Where Baltimore Orioles' Top 5 prospects rank entering spring training
Look for Jackson Holliday and Coby Mayo to make the jump to the big club this season.
Five Prospects from the MLB Pipeline Top 100 will be invited to participate in the Baltimore Orioles major league spring training facility in Sarasota.
The Orioles have invited the top prospect in the game, according to MLB Pipeline, to camp, and it appears as though he has a legitimate chance to make the club when it breaks at the end of spring training,
Jackson Holliday, shortstop
Holiday, son of seven-time all-star Matt Holliday, will be given every chance to make the club, according to Orioles general manager Mike Elias. He is a non-roster invitee, but the 20-year old phenom has reported to Sarasota and will participate in the first full team workout. Elias says that Holliday will not be treated like a prospect, but as a "guy trying to make the team."
Holliday was the first overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft. He went to spring camp last year, but did not last long before being reassigned to the Minor League Camp. He played for all four full-season affiliates last season before finishing the season in Norfolk. He played in excess of 100 games between stints, and scouts think this is the year that he makes the big club. He accomplished all of this at the tender age of 19.
Holliday slashed .429/.556/.500 in spring training last season before his reassignment, and was good with the glove. He will be given every opportunity to make the team as an infielder who has proven that he can play both shortstop and second base.