So Brock Holt goes 4 for 5 against the Astros and he’s the next Starling Marte, eh? The kid has played 4 major league games and people already can’t get enough of him. Hey, with the way the rest of the team is playing, we’ll take as much Brock Holt as we can get. But did anybody other than his parents know who Brock Holt was when the season started?
Brock Holt has had one hell of a year in the minors but he’s still only the Pirates’ No. 20 prospect with eight position players listed ahead of him. As a 24-year-old in his second full pro season, he dominated AA ball: 102 GP, .322/.389/.432, 123 H, 24 2B, 6 3B, 2 HR, 43 RBI, 40 BB, 51 K. He’s not a power guy, he’s a hit for average and get on base guy and those numbers earned him a promotion to AAA. After just 24 games in Indy and hitting .432/.476/.537, he earned himself another promotion…you know the rest.
Brock Holt couldn’t do any better filling in for Neil Walker at second but after some intense investigative journalism, Dan Pot...
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