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Who is Ethan Holliday? What to know of top-ranked high school prospect in 2025 MLB Draft

Austin Curtright   Paste BN NETWORK
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Top high school prospect Ethan Holliday comes from quite the baseball family, and he's likely to follow in his brother's footsteps as a top pick in the upcoming MLB draft.

Holliday, regarded as the top high school prospect in 2025, is a surefire top five pick, but whether that's No. 1 overall to the Washington Nationals, No. 4 to the Colorado Rockies, or anywhere in between, is to be determined.

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The left-handed slugger attends Stillwater High School, where he was named the Gatorade Player of the Year in Oklahoma after hitting 19 home runs and 61 RBIs with a .611 batting average as a senior. He was also named Baseball America's High School Player of the Year.

If Holliday pans out anywhere close to his brother, Baltimore Orioles second baseman Jackson Holliday, he'll likely be on a fast-track to MLB given his obvious talent despite his young age.

Here's everything to know of Holliday, who has a chance at going No. 1 overall on Sunday, July 13:

Ethan Holliday MLB mock draft

Here are the latest projections for where Holliday might fall in the 2025 MLB Draft:

  • Paste BN Sports: First round, No. 1 overall to Washington Nationals
  • ESPN: First round, No. 4 overall to Colorado Rockies
  • MLB.com: First round, No. 4 overall to Colorado Rockies
  • The Athletic: First round, No. 4 overall to Colorado Rockies

Ethan Holliday stats

Here are Holliday's senior season stats:

  • 2025: .661 batting average with 19 home runs and 64 RBIs, along with a 2.038 OPS and 1.295 slugging percentage.

Ethan Holliday family tree

Holliday is the son of Matt Holliday, a seven-time All-Star selection with the Colorado Rockies, St. Louis Cardinals and New York Yankees. He's also the younger brother of Jackson Holliday, who went No. 1 overall in the 2022 MLB Draft and currently starts at second base for the Baltimore Orioles.

Holliday's uncle, Josh Holliday, is also the head coach at Oklahoma State, where Holliday was committed. Jackson was also committed there before being drafted, and Matt played there.

Tom Holliday, Matt and Josh's dad, was the head coach at Oklahoma State from 1997-2003 after serving as pitching coach from 1978-96. Tom spent 40 years as a college baseball coach, last serving as Auburn's pitching coach in 2015.

Ethan Holliday scouting grades

Here are Holliday's scouting grades, according to MLB Pipeline:

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

MLB Pipeline says this about Holliday: "Holliday may have the most usable left-handed power in the Draft and he generates it with little effort. Still adding to his 6-foot-4 frame, he already has plenty of strength and an easy left-handed swing with plenty of bat speed and leverage. ... he should develop into at least an average hitter with 35-homer pop and plenty of walks."

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