Jackson Holiday has been called up.
According to ESPN's Jeff Passan, the Baltimore Orioles made the decision to call up the infielder on Tuesday after getting off to a strong start this season in Triple-A. Holiday, the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, is one of baseball's top prospects.
BREAKING: The Baltimore Orioles are recruiting the world's No. 1 infield prospect, Jackson Holiday, a source told ESPN.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) April 10, 2024
Holliday, who developed through the Orioles' minor league club last season, had a great spring training with the Orioles this year. He then returned to the Norfolk Tides to start the season. He appeared in 10 games for the Tides, hitting .333/.482/.595 with nine RBIs and two home runs.
“He's very, very close,” Orioles general manager Mike Elias said of Holiday on ESPN before the season started. “He's way ahead of schedule. He's doing amazingly well. We couldn't be more excited about his future. But you're talking about… It's about the development of a player who has the opportunity to be one of the better players, if not better, in the league. ”
It's unclear where the 20-year-old, the son of longtime MLB outfielder Matt Holliday, will fit in with the Orioles. He was drafted as a shortstop out of Stillwater High School in Oklahoma, but played second base this season at Norfolk.
Holiday is scheduled to join the Orioles in Boston on Wednesday. They started a three-game series at Fenway Park with a 7-1 win on Tuesday. The Orioles, who won over 100 games last season for the first time since 1980, enter Wednesday's game with a 6-4 record.
