to keep him down. 

[Bemorewins]

19 minutes ago, LockUpTheGunner said:

I'm thrilled that Jackson is looking better than he did earlier in the season. It is extremely important that he turns into a good player especially after the large amount of players that the Orioles have traded in favor of him. Can Jackson be as good of a player as Westburg is what I want to know? Jordan Westburg is going to be an excellent player for the Orioles.

Jackson Holliday is 4/5 years younger than Westburg and already in the big leagues. I don’t see the logic in the comparison. 

[OriolesMagic83]

3 minutes ago, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

 

Might have to take the Golden Tee game with the team on road trips and get one for Camden Yards.

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

2 minutes ago, interloper said:

The umps are certainly trying their hardest to keep him down. 

The Holliday family has a long running feud with MLB umpires it seems.

Matt Holliday's 45-game on-base streak ends with ejection

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ST. LOUIS -- Matt Holliday of the St. Louis Cardinals was ejected for arguing a called third strike in the seventh inning Tuesday night, ending his National League-record 45-game streak of reaching base safely to start the season.

Plate umpire Joe West also tossed manager Mike Matheny, who had gone out to aid Holliday's cause, in the Cardinals' 1-0 win over the Milwaukee Brewers.

Holliday tossed after arguing strike call

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ST. LOUIS -- Matt Holliday threw down his bat in disgust in the seventh inning of Tuesday's series opener against the Red Sox, a 3-2 Cardinals win, and an ejection from home-plate umpire Mark Ripperger quickly followed.

After the Cardinals had evened the score at 2, Holliday batted with the potential go-ahead run on second and two outs. He took called strikes on the first and third pitches of the at-bat, both of them sitting on the lower outside corner.

Following the third strike, in a similar location, Holliday slammed down the bat and began yelling at Ripperger, who quickly tossed him.

 

[Moose Milligan]

Feels completely different than when he first came up.  Whatever changes were made seem pretty small...the leg kick is still there from what I can see.  

If he can keep this up, this is a much needed boost to the lineup for the rest of the way.  

[OsFanSinceThe80s]

11 minutes ago, Bemorewins said:

Jackson Holliday is 4/5 years younger than Westburg and already in the big leagues. I don’t see the logic in the comparison. 

I like Westburg, but you are correct Jackson is two years out of high school and hitting against MLB pitching. His ceiling is way higher that Westburg's as a prospect. Whether Holliday becomes a great player or not is another thing, but he has the potential.

Edited August 4 by OsFanSinceThe80s

[Moose Milligan]

Just now, OsFanSinceThe80s said:

I like Westburg, but you are correct Jackson is two year out of high school and hitting against MLB pitching. 

Wild to think that there are still kids on his high school team that played with him.  

[Hallas]

52 minutes ago, interloper said:

The umps are certainly trying their hardest to keep him down. 

He was getting comically jobbed his first callup too.  Don't get me wrong he still looked awful but some of the called strikes were in another zip code.

Edited August 4 by Hallas

[Jagwar]

2 hours ago, jabba72 said:

He's definitely made a swing adjustment as he's hitting the ball  more than when he first came up.

Fixed that for you

[emmett16]

JH is going to make a significant impact to the 2024 season & post season.