The Top Major League Baseball Prospect out there on the field today is Jackson Holliday…Holliday with the Baltimore Orioles system, and he most recently played for the Aberdeen IronBirds, who just left Greensboro, N.C. yesterday, after ‘Birds aborted six-game series with the Greensboro Grasshoppers…
The Hoppers and ‘Birds got in five of their six games last week, but their Sunday afternoon contest was rained out, due to the inclement weather…
Jackson Holliday was out in Seattle this past weekend, for his work time in the MLB Futures Game….Holliday is quite the prospect, and you can’t call him a guaranteed can’t miss talent, but can say his is about as close as you are going get, and as close as you will see working at that level here this season…
from www.espn.com:
The Baltimore Orioles have decided to promote top prospect Jackson Holliday to Double-A Bowie, a person with knowledge of the move told The Associated Press.
The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity Sunday because there had been no announcement about the move.
Holliday, the top pick in last year’s amateur draft, is now the No. 1-ranked prospect in baseball, according to MLB Pipeline. The 19-year-old shortstop has hit .331 with seven home runs, 51 RBIs and 20 stolen bases this season with Class A Delmarva and Aberdeen.
MASN first reported the move, hours before the start of this year’s draft. Holliday, a son of former All-Star Matt Holliday, is part of Baltimore’s impressive group of position-player prospects.