Ethan Holliday set to continue the impressive family lineage
Matt Holliday on his son Ethan: "He's got he's got plenty of potential to make baseball a career out of it."
The Baltimore Orioles drafted shortstop Jackson Holliday with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft. The game’s best prospect rose through Baltimore’s system and should crack the big leagues very soon.
He’s not the only Holliday to keep an eye on, Jackson’s younger brother Ethan Holliday, is committed to playing at Oklahoma State and he is already considered a standout future prospect and a potential top draft pick in the 2025 MLB Draft.
The 6-foot-4 infielder has a beautiful left-handed swing that offers ease, balance and a ton of bat speed.
“He has a strong eye, tracks pitches well and seems to use the entire field naturally and with authority,” Baseball America wrote about the future MLB star.
“Holliday has a chance to develop into plus hitting ability with plus or more power and if he were in the 2024 draft class, there’s a decent chance he would immediately become the top prep player in the class. For now, MLB teams will have to wait a year before the next start of the Holliday family comes along.”
Holliday is strong, he’s build similar to his father, former outfielder Matt Holliday who had 316 career homers in the big leagues. Ethan projects as someone who can generate power, with “30-plus home run” potential, per Baseball America.
Matt Holliday on his son Ethan Holliday on whether he’ll be drafted 1st overall in a few years
Matt was on the The Show, a MLB podcast for the New York Post that’s hosted by Jon Heyman and Joel Sherman, talked about his son Ethan and whether or not he’ll be a top overall draft pick like his older son Jackson.
“These two boys grew up in the clubhouse with me,” said Holliday. “Thankfully, I played a couple organizations that allowed a lot of access for them to be around a lot of great players to see and experience and grow to love the game in a really cool way. So I think it I mean, obviously, genetics plays a part, but I think passion for the game love of practice, getting exposed to great major league players that give them tips as young people. The whole nature versus nurture, like that whole phenomenon, like, I don't know, that we'll ever know for sure, but he's, he's a, he's a bigger kid. So he's 6’4 and probably 210 right now, 205. He just had a great weekend at the baseball factory in Dallas played really, really well.
“He’s just a different player than Jackson. But he's got a great future. He's a he's an incredible young man. So we'll see. I mean, like I said, I don't want to you know, put the cart before the horse as far as you know, how high he'll get drafted but he's got he's got plenty of potential to make baseball a career out of it,” added Holliday.
Watch the Holliday’s take part in a Home Run Derby
The Holliday clan took part in a Home Run Derby from the Oklahoma State University along with Bat Bro Will. All four used bats from when they played in high school.
Ethan uses the 34” Warstic Bonesaber Hybrid BBCOR, the top rated bat, according to BaseballBatBros.com, in the derby. The younger Holliday struggled to put the ball out of the park, hitting just one homer.
Jackson used the 34” DeMarini Voodoo One BBCOR, the No. 5 rated bat on the BaseballBatBros.com website.
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