{"id":36737,"date":"2025-02-25T08:05:24","date_gmt":"2025-02-25T08:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=36737"},"modified":"2025-02-25T08:05:24","modified_gmt":"2025-02-25T08:05:24","slug":"report-brandon-hyde-drops-more-comfortable-admission-on-jackson-holliday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=36737","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Brandon Hyde drops &#8216;more comfortable&#8217; admission on Jackson Holliday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Orioles-news-Brandon-Hyde-drops-more-comfortable-admission-on-Jackson-Holliday.jpg?w=1200\" alt=\"Jackson Holliday (Orioles) celebrating, Brandon Hyde in background, at Oriole Park at Camden yards\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Second baseman Jackson Holliday has been at the Baltimore Orioles&#8217; spring training facility in Sarasota for the past three weeks, hitting camp early with some of the team&#8217;s other young talent.<\/p>\n<p>His manager, Brandon Hyde, expressed optimism over what he saw from the youngster, who hit .190 in 60 games last season as a rookie.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview with Foul Territory, Hyde broke down what he&#8217;s seen so far.<\/p>\n<div class=\"not-prose flex w-full flex-col items-center overflow-hidden px-5 h-[300px]\">\n<div class=\"react-tweet-theme tweet-container_root__0rJLq\">\n<article class=\"tweet-container_article__0ERPK\">\n<p class=\"tweet-body_root__ChzUj\" dir=\"auto\" lang=\"en\"><strong>O&#8217;s Manager Brandon Hyde says that Jackson Holliday is &#8220;more comfortable&#8221; heading into 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<p><button class=\"flex h-12 items-center justify-center rounded-md border border-primary-accent px-5 py-3 font-secondary font-semibold text-primary-accent\"><\/button><\/div>\n<p><em>\u201cI saw video from him in the winter but I was interested to see what it looked like,\u201d he said on Monday. \u201cFor me, he did carry over what he was working on at the end of the season last year.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Though Holliday&#8217;s numbers were underwhelming in his first cup of coffee in the majors, he finished the season strong, going 7-18 (.388) over his last eight games.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe\u2019re looking at that, the quality of at bats, the improvement defensively at second base,\u201d Hyde continued. \u201cAlso, it was his first time playing second base last year and doing it at the big league level at 20, it\u2019s not easy to do. So just adjustments, you can tell he\u2019s more comfortable now and he\u2019s not trying to impress as much. He\u2019s going out and playing the game.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hyde added that fellow young sluggers Heston Kjerstad and Samuel Basallo joined Holliday in reporting to camp early.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday continues to adjust to second base<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3267303\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3267303\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3267303\" src=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jackson-Holliday.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jackson-Holliday.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jackson-Holliday.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jackson-Holliday.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jackson-Holliday.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w, https:\/\/wp.clutchpoints.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jackson-Holliday.jpg?resize=150,84 150w\" alt=\"Baltimore Orioles second base Jackson Holliday (7) swings through a third inning single against the San Francisco Giants at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. \" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3267303\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tommy Gilligan-Imagn Images<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"not-prose align-center\">\n<div class=\"min-w-[300px] overflow-x-hidden text-center font-secondary uppercase my-2.5 min-h-[280px] md:min-h-[250px]\">\n<div id=\"content_3\" data-google-query-id=\"CPCD5rKu3osDFZXxTAIdC4ccVQ\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/120193976\/Clutchpoints\/Content_3_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Holliday came up as a shortstop and as he adjusts to second base, he said he is trying to become more \u201ccrisp and sharp.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI know me personally, watching the league, everything is so clean and direct,\u201d he said, per Jake Rill of MLB.com. \u201cSo that\u2019s something that I\u2019ve been working on, and obviously, just being as fast as possible on double-play feeds. Just trying to get the ball to [shortstop] Gunnar [Henderson] as quick as possible and let him do his thing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Hyde again said that Holliday was looking more comfortable, telling Rill that the 21-year-old has had more time to learn his position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe just had an offseason to get ready for that last year, and it was a lot to learn when you change positions,\u201d he said. \u201cTo have a full year and another offseason, he feels a lot more comfortable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Holliday made his Grapefruit League debut on Saturday in the Orioles&#8217; first spring training game of the year. 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