The Colorado Rockies chosen a well-known title with the No. 4 total decide in Main League Baseball’s annual draft Sunday night time. The Rockies used their first-round choice on Ethan Holliday, son of longtime massive leaguer Matt Holliday and youthful brother of present Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday.
Who is Ethan Holliday? What to know about 2025 MLB Draft’s best-known name and potential No. 1 pick
R.J. Anderson
Holliday, 18, is an infielder at Stillwater Excessive Faculty in Oklahoma. He is our No. 5 draft prospect. This is the scouting report:
The well-known participant on this yr’s draft. Holliday is the son of a former All-Star and the brother of a future one, inserting monumental (and most likely unfair) expectations on his personal profession. Fortuitously, he is an intriguing prospect who would possibly find yourself going No. 1 total, thereby matching his brother and changing into the primary set of siblings to every be chosen on the prime of the draft. Anyway, Holliday is more likely to find yourself at third base earlier than all is alleged and achieved, however the actual promoting level right here is and can stay his bat. He is a lefty hitter with a great method and big-time energy, giving him the sort of on-base and slugging capability that would entrench him in the midst of an order. Scouts do nonetheless have considerations about his contact chops, however they had been inspired by his resolution so as to add a toe faucet to his operation this spring and consider he’ll work to get probably the most from his expertise.
Matt Holliday was a seven-time All-Star who performed 15 massive league seasons from 2004-18, together with six seasons with Colorado from 2004-08 and 2018. He retired with 2,096 hits and 316 dwelling runs. The Rockies drafted Matt within the seventh spherical of the 1998 draft out of Stillwater Excessive Faculty, the identical college Ethan attended.
“It is a actually unimaginable alternative,” Ethan mentioned on MLB Community of being drafted by his dad’s previous staff.
Jackson Holliday, one other Stillwater Excessive Faculty alum, is in his first full season with the Orioles. He took a .259/.309/.416 batting line into Sunday’s recreation. Jackson was the No. 1 total decide in 2022. He and Ethan are the 14th set of brothers chosen within the first spherical and the third set chosen within the prime 5 picks, becoming a member of:
- B.J. Upton (No. 2 in 2002) and Justin Upton (No. 1 in 2005)
- Dmitri Younger (No. 4 in 1991) and Delmon Younger (No. 1 in 2003)
The Rockies have had a top-10 decide in every of the final six newbie drafts. They entered Sunday with an MLB-worst 22-73 file, making it probably they’ll have one other top-10 decide subsequent season.