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Jackson Holliday fulfilled his promise to make the Baltimore Orioles <\/a>Opening Day Roster.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Sunday, Holliday went deep for the first time this spring (and in an Orioles uniform too), in grand fashion. He delivered a first-inning grand slam off left-hander Yusei Kikuchi in the Orioles\u2019 11-6 split-squad victory over the Blue Jays at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Fla.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was undoubtedly a left-on-left blast to right field from Holliday, who could it was gone the second he hit it. Out of all his 13 Minor League home runs, none have come off southpaws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFirst lefty homer of my professional career,\u201d Holliday said. \u201cI\u2019m going to count it, even though it\u2019s Spring Training.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After going 1-for-4 on Sunday, Holliday is 8-for-28 (.286) in nine Grapefruit League matches.
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Jackson has two doubles, two triples and five RBIs to match a .917 OPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He continues to show that he can take on big-league pitchers.
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On Tuesday, he hit a first-inning double off Phillie right-hander Zack Wheeler (a former All-Star) as part of a 3-for-4 performance. Holliday went 1-for-2 against Kikuchi, another ex-All-Star who had a 3.86 ERA in 32 starts for Toronto last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI feel like it\u2019s accomplishing whenever you get a hit,\u201d Holliday said. \u201cYou go back to the dugout and maybe you don\u2019t get a hit, you\u2019re like, \u2018All right, well, he\u2019s a big leaguer, and that\u2019s where I want to be.\u2019 Now, I\u2019ve got a little bit more on him now than I did before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t faced any of these guys before, and maybe in the season, I\u2019ve already got a good idea of what I want to do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although Holliday has been raking at the plate, he has seven hits in his part 21 at-bats after a 1-for-7 beginning to the spring, he has demonstrated that he can handle second base too. Jackson has made seven of his nine starts a second, where he will likely play for a while once he reaches the big leagues. This could be on the Opening Day (March 28 vs. the Angels at Camden Yards) or later in the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Holliday is doing everything in his power to enter Baltimore\u2019s roster. He continues to impress during his second year in big league camp, fresh off a 2023 Minor League campaign where he played at all four full-season affiliates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Son of former All-Star outfielder Matt Holliday and No.1 overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, Jackson Holliday could make his debut in the Majors with just 145 games of Minors experience under his belt. A grand slam merely showed the kid is ready.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI don’t think it can hurt it, right?
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\u201d Holliday said. \u201cI’m not trying to think about it too much. Just trying to go out there and enjoy playing and getting experience. I enjoy being around these guys and watching them do their thing, and it\u2019s been a lot of fun so far.
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\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related News:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Marte suspended for 80 MLB games for using banned substances<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jackson Holliday fulfilled his promise to make the Baltimore Orioles Opening Day Roster.\u00a0 On Sunday, Holliday went deep for the first time this spring (and in an Orioles uniform too), in grand fashion. He delivered a first-inning grand slam off left-hander Yusei Kikuchi in the Orioles\u2019 11-6 split-squad victory over the Blue Jays at TD Ballpark in Dunedin, Fla. It was undoubtedly a left-on-left blast to right field from Holliday, who could it was gone the second he hit it. Out of all his 13 Minor League home runs, none have come off southpaws. \u201cFirst lefty homer of my professional career,\u201d Holliday said. \u201cI\u2019m going to count it, even though it\u2019s Spring Training.\u201d After going 1-for-4 on Sunday, Holliday is 8-for-28 (.286) in nine Grapefruit League matches. Jackson has two doubles, two triples and five RBIs to match a .917 OPS. He continues to show that he can take on big-league pitchers. On Tuesday, he hit a first-inning double off Phillie right-hander Zack Wheeler (a former All-Star) as part of a 3-for-4 performance. Holliday went 1-for-2 against Kikuchi, another ex-All-Star who had a 3.86 ERA in 32 starts for Toronto last year. \u201cI feel like it\u2019s accomplishing whenever you get a hit,\u201d Holliday said. \u201cYou go back to the dugout and maybe you don\u2019t get a hit, you\u2019re like, \u2018All right, well, he\u2019s a big leaguer, and that\u2019s where I want to be.\u2019 Now, I\u2019ve got a little bit more on him now than I did before. \u201cI haven\u2019t faced any of these guys before, and maybe in the season, I\u2019ve already got a good idea of what I want to do.\u201d Although Holliday has been raking at the plate, he has seven hits in his part 21 at-bats after a 1-for-7 beginning to the spring, he has demonstrated that he can handle second base too. Jackson has made seven of his nine starts a second, where he will likely play for a while once he reaches the big leagues. This could be on the Opening Day (March 28 vs. the Angels at Camden Yards) or later in the season. Holliday is doing everything in his power to enter Baltimore\u2019s roster. He continues to impress during his second year in big league camp, fresh off a 2023 Minor League campaign where he played at all four full-season affiliates. Son of former All-Star outfielder Matt Holliday and No.1 overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, Jackson Holliday could make his debut in the Majors with just 145 games of Minors experience under his belt. A grand slam merely showed the kid is ready. \u201cI don’t think it can hurt it, right? \u201d Holliday said. \u201cI’m not trying to think about it too much. Just trying to go out there and enjoy playing and getting experience. I enjoy being around these guys and watching them do their thing, and it\u2019s been a lot of fun so far. \u201d Related News: Marte suspended for 80 MLB games for using banned substances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19361,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[220,159],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19360","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-american-sport-football-news","category-football-news"],"yoast_head":"\nHolliday makes his 1st spring homer a slam - Matchplug Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Wonder kid Jackson Holliday made his 1st spring training homer a grand slam. 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