2023 Bowman Draft Jackson Holliday BD-118 Baltimore Orioles

Description: Track Record: The son of seven-time all-star Matt Holliday was a rapid riser from probable first-round pick to High School Player of the Year and No. 1 overall pick in 2022 thanks to some physical and swing gains. Since then, Holliday’s trajectory hasn’t flattened. He returned to Low-A Delmarva to begin 2023 and finished the season with Triple-A-champion Norfolk, excelling across all four full-season levels and earning Minor League Player of the Year honors. Holliday wasn’t at a level long enough to qualify for any league awards, but his .323 average was only one point off the highest of any minor leaguer with at least 500 plate appearances, and no one at that threshold topped his .442 on-base percentage.Scouting Report: Holliday’s elite offensive skill set showed as he climbed to Triple-A as a 19-year-old, with a plus-plus hit tool and at least plus plate discipline. Those qualities allow him to control the strike zone and make consistent, high-quality contact. After a fair share of weak fly outs in his 2022 pro debut, Holliday sharpened his ball flight to more consistently hit crisp line drives to all fields in 2023. Holliday had a 45.5% hard-hit rate, up from 34.6% in his pro debut, while increasing his 90th percentile exit velocity from 99.4 mph to 102.5. His continued physical maturation could help him develop above-average power, but if not he will be a doubles machine because of the quality of his contact. He has demonstrated an ability to backspin the ball and give it extra carry. The Orioles were impressed with the way he tapped into his pull-side power as the season went on, and Holliday didn’t sacrifice his all-fields approach to get to that. A gifted athlete who demonstrates the instincts of a baseball lifer both on and off the field, Holliday is loose and fluid at shortstop with the potential to be at least a plus shortstop and potentially a plus-plus second baseman, should the Orioles’ infield situation call for such a move. He’s a quick study defensively, can play one-handed, and has an advanced clock that means he doesn’t rush throws and often delivers them on time and on target. Holliday is a plus runner who was successful on 24 of 33 stolen base attempts in 2023 and shows good instincts on the basepaths. He also has elite makeup, handling the pressures of his prospect status and expectations as well as anyone the Orioles have had in that position.The Future: Holliday’s month at Triple-A to end the season solidified the fact that he’ll be in the majors in 2024. The Orioles expect he will more than hold his own when he arrives in Baltimore at age 20. Beyond that, the Orioles believe Holliday can be an all-star-caliber middle infielder who provides elite on-base presence at the top of the lineup. Holliday will be back in major league camp with a chance to break with the MLB club in spring training, and if he’s not on the Orioles’ Opening Day roster, he won’t be with Norfolk for long. - Baseball America

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