Ethan Holliday gets first pro assignment

The Colorado Rockies’ top pick from last month’s draft, Ethan Holliday, is getting his first pro assignment, heading for Single-A Fresno.

The 18-year-old infielder was named the club’s top prospect earlier this week. The fourth overall pick in the 2025 MLB Draft was ranked at No. 17 overall by MLB Pipeline. He signed a record-breaking $9 million bonus with the Rockies late last month and had been training in Arizona before getting his first pro duty.

Even more reason to celebrate with the @FresnoGrizzlies:#Rockies No. 1 prospect INF Ethan Holliday and No. 30 prospect Tanner Thatch will join the squad tonjght. https://t.co/BDEj0MeAc9

— Thomas Harding (@harding_at_mlb) August 12, 2025

The Rockies selected the son of Matt Holliday earlier this month out of Stillwater High School in Oklahoma. The younger Holliday projects to play the premium left side of the infield with his right-handed arm, though he bats left-handed, unlike his father. In a perfect world, Ethan can play the infield like his star brother Jackson in Baltimore, but bring more pop like his pops — just from the left side.

The older Holliday was a three-time All-Star in Colorado, led the Rockies to the World Series with an MVP performance in the 2007 NLCS and is responsible for the club’s most iconic moment as he slid into home plate to cement Rocktober’s legend. The Rockies missed out on drafting Matt’s older son, who was selected first in the 2022 Draft.

Holliday was Baseball America’s 2025 High School Player of the Year. Jackson earned that honor in 2022, and other stars like Bobby Witt Jr., MacKenzie Gore, Kyle Tucker and Byron Buxton have claimed that award.

His senior year stats at Stillwater were insane, as are most top MLB Draft prospects playing at the high school level. This spring, he hit .611 with 19 home runs and an OPS of 2.038 — these are not typos.

On MLB’s 20-80 scouting scale, Andrew Simon rates his tools as such:

• Hit: 50
• Power: 65
• Run: 50
• Arm: 55
• Field: 50
• Overall: 60

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