For the second time in recent memory, the consensus No. 1 prospect in baseball, a shortstop, in the division, debuted against the Red Sox early in the season. Let’s hope it works out better for Jackson Holliday than the other guy. It would be hard not to, and in the best-case scenario — not for us, of course — is that this is the first day of a Hall of Fame career. The worst case? We know that one.
With Kutter Crawford on the mound, the first inning went blissfully quick. Lefty Cole Ervin, newly curveball friendly, made the start for Baltimore and Jarren Duran, one day after his (home) Opening Day boner, quickly laced a single to left just as Woj announced the Jrue Holiday extension.