Jackson Holliday is wasting no time making his case after being passed up for the Baltimore Orioles’ Opening Day roster.
The top infield prospect Holliday went viral Friday for a Saturn shot during his very first plate appearance of the season in the minor leagues. Holliday, who is starting out the year at Triple-A Norfolk, got around on a 2-1 pitch with the bases empty and launched it into the next lifetime.
Here is the video of Holliday’s towering shot.
Jackson Holliday's first at-bat for Norfolk, Jackson Holliday's first home run! 👀 pic.twitter.com/ojxsWOq0cO
— MLB (@MLB) March 29, 2024
The 20-year-old Holliday, who was the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, was surprisingly left off the Orioles’ final MLB roster to start off the year. That was in spite of an impressive spring in which Holliday produced a blazing .311/.354/.600 slash line to go along with two homers, six RBIs, and six runs scored in 15 total games.
Some Baltimore players had a very strong negative reaction to the roster decision with Holliday. While service-time considerations likely came into play with that call, Holliday is quickly obliterating any sort of argument that he isn’t big-league ready right now.
