How’s Jackson Holliday doing, you ask? I’m not sure that it matters with how the O’s have been playing of late.
Yes, Baltimore was shut out last night in a 3-0 loss at Washington, but that was after a stretch of six wins in seven games, including a weekend sweep at Cincinnati.
Holliday, the Orioles’ top prospect, and the top prospect in all of MLB, was sent back to Triple-A on April 26 after going 2-for-34 at the plate with 18 strikeouts at the big-league level.
Baltimore has been rotating Jordan Westburg (.287 BA/.844 OPS, 6 HR, 23 RBI, 4 SB), Jorge Mateo (.245/.777, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 5 SB) and Ramon Urias (.189/.501, 1 HR, 3 RBI),at second base and third base, and getting just enough production to make the moving around worthwhile.
Back down on the farm, Holliday, who was 2-for-3 with two walks in Norfolk’s 9-4 win at Memphis on Tuesday, is 8-for-33 with 11 walks (.242/.796, 0 HR, 3 RBI) at the plate since his return to Triple A.
What this says to me is: there’s no rush to get Holliday back up in Charm City anytime soon.
Tides Notes
Connor Norby (.270/.834, 7 HR, 25 RBI) was 2-for-4 with a double, an RBI, a walk and a run in the win.