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Leslee’s side of the family has its own rich sports heritage. Her mom, Janice (Fenimore) Smith, played collegiate softball at Oklahoma State and Northern Colorado. Her younger brothers, Matt and Zach, were both high school football stars.
Ethan and Jackson Holliday have the chance to be the first brothers picked No. 1 overall. The reasons go back to their great grandfather.
Val Kilmer's Doc Holliday and Michael Biehn's Johnny Ringo have an iconic rivalry in Tombstone, but what exactly did the two say when they first met?
The Colorado Rockies selected a familiar name with the No. 4 overall pick in Major League Baseball's annual draft Sunday night. The Rockies used their first-round selection on Ethan Holliday, son of longtime big leaguer Matt Holliday and younger brother of current Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday.
Matt was a seven-time All-Star outfielder who played 15 seasons for the Rockies, Oakland Athletics, St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees. Jackson Holliday reached the majors with Baltimore last season at the age of 20, appearing in 60 games and hitting .189. He is hitting .259 with 12 home runs and 14 doubles in 87 games so far this season.
-A candidate to go inside the top 10 picks, Trey Yesavage ended up slipping to the Blue Jays at No. 20 overall in the 2024 draft. The East Carolina product is enjoying a fantastic pro debut, posting a 3.19 ERA, 0.99 WHIP and 111 strikeouts in 67.2 innings across three levels.
Three years after Jackson Holliday was the talk of the MLB Draft, Ethan can match his brother, perhaps even exceed him in the future.
The Colorado Rockies have until July 28 to sign their first-round pick, Ethan Holliday. There’s a good bet they’ll get it done.
Colorado on Sunday selected 18-year-old Ethan Holliday — son of former Rockies star outfielder Matt Holliday — with the No. 4 overall pick in the MLB draft. Holliday, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound shortstop with power, was hardly a surprise pick entering the draft, as national draftniks universally had him coming to the team who drafted his father.
Star, but ultimately lost out to rival Jazz Chisholm. Maybe he should've been in Atlanta after all, as Chisholm struggled.
The Colorado Rockies got a gift on draft night. Sitting at pick No. 4, they had whom many people consider to be the best player in this year's class fall to the