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Keeping It in the Family: Rockies Draft Ethan Holliday, Son of Franchise Legend Matt Holliday
DENVER COUNTY, COLORADO, JUL 13 – The Rockies picked Ethan Holliday fourth overall, continuing a family tradition as he earned top high school honors and is projected as a cornerstone for the franchise's future.
- On Sunday night, the Colorado Rockies selected Ethan Holliday as the fourth player chosen in the first round of the 2025 MLB Draft.
- Ethan, a 6-foot-4, 210-pound left-handed hitter from Stillwater High School, hit.611 with 19 home runs and 64 RBIs during his senior year.
- Ethan is the son of former Rockies standout Matt Holliday, who played with Colorado from 1998 to 2008 and was instrumental in leading the team to their sole trip to the World Series in 2007.
- Last September, Matt Holliday mentioned that 17-year-old Ethan consistently hits the ball at speeds between 110 and 112 mph and could possess greater natural power than himself.
- Ethan expressed thankfulness for the opportunity to join the Rockies and said he and his brother Jaxson, the 2022 first overall pick, are very close.
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Denver GazetteRockies select top prospect Ethan Holliday, son of Matt, with No. 4 pick in MLB draft
Ethan Holliday spent some of his childhood growing up inside Coors Field. Now the Colorado Rockies are hoping that Holliday grows into the franchise’s next superstar.
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Rockies select son of former star with No. 4 pick in the 2025 MLB Draft
DENVER (KDVR) — In 2018, Colorado Rockies fans had to say goodbye to a franchise favorite when Matt Holliday decided to hang up the glove and embrace the retired life. The fans have gone seven long years without seeing Holliday on the back of a Rockies jersey, but after the 2025 MLB Draft, Holliday will be brandished once more. New NBA sensation has a few words for Jokić The Rockies took Ethan Holliday, the son of former Rockie Matt Hollid…
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