Ethan Holliday spent the spring of 2025 as MLB’s No. 1 Draft prospect, a premier talent with prodigious power. Fast-forward a year later and he's now the Rockies’ No. 1 prospect, getting to put that light-tower pop on display against pro pitching.
Holliday crushed his second homer of the year in Single-A Fresno's 10-3 win over Rancho Cucamonga on Friday night, a left-on-left three-run shot that came off the bat at 108 mph and traveled 444 feet, per the Trackman at Chukchansi Park.
Facing southpaw Nicolo Pinazzi (Angels), the 19-year-old worked the count even before getting a hanging breaking ball on the sixth pitch of the at-bat. He unleashed a huge cut and connected, sending the ball soaring not only beyond the right-field fence but the bus that was parked beyond it.
It’s been a relatively slow start to 2026 for Holliday, who is hitting .200 with a .679 OPS through 13 games. MLB’s No. 19 prospect was saddled by a minor left groin strain earlier this month, but has reached base safely in six of his past seven games.
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Many of the California League ballparks that Holliday has hit in feature cavernous outfields that can make it difficult to tap into home-run power, particularly for hitters who were playing high school baseball a year ago. But his latest wallop is a reminder that his 65 power grade (tied for second-highest in the Minors) is legit.