Ryan Ripken and Rocco DiSangro explain the first week of Jackson Holliday's at bats in the Major Leagues. Ryan then breaks down specific at bats to explain that Jackson's struggles are nothing to worry about.
Nobody cares what the stats don't show. Production is the stat that shows. He was really bad, and he may be able to correct it, but it's in his head. You know what the yips are. Correct the yips, and he'll be fine. He obviously has the tools .
There really is no choice for the O’s, with respect to Holiday’s struggles, but to write his name into the lineup everyday and let him work his way out of it. He has already proven that he can master the minor leagues, so what good would it do to send him back down? If the O’s can keep winning in spite of Holiday’s struggles, that’ll make it easier to keep him in the lineup everyday so that he can eventually figure out major league pitching.
I think it's kind of funny how many of the people who were critical of the team for not promoting him immediately are ready to give up on him already. It's almost like the people who are baseball experts know something we don't!
I felt Jackson was more confident last night at the plate and he definitely made better contact even though 2 of them were flyouts. I grew up watching your Dad play. Have you ever talked about how he would almost always take the first pitch and why he stuck with that approach so often throughout his career?
Love your insightful analysis but Hays .076 Holiday .067 Perhaps soon we'll have to stop making excuses for them and start seeking solutions. How much time are O's going to accept zero offensive production. Agree that they both deserve a bit more time to come around but I don't think it's too soon to start thinking about resolution. Hope for the best but plan for the worst.
Thank you. I'm really tired of hearing the excuses. And sure...struggles ARE normal. But the NORMAL way MLB are expected to work out those problems is at the minor league level, NOT at the major league level. It's an extreme example but everybody remembers that perennial all star 2nd baseman who, out of nowhere, couldn't throw from 2nd to 1st if his life depended on it. They sent him to sports psychologists and nothing worked. The problem was in his head, not his arm. Yep. Good old Chuck Knoblauch and his yips. I bring up this example to show how delicate a players' mindset can be and how it can negatively impact his play. All I want is for Jackson's development to be as positive as possible. And just compare Cowser to Jackson and it's night and day.
If they had given up on Cowser after last year you'd not have his bat going off now. And it felt like every time he jumped a level he would get off slow and pull it together
He's stepping in the bucket a lot and he doesn't seem to be balanced. Part of that is stepping in the bucket. If he concentrates on getting that front foot down some of the balls he's fouling straight back will be base hits up the middle. I've faced decent pitching in my time, ex big leaguers, d1 college guys, etc and I know it's not easy. I think if he can get relaxed and more balanced in the box he'll be just fine.
Yep, this is actually a good thing. This happens and he will adjust. The 2,3, and 4 hit games are on the way. I cant wait for his forst homer. It eill be beautiful.
Is it fair to say that Jackson’s biggest problem is that he probably was facing more fastball heavy approaches and that once he adjusts to the breaking stuff, he will be more consistent?
@@samk4801 or...people are just overreacting. Austin Hays went what, almost 20 ABs without a hit, more than Jackson, yet he was an all star last year. It'll be fine. He needs experience with MLB pitching, he's not going to gain much more from AAA at this point because he already dominated it. He's at the end of the order, and he's looking very good defensively. Id rather him in the lineup than Urias any day.
@@kasjams2216 Time will tell. It's not a black/white situation. The point of him going back down is to gain CONFIDENCE, and some more reps at 2nd and more at bats against lefties. If he stays and works it out, fine. If he stays and gets his head screwed up, then no, it's not fine.
1-19 10 strikeouts. Need to go back to minors. Minor bump? How can it get any worse? Excuses Bring up the 3rd baseman and Right fielder from tripleA. They deserve to be called up, not Jackson.
@@kasjams2216 Not really. See what's right in front of your eyes and not how you WANT it to be. The longer Jackson struggles up here the longer it might be to straighten him out down the road. (And your logic is crap. What does remembering a guy's name have to do with what we're ALL seeing from Holiday. Weak af man.)
@@samk4801 how is that warped? If you were knowledgeable of the players involved, you would know their names. If you don't even know that very very basic level of information about them, you cannot possibly know enough to say if they should be called up over Jackson.
