Jackson Holliday

20-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Holliday had one of the most impressive full-season debuts any teenage prospect has had in modern memory, and the scary thing is he may just be scratching the surface. He still has a babyface and room to add 20 pounds of muscle in the coming years, but that didn't stop him from logging a .323/.442/.499 slash line with 12 home runs, 24 steals, a 17.4 BB% and a 20.3 K% while being between two and seven years younger than the average player in the leagues he was in while climbing from Single-A to Triple-A as a 19-year-old. His exit velocities aren't as intense as the other hitters in the top five of prospect rankings, but the expectation is that he will hit the ball harder as his body matures. Holliday is a plus runner who hits left-handed, which is important given how his future home park plays (much better for lefty power than righty power). His defense is behind his offense, but it's really hard to nitpick that aspect of his game when most premier teenage shortstop prospects haven't played a game in the upper levels of the minors and he played 36 games at Double-A and 18 games at Triple-A. It's possible Holliday comes to camp 15 pounds stronger and looks ready on both sides of the ball in spring training and forces the issue. However, there's little incentive for Baltimore to expedite Holliday's ascent to the majors if they think he could benefit from a couple months at Triple-A. Read Past Outlooks
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Rest of Season From Preseason
#174
ADP
$Signed a one-year contract with the Orioles in April of 2024.
On base five times Saturday
2BBaltimore Orioles
September 29, 2024
Holliday went 3-for-4 with a double, two walks and a run scored in Saturday's 9-2 win over the Twins.
ANALYSIS
Holliday got a rare look in the leadoff spot with Gunnar Henderson resting Saturday. It ended up leading to one of Holliday's best games of the year, as he got aboard a season-high five times. The infielder has been lacking in power with just five extra-base hits over his last 39 games. Overall, he has a .185/.248/.307 slash line with five home runs, 23 RBI, 28 runs scored, four stolen bases, four doubles and two triples over 59 contests in 2024.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
3
4
19
15
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
2
8
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+45%
OPS vs RHP
2024
 
 
+45%
OPS vs RHP
2023
No Stats
2022
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022vs Left .417 46 5 1 3 1 .100 .217 .200
Since 2022vs Right .605 162 23 4 20 3 .213 .265 .340
2024vs Left .417 46 5 1 3 1 .100 .217 .200
2024vs Right .605 162 23 4 20 3 .213 .265 .340
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2022
 
 
+44%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+44%
OPS on Road
2023
No Stats
2022
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2022Home .458 95 8 1 12 0 .169 .211 .247
Since 2022Away .658 113 20 4 11 4 .208 .292 .366
2024Home .458 95 8 1 12 0 .169 .211 .247
2024Away .658 113 20 4 11 4 .208 .292 .366
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2022Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Jackson Holliday compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.22
 
BB Rate
7.2%
 
K Rate
33.2%
 
BABIP
.265
 
ISO
.121
 
AVG
.189
 
OBP
.255
 
SLG
.311
 
OPS
.565
 
wOBA
.254
 
Exit Velocity
89.3 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
43.4%
 
Barrels/PA
4.8%
 
Expected BA
.193
 
Expected SLG
.336
 
Sprint Speed
25.6 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
54.9%
 
Line Drive %
9.8%
 
Fly Ball %
35.2%
 
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
Holliday helped himself more than any prospect in the 2022 draft class in the year leading up to the draft. The son of 14-year MLB vet Matt Holliday trained with the likes of his father and Nolan Arenado to add muscle and power, and he now projects as a lefty-hitting five-tool shortstop. Baltimore was drawn to everything about Holliday's game, with his handedness and ability to stick at shortstop possibly being the tiebreaker over Druw Jones at 1-1. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound 18-year-old already shows over-the-fence power to all fields, and at his best, he is driving the ball to the opposite-field gap. Holliday is a plus runner who is just starting to tap into his potential, and his lineage is an added bonus. His pro debut was a huge success in a small sample. Holliday slashed .297/.489/.422 with one home run, five doubles, four steals and a 12:25 K:BB in 20 games across the Florida Complex League and Single-A. That advanced approach should serve him well in his first full season, and the potential superstar could move very quickly up the ladder.
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Absent from lineup Sunday
2BBaltimore Orioles
September 22, 2024
Holliday is not in the lineup for Sunday's contest versus the Tigers.
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Getting breather against LHP
2BBaltimore Orioles
September 17, 2024
Holliday isn't in the Orioles' lineup Tuesday against the Giants.
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Sitting again Sunday
2BBaltimore Orioles
September 15, 2024
Holliday is absent from Sunday's lineup against Detroit.
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Absent from Saturday's lineup
2BBaltimore Orioles
September 14, 2024
Holliday is not starting Saturday's game against the Tigers.
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Posts fourth steal
2BBaltimore Orioles
September 11, 2024
Holliday went 0-for-4 with a stolen base in Wednesday's 5-3 extra-inning loss to the Red Sox.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Absent from trade talks
2BBaltimore Orioles
August 2, 2024
Orioles GM Mike Elias said Wednesday that Holiday's name never surfaced in trade discussions prior to Tuesday's deadline, reports Jake Rill of MLB.com.
ANALYSIS
It's not particularly surprising that Holliday, who is the consensus top prospect in baseball, was never close to being traded, but Elias' comments refute some rumors that has circled regarding a potential trade for Tigers ace Tarik Skubal. Holliday was called back up to the big leagues Wednesday and quickly made his presence known with a grand slam, though he's otherwise gone 0-for-6 with two strikeouts and a hit-by-pitch in two games.
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