Holliday was told after the 2023 season that the Orioles wanted him to learn second base, a position Holliday had only played 25 times. Now he has the basics down and can focus on being crisper.
"I think if I were have gotten surgery in January there kind of would have been a little regret and questioning if maybe I didn’t have to get surgery because it didn’t feel that bad at that moment," Bradish said.
“He’s all about winning,” manager Brandon Hyde said. “That was clear in our two Zooms that we had with him this offseason, that he’s coming over here to win.”
“We have some guys in this camp and on our club that had really good starts to their major league careers. I think it’s organic that they are going to take on that role,” manager Brandon Hyde said.
For years, the Orioles’ top prospects were players that they drafted and developed and turned into major league players, such as Gunnar Henderson and Adley Rutschman. But now, they are on the cusp of seeing a player they signed out of Latin America take that step.
“I’m going to dwell on the great memories of Brian and that smile and how much he enjoyed the success we had there,” former Orioles manager Buck Showalter said.