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Jackson Holliday Still Out on Tuesday With Groin Injury
Baltimore Orioles middle infielder Jackson Holliday (groin) remains sidelined on Tuesday with a groin injury against the hosting Los Angeles Angels, according to MLB.com. Jeremiah Jackson is making another start at the keystone for Baltimore and will bat ninth against Angels right-hander Ryan Johnson. Holliday will be missing a third straight game with tightness in his groin, but as of now, he remains day-to-day and could return to the starting nine for Wednesday's contest in Anaheim. The 22-year-old Holliday has had an injury-plagued 2026 campaign to this point, getting a late start after having surgery to fix a broken hamate bone in his hand back in spring training. The former first overall pick then had a setback that prevented on his minor-league rehab assignment that prevented him from making his season debut until May 19. The son of former big-leaguer Matt Holliday has plenty of long-term power/speed upside, but so far in his 85 at-bats this year, he has struggled with only 17 hits (.200 average), four home runs, 12 RBI, 14 runs, and three steals. If/when Holliday finds his groove, he'll be an option off the waiver wire for middle-infield depth. Holliday is rostered in just 30% of Yahoo leagues right now.
Source: MLB.com
Source: MLB.com
Blaze Alexander Injures his Knee on Monday
Baltimore Orioles infielder/outfielder Blaze Alexander (knee) was pulled from Monday's game early against the Los Angeles Angels with discomfort in his right knee, according to Rich Dubroff of BaltimoreBaseball.com. Manager Craig Albernaz said that Alexander has a muscle contusion from fouling a ball off his knee, and it locked up on him when he sat down ahead of the third inning. Albernaz said Alexander will be fine, but he could be held out of the starting lineup for Tuesday's contest against the Angels. Alexander was hitless in his only at-bat on Monday with a strikeout before Coby Mayo replaced him at third base in the eventual 6-1 win in Anaheim. The 27-year-old should be considered day-to-day for now. Alexander has been a huge asset for the O's in 2026 in his first year in Baltimore, hitting .310 (53-for-171) with three home runs, 23 RBI, eight stolen bases, and 22 runs scored across 67 games played. He's eligible at second base, third base, shortstop, and the outfield in Yahoo leagues and is rostered in 18% of those formats.
Source: BaltimoreBaseball.com - Rich Dubroff
Source: BaltimoreBaseball.com - Rich Dubroff
Jackson Holliday Dealing With Groin Tightness
Baltimore Orioles middle infielder Jackson Holliday (groin) was pulled from Saturday night's game early against the Los Angeles Dodgers due to groin tightness, according to Jake Rill of MLB.com. Manager Craig Albernaz didn't want it to become too serious. Before leaving the eventual 3-2 win over the Dodgers on the road, Holliday went 0-for-3 at the plate with two strikeouts. He was replaced at second base by Jeremiah Jackson. It doesn't sound like Holliday's injury is particularly serious, so we'll consider him day-to-day. However, fantasy managers shouldn't expect Holliday to be back in the starting lineup for Sunday's series finale at Dodger Stadium. After his hitless performance on Saturday, the 22-year-old former first overall pick in 2022 is hitting just .200 (17-for-85) with four homers, 12 RBI, 14 runs scored, and three stolen bases in 29 games after getting a late start to the 2026 season due to a broken hamate bone in his hand that he suffered back in February. Holliday has 20-20 upside as a former top prospect, but he has yet to put it all together at the big-league level.
Source: MLB.com - Jake Rill
Source: MLB.com - Jake Rill
Should Jackson Holliday be Rostered in More Fantasy Leagues?
Baltimore Orioles infielder Jackson Holliday had surgery to fix a broken hamate bone in his hand back in spring training and had multiple setbacks along the way during his rehab, which is why he didn't make his 2026 season debut until May 19. The 22-year-old former first overall pick in 2022 out of Stillwater High School in Oklahoma hit only .229/.300/.360 with a .659 OPS in his first two big-league seasons, but he did produce 17 home runs and 17 stolen bases in 149 games in 2025 in his first full year in the majors in Baltimore. Holliday has only hit .215 (14-for-65) with three home runs, 11 RBI, 11 runs scored, and three stolen bases in 22 games across 76 plate appearances since making his season debut in May, but he did hit his third career grand slam earlier this week against the Seattle Mariners. So far in 10 games in June, Holliday has gone 6-for-32 (.188) with a homer, a double, a triple, five RBI, four runs scored, four walks, and 11 strikeouts. There's no doubt he's still trying to get locked in at the plate after getting a late start to the season, but fantasy managers should be keeping a close eye on the post-hype prospect. Holliday could quickly become a waiver-wire darling if/when he starts to heat up. He's only rostered in 40% of Yahoo leagues right now.
Source: Baseball Reference
Source: Baseball Reference
Gunnar Henderson Ready to Turn Things Around After Two-Homer Game?
Slowly but surely, Baltimore Orioles shortstop Gunnar Henderson has started to look more like himself in May. The 24-year-old left-handed-hitting shortstop went 2-for-4 at the plate with two home runs, three RBI, and a strikeout in the team's 11-2 rout over the division-rival Tampa Bay Rays at Camden Yards on Wednesday to raise his season average to .222 and his OPS to .714. The strong performance was his first multi-homer game of the 2026 campaign. It definitely has not been the season that Henderson's fantasy managers were hoping for, but the buy-low window is closing quickly. Although Henderson is hitting only .222 with the end of May quickly approaching, he has 13 home runs and has gone 14-for-33 (.424) with three long balls in his last 10 games. Henderson has added 29 RBI, 30 runs scored, and six stolen bases across his 252 plate appearances on the year.
Source: MLB.com
Source: MLB.com
