He should never have been sent back to AAA. He was clearly ready out of camp. I wondered at the time if the Orioles were playing games with his service time. Some teams do that, so their first year doesn’t count towards the first 6 years until unrestricted free agency. It’s a greedy, low class way to keep a player for an extra year at below market wages.
But in this case I think this year counts as Holiday’s first, so I don’t think the Orioles are doing that.
Your post hasn't aged well.
He needs to be sent down soon. If we send him down, we get another year of control I believe.
Yesterday, on a 3-2 pitch he took a heater right down the middle. Clearly it's gotten to his head.
The good news is we are facing Oakland this week which may be worse than our AAA team. If he can't get right vs Oakland, I assume they'll send him down before the Yankees series.
Yeah, that 3rd strike looking with one out and the bases loaded was his worst moment yet. Good point about the A's. Really hope that he has a good series before they send him down, just so he doesn't have to leave on such a terrible note. With so many prospects waiting in the wings, it's hard to justify not giving him some more time to develop at AAA. I'm guessing that they will want to bring Coby Mayo up and stick him at 3rd, moving Westburg over to second -- sacrificing some infield quality for another big bat. That would also give Urias and Mateo more chances, as defensive substitutions if nothing else.
Your AAA team has a 9-12 record and probably has an AA level pitching staff. Based on ERA, Oakland is ranked 19th out of 30 teams, so Jackson has already faced teams with worse pitching.
The teams he has faced are ranked #1, #5, #9, and #21 . . . so mostly very good pitching. No one as bad as the Angels, who are up next starting tonight (#25). So hopefully he can relax and have some success. Or maybe he'll never get another hit and I can say I was at the game for his only MLB hit. (The crowd when wild for about 10 minutes after that single. They will give him the benefit of the doubt for a long time.)
Your AAA team has a 9-12 record and probably has an AA level pitching staff. Based on ERA, Oakland is ranked 19th out of 30 teams, so Jackson has already faced teams with worse pitching.
The teams he has faced are ranked #1, #5, #9, and #21 . . . so mostly very good pitching. No one as bad as the Angels, who are up next starting tonight (#25). So hopefully he can relax and have some success. Or maybe he'll never get another hit and I can say I was at the game for his only MLB hit. (The crowd when wild for about 10 minutes after that single. They will give him the benefit of the doubt for a long time.)
MLB scouting reports are remarkably accurate so his slow start hasn’t changed my belief that he will end up being an all-star player some day.
His difficulties against left handed pitching is an issue and he needs reps against them. He’s only had 2 of them so far, at the major league level.
I was impressed with the way the Yankees hung tough with the A's today for 8 innings in spite of having to contend with a crippling payroll five times the size of Oakland's. And they did it without scoring, which is all the more impressive.
I'll give it to you that he seems completely overmatched, but then he's had 30 at bats, which is nothing. You can go 1/30 during a .300 season easily. But the fact that this is the beginning does suggest that he wasn't ready yet. I'd have the batting coach spend more time with him and the film to determine whether he is ready but just not taking the right approach. More seasoning in the minors is probably needed before a late season call-up, assuming he is tearing the cover off of the ball again.
He should never have been sent back to AAA. He was clearly ready out of camp. I wondered at the time if the Orioles were playing games with his service time. Some teams do that, so their first year doesn’t count towards the first 6 years until unrestricted free agency. It’s a greedy, low class way to keep a player for an extra year at below market wages.
But in this case I think this year counts as Holiday’s first, so I don’t think the Orioles are doing that.
Your post hasn't aged well.
He needs to be sent down soon. If we send him down, we get another year of control I believe.
Yesterday, on a 3-2 pitch he took a heater right down the middle. Clearly it's gotten to his head.
The good news is we are facing Oakland this week which may be worse than our AAA team. If he can't get right vs Oakland, I assume they'll send him down before the Yankees series.
You’re right, he is playing poorly. Maybe he should go back to the minors. But only for now. He has all the tools, and I think will be a very good player at some point.
Orioles sent Holliday back to the minors. smart, he was really struggling. I bet he finds his swing again and they bring him back up after All Star break. he's too talented not to figure it out. wish him the best.