In Jackson Holliday’s first MLB stint, issues did not go swimmingly for baseball’s No. 1 prospect. Nonetheless, he is taken full benefit of his second probability, persevering with with one other huge outing on Wednesday.
Within the Baltimore Orioles’ 7-3 win over the Toronto Blue Jays, Holliday homered for the third consecutive sport. In accordance with MLB Pipeline, at 20 years and 247 days previous, he is the youngest participant to perform the feat in MLB historical past.
Since being recalled on July 31, Jackson is batting .375 with 9 hits, 4 house runs and 10 RBI.
To place Holliday’s streak in perspective, he is solely the eleventh participant to document not less than 4 homers, 9 hits and 10 RBI over a seven-game stretch at 20 years previous or youthful, per Stathead. Since 1970, he is solely the fifth participant to take action, becoming a member of Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (2019), Ronald Acuna Jr. (2018), Jason Heyward (2010) and Alex Rodriguez (1996).
It is a small pattern dimension however a promising one for Holliday and the Orioles. Known as up 11 video games into the season, he struggled on the MLB stage, batting .059/.111/.059 with solely two hits in 34 at-bats earlier than being demoted to Triple-A.
With the Norfolk Tides, Holliday discovered his groove and confidence solely grew. Over 73 video games, he slashed .271/.431/.477 with 10 house runs, 38 RBI and 75 walks (266 at-bats).
Holliday just lately attributed his turnaround to enjoying the “Golden Tee Golf” arcade sport whereas with the Tides. However no matter has led to the emergence of the highest prospect’s sport, it is working.
