One Baltimore Orioles veteran who could make the staff’s Opening Day roster forward of Jackson Holliday didn’t mince phrases in regards to the staff’s determination to ship their prime prospect again to the minors.
Veteran infielder Kolten Wong, who stays within the combine to make the staff out of spring camp, primarily mentioned Friday that the Orioles demoted Jackson Holliday due to the “enterprise side” of baseball. Wong strongly advised that the Orioles were demoting Holliday with a purpose to delay the beginning of his service time clock, which might get them one other 12 months of staff management.
“Dude’s a stud, man. He’s gonna be an unbelievable participant,” Wong mentioned of Holliday. “Generally the enterprise side, you understand how the sport will get ran, so he’s going to be up very quickly. Everyone knows that.”
Wong might be appropriate. Holliday went 6-for-14 in spring coaching with two residence runs and positively regarded able to take the subsequent step as much as the majors. He’s nonetheless simply 20, nevertheless, and by delaying his debut till early Might, the Orioles might set themselves as much as get an additional 12 months of staff management earlier than he’s eligible free of charge company. This might be rendered irrelevant, nevertheless, if Holliday have been to come back up and end within the prime two in Rookie of the 12 months voting, which might robotically grant him a full 12 months of service time.
Holliday is just not the primary prospect that has been despatched again to the minors despite many fans feeling that they are ready. In all probability, we’ll see Holliday earlier than the tip of the season, pretty or not.
