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<\/p>\nWhat else must Baltimore’s ascending young infielder do for the front office to buy in?<\/p>\n
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Everyone can see that Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday is blossoming right before our eyes — except his team.<\/p>\n
This year’s All-Star ballot standings as of June 23 and Kiley McDaniel and Jeff Passan of ESPN’s top-50 rankings of trade candidates bear that out.<\/p>\n
The fans acknowledge Holliday’s breakout campaign. Only Gleyber Torres of the Detroit Tigers has more votes among American League keystones, but the Houston Astros’ Jose Altuve isn’t far behind.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, McDaniel and Passan’s list features several competent Orioles players who could be on the move ahead of the July 31 deadline.<\/p>\n
Orioles aren’t giving Jackson Holliday the respect that All-Star voters are<\/strong><\/p>\n Some are reportedly more likely to be dealt than others, according to McDaniel and Passan, but six Orioles are mentioned.<\/p>\n One of them is slugging designated hitter Ryan O’Hearn, who’s comfortably pacing his position in the All-Star polls.<\/p>\n Yet, despite the veteran (and Holliday) garnering attention for being productive, the insiders give him an 85 percent chance of getting moved.<\/p>\n For context, only Luis Robert of the Chicago White Sox is more likely to get rerouted in McDaniel and Passan’s eyes (90 percent).<\/p>\n Five players have at least a 70 percent likelihood of being traded, and three of them are members of the Orioles. Baltimore figures to be a seller in the coming weeks as Holliday’s first appearance in the MLB’s glorified exhibition is seemingly imminent.<\/p>\n It’s plausible, if not probable, that O’Hearn, outfielder Cedric Mullins (70 percent) and starting pitcher Zach Eflin (75 percent) aren’t on the Orioles much longer.<\/p>\n At least based on McDaniel and Passan’s intel. But why now, when Holliday has been at the forefront of Baltimore’s efforts to turn things around since firing manager Brandon Hyde?<\/p>\n Holliday has a higher batting average (.267), slugging percentage (.445) and OPS rate (.746) than his season-long numbers post-Hyde.<\/p>\n He’s hit one more home run (five) while yielding six more RBIs and four more steals during this stretch.<\/p>\n And above all, the 21-year-old is helping drive winning, though the Orioles may be willing to throw in the towel. Baltimore is showing a blatant lack of faith in arguably its face of the franchise.<\/p>\n Baltimore has gone 19-16 in the first 35 games since dismissing Hyde in May and promoting Tony Mansolino to interim skipper.<\/p>\n Holliday has not only maintained his level of production amid the turmoil but also slightly elevated it. Nonetheless, the Orioles are ostensibly prepared to wave the white flag on 2025.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" What else must Baltimore’s ascending young infielder do for the front office to buy in? Everyone can see that Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday is blossoming… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":63923,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-63922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb"],"yoast_head":"\n