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With the MLB Draft approaching soon, ESPN has released their final mock draft on where they think the young prospects could find themselves by the end of the night. For the Colorado Rockies, they predicted that they would draft the son of Matt Holliday, a former player they selected in 1998.
“There has been some waffling late in the process from sources who think maybe the Rockies wouldn't pay the overslot price to get Holliday down here — but much of what I hear very late in the process is wrong or intentional misinformation, so I'll stick with what I've been hearing for a literal year,” ESPN wrote.
“I think the other options for Colorado if Holliday doesn't get here are all college pitchers: Anderson, Arnold, and Witherspoon, with Willits and Arquette getting some mentions,” ESPN continued.
If Holliday is still there at the No. 4 pick, there's a good chance that the Rockies will select him. The Holliday family is full of talent, because not only has Matt played, but his other son, Jackson, was the No. 1 pick in the 2022 draft, and has been playing well for the Baltimore Orioles.
For Ethan, the selling point on him and his strength, which will help his on-base and slugging skills in the league. Jackson recently spoke about his brother's skills and how he may have the strength that he didn't have at the age of 18.
“I’m very jealous of Ethan’s power, his ability to hit the ball really far and consistently do it. Yeah, I’m jealous of how freakishly strong he is at 18, and he’s only going to get strong,” Jackson said via Jake Rill of MLB.com.
Though it would be nice to see Ethan get drafted to the same team that his father did back in the day, it would also be cool to see him go No. 1 in the draft, making it the first time two brothers were No. 1 picks in the league.
