Jackson Holliday 2024

[Sports Guy]

Just now, Just Regular said:

Will he get 1 PA in the ALWC series?

To put flesh on the bones, say against Lucas Erceg on for a Save at James McCann's spot in the lineup.

He is behind all of O'Hearn, Mountcastle and Kjerstad probably on the depth chart, but if you get Ragans out by the 5th or 6th they could all be used before the endgame.

It’s possible but I think he is also your Mateo pinch runner guy. In other words, I think they will save him until the end of the game just in case they need his speed.

[Tony-OH]

20 hours ago, banks703 said:

LOL You and this JH SS shtick. I’ll bite.

On which of those plays did he ‘look good’? The infield bobble that should have been an error but they awarded Castillo a hit? Was it Royce Lewis’s pop out to short or his liner to SS where JH looked good? Maybe the pop out to short by Michael Helman? The balls that get right to a major leaguer should be fielded cleanly 100% of the time. On none of those plays did he ‘look good’ 

He made exactly one clean putout on a ground ball but even that was an adventure for him. Thank goodness the one clean putout was in a 6-0 game and bad attitude Austin Martin hitting.

The kid had a great day at the plate yesterday but he looked terrible in the field.

 

Holliday is to SG what Mayo is to Roy.

His 82.4 MPH Max throw is 4.5 MPH off the Average throw for a SS (86.9). His 77.6 MPH average throw speed, mostly from 2B, is still 1.6 MPH for the average throw from 2B. We don't need to guess about Holliday's arm. He's got a well below average arm.

Saying all that, it was nice to see him end the year with a nice game. His .189/.255/.311/.565 slash line is bad no matter how you break it up, but hopefully dropping the leg kick will be something he will continue to work on this offseason and he'll show back up as the player we all think he will be eventually.