With the No. 1 pick in the 2022 MLB Draft, the Orioles selected shortstop Jackson Holliday.
Baseball is in the blood for Holliday, whose father, Matt, was a seven-time All-Star slugger during a 15-year MLB career with the Rockies, A’s, Cardinals and Yankees. But the family baseball connection doesn’t stop there — Jackson’s uncle, Josh, is the head coach at Oklahoma State, where Jackson is committed if he doesn’t turn pro. And Jackson’s grandfather, Tom, coached Oklahoma State baseball for 26 years.
Jackson’s younger brother, Ethan, is ranked as one of the top prep players in the nation for the Class of 2025, and the two played on the same team for the first time last year, with Jackson hitting second in the lineup and playing shortstop for Stillwater (Okla.) High School, and Ethan batting third and playing third base. They even hit back-to-back homers in one game.