Orioles will give Jackson Holliday ‘every chance’ to complete meteoric rise to majors

Mike Elias promises no shenanigans when it comes to if Jackson Holliday will make Baltimore’s roster to open the season.

The Orioles general manager cites that it was the club’s intention to begin the 2022 season with Adley Rutschman on the major league roster before he incurred a strained triceps muscle that delayed his debut by seven-plus weeks. And that was with Baltimore coming off a 110-loss season.

So there was no attempt at service manipulation then, Elias insisted, and there will not be any holding back Holliday for any reason except if the organization believes more seasoning is necessary for a 20-year-old infielder with 145 games of minor league experience, including 18 at Triple-A.

“We do not do that [service manipulation],” Elias said. “Look at our handling of some of our big prospects, we haven’t done that. And the other element now is we’re trying to repeat [as division champ...
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