The Baltimore Orioles have despatched prime prospect Jackson Holliday again to the minors for extra seasoning. On Friday, the O’s introduced Holliday has been demoted to Triple-A Norfolk, with outfielder Ryan McKenna referred to as as much as fill the roster spot.
Holliday, 20, is 2 for 34 with two walks and 18 strikeouts in 10 massive league video games. It really works out to a .059/.111/.059 slash line. Our R.J. Anderson not too long ago dug into Holliday’s struggles and located that, whereas he is been horrible on the plate, there have been some causes to be optimistic. Clearly, the O’s consider the younger man will profit from extra time in Triple-A.
Holliday should keep within the minor leagues for 10 days earlier than being recalled once more except he is changing an injured participant on the roster.
The demotion does have service time implications for Holliday. The timing of his call-up on April 10 meant Holliday would nonetheless have been credited with a full yr of service time had he remained with the workforce all season. Now, he’ll fall in need of a full yr, pushing his free company again from the 2029-30 offseason to the 2030-31 offseason.
That mentioned, the demotion is just not egregious. Holliday struggled mightily on the plate, he is solely 20, and the Orioles don’t lack infield choices. Holliday had began solely two of the workforce’s previous 5 video games, with Jordan Westburg and Jorge Mateo stealing away enjoying time at second base. The bench isn’t any place for a prime prospect, so he’ll play each day in Triple-A.
Baltimore chosen Holliday with the No. 1 choose within the 2022 draft and he annihilated the minors final season: .323/.442/.499 whereas climbing 4 ranges and reaching Triple-A. He hit .333/.482/.595 in 10 Triple-A video games earlier than being referred to as up this yr. We ranked Holliday because the No. 1 prospect within the sport getting into 2024.
The O’s are 16-8 and share factors forward of the New York Yankees within the AL East. They’ve received eight of their final 10 video games.
