The Colorado Rockies are calling up outfielder Matt Holliday from their Triple A affiliate in Albuquerque on Thursday, Patrick Saunders of the Denver Post reports.
Holliday was a seventh-round draft pick by the Rockies in 1998. He played five seasons with the team from 2004 to 2008 and was a key piece of Colorado's 2007 World Series run. In 2007, Holliday led National League with a league-high .340 batting average with 36 home runs and 137 RBIs on the season.
The 38-year-old veteran outfielder was traded to Oakland in 2009 after failing to reach an agreement with the Rockies on terms of a contract extension.