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NOBODY’S PERFECT

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Orioles shortstop Jackson Holliday is the No. 1 prospect in baseball. He’s the reigning Minor League Player of the Year. The year before that he was High School Player of the Year. He enters 2024 as one of the favorites to be the American League Rookie of the Year.

The 20-year-old is an outstanding prospect and should be one of the better players in baseball over the next decade. It’s hard not to get excited about Holliday’s potential.

But no player is perfect. In Holliday’s case, his one blemish is worth monitoring as he competes for a spot in Baltimore’sexplains why he’s not viewed as a potential third baseman.

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