HOME RUN DERBY | Matt Holliday vs. Jackson Holliday vs. Ethan Holliday vs. Bat Bro Will

Today we're joined by the Holliday fam for a 10-out home run derby in Stillwater, Oklahoma! A huge thanks to the Hollidays and the Oklahoma State Cowboys for having us out.
Matt (43) is now retired but he finished his career with 316 MLB home runs across 15 years in the big leagues (Rockies, Cardinals, Athletics, and Yankees).
Jackson (19) was the 1st overall pick of the 2022 MLB Draft and is currently the top-ranked prospect in the Baltimore Orioles organization.
Ethan (16) is a junior at Stillwater High School and is currently the #1 ranked high school prospect in the 2025 class.
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[@JJ721999]

Matt Holiday is low key living every mans dream. Having a long and successful career in the MLB, then having your two sons be some of the top prospects in baseball, but still being young and healthy enough to show them up in a home run derby lol

[@Mikeoxlong-lr3rv]

Wanna hear something crazier? That other kid was his third son whose I think 9 or 10 so there’s a fourth holiday otw

[@billycole852]

That's not low key at all

[@dezcaughtit3103]

I obviously know Jackson as a casual but Ethan is good too your saying?? That’s sick

[@dylanhetzel9432]

@@dezcaughtit3103Ethan is the top recruit in the 2025 class as of a few days ago

[@joemckim1183]

@@Mikeoxlong-lr3rv I just checked his wikipedia, the 3rd son is Reed plus they also have a daughter named Gracyn who's the 3rd oldest sibling with Reed being the youngest.

[@MLB]

This is SO EPIC

[@user-cc7cr1hn5e]

MLB commented wow

[@cadebayerl8117]

Woah MLB is here

[@CSDonohue11]

Indeed it is Just like @MLB

[@CSDonohue11]

It’s crazy what @MLBP do with Wood 🪵

[@Temufree474]

woah what up mlb

[@DCTeague1515]

Matt Holliday still an absolute unit

[@TheOnetimeshawty]

Dudes jack3d af😂😂😂

[@Sheryl510]

Matt Holliday will forever be remembered for being a prick, regardless of his family ties.

[@knxcholx]

​@@Sheryl510 bruh. People can change. He doesn't have a prick attitude to me in this video

[@Wrong_Hand_Drive]

@@Sheryl510He was absolutely not a prick with STL. Sounds like you’re butthurt

[@TheChance1991]

@@Sheryl510 Seems to have worked out really well for him

[@garrettmcewan3]

You should 100% make this a series! Ex-MLB players vs. their kids in a homerun derby is content I’d watch any day of the week!

[@travisdong8283]

yesss maybe druw jones and adruw jones?

[@vicjose]

Hell yes 🔥

[@realcade]

Vlad Sr vs Jr vs Vladi

[@DanielMoreno-hk8le]

10000%

[@mikea.6696]

This and maybe have multiple hitters for bat comparisons every now and then when it's convenient.

[@Isuckatvideogames210]

Seeing Matt Holliday hit an absolute NUKE over the scoreboard brings me back to my childhood

[@Owenthebaseballguy]

Nice profile picture

[@oscarthegrouch4574]

He’s juicing what do you expect

[@JPeeb26]

Jackson’s swing is perfect for the flag court at O’s park

[@sgrafx]

I expect him to hit the warehouse.

[@tomdiets5079]

@@sgrafxHe is gonna have to put some size on like his father to pull that off, I’m looking for him to hit over three hundred with his good eye and the HRs will come, he will only get bigger he doesn’t even have his grown man strength yet.

[@zachhuffaker5656]

@@tomdiets5079gunner ain’t big and he hit it….

[@thejudge3132]

@@zachhuffaker5656 On a bounce. It was a shot tho.

[@cran3341]

I'm here for it BUT I expect Jackson to be a 200 hit type guy. Not a 30+ hr and 400+ feet. At least not yet. His size will come

[@ThatBaseballGuy13]

Matt Holliday is a HOF’er Totally destroyed baseballs, clutch hitter and always a winner. Has some pretty impressive stats as well. Amazing career

[@gregoryfagan2835]

Ugh

[@ThatBaseballGuy13]

@@gregoryfagan2835 “ugh” what ?

[@darylpayne5432]

No Hof’r , can smash tho.

[@noelmendez3776]

15 year career with batting average of .299 with 316 homers and over 2000 hits. I’d say for sure Hall of Famer. Not to mention how much of a clutch hitter he was.

[@barackojamba]

@@noelmendez3776his defense wasn’t very good

[@stevenbaker43]

As a Cardinals fan seeing Matt Holiday in one off your vids is amazing, he was a beast on the Cardinals.

[@stevenbaker43]

Now we just need Albert Pujols

[@tellerjake]

Yankee fan here, I 100% agree, but they shouldn't have used his Yankees photo for the thumbnail lol

[@The8BitNerd]

Jackson’s a beast! Can’t wait to see him in the pros.

[@mr_man_123]

he is in the pros im assuming you mean big leagues

[@hudsonunderriner875]

He’s in the big leaugues

[@thetrain3302]

⁠@@hudsonunderriner875he’s not in the bigs just yet, but you can bet he will crack the Orioles roster next season

[@hudsonunderriner875]

My bad I was thinking of Gunnar henderson

[@derekholmes4792]

​@@hudsonunderriner875same hair😂. Love the O's had to hang up my A's hat

[@riverhooligan8237]

Being a guy from Saint Louis and just absolutely loving Matt Holiday and my cardinals then moving to Stillwater Oklahoma and being an osu fan and just knowing everything about Matt’s life style and the absolutely gorgeous town off stilly where he lives has really made me think he’s my all time favorite ball player.

[@user-ux4vm5is1u]

Love the Holliday family love to see them all hitting tanks

[@donnies1902]

Great genetics. Cant wait to watch Jackson on the big stage with my O's

[@scottmitchell1974]

We might be good for a decade!

[@donnies1902]

@scottmitchell1974 I'd love to see a move or 2 this off-season for a starter and some bullpen pieces but the foundation is set. Let's just hope ownership actually opens their wallet to resign our homegrown talent

[@scottmitchell1974]

@@donnies1902 Yes, and not get caught up chasing Ohtani and his $500 million price.

[@alexanderrose1071]

@@donnies1902Orioles heard you, and got you at least a year of Corbin Burnes. Maybe they’ll actually be able to re-sign him with this new ownership group

[@nickmuro7191]

So much for that

[@pizzels499]

Gotta give Matt some respect for hitting with some Shattered Backboards

[@crulove7530]

Technically, they’re not. Just sayin.

[@pizzels499]

@@crulove7530wdym they’re literally shattered backboards 3.0

[@madskrillz2]

Well they're the worst pair that everyone hated, so that's probably why lol.

[@SanFranFan30]

Jackson was hitting in some Adidas Forums man it's the same thing

[@pizzels499]

@@SanFranFan30 what are even those

[@plcrrl]

What I needed this Friday night was Matt Holliday with a metal bat hell yeah

[@pmac7887]

Can we get a follow-up video for when Matt's second home run lands? Sometime after Xmas I assume.

[@droctagon529]

Lol that thing was absolutely PISSED on

[@CybrSlydr]

Man, watching former pros hit with metal bats is just... Something else!

[@brandonweber1348]

David Ortiz has a BP session on KZbin with a metal bad at Tropicana Field. It's insane. Sound of the ting ringing through the stadium. He launched one onto the catwalk

[@danielcalvert2700]

@@brandonweber1348welp, i know what im watching next!

[@treysonmcgrady4750]

There’s a reason pros have to use wood. With metal someone would literally die.

[@haywood0457]

Imagine if they allowed metal bats in MLB. The offensive numbers would explode.

[@CybrSlydr]

@@haywood0457 You'd have to either go back to the dead balls or massively expand the fields and lengthen the distance between bases. Lol

[@Crispy__Mike]

I watched Matt during BP in Milwaukee and he was hitting them half way up Bernies slide.. they were majestic.

[@GWUbaseball14]

Jackson has the exact swing my college coaches told me I couldn’t be successful with, and I love it. Big stride, lunges, and long through the swing. Not every hitter has do it the same way. Big leaguers have the widest variety of different swings and hardly any are the “textbook, coach perfected” swing.

[@dennispeddy5598]

Jackson Holiday just made major league debut with the Orioles and the kid is a gamer for sure!

[@KOATHcORd4]

Shout to Will for creating this channel I been watching since 2020 and I missed ball so much I go into a men's league at 35! And RACKED! if it's in ya it's ya. Ball for life 1 Peter 2:17

[@patrickeff9964]

Absolutely love the production quality on this vod. The varied camera angles and ball tracing... I can tell a lot of love went into this video. Fire as always. Thank you, bat bros!

[@BigJohnDoe08]

did anybody else notice the absolutely manic backspin that jackson got on those hits holy back spin

[@Heavy_Arrow312]

Jackson's swing looks so effortless. Can't wait to watch his career blossom here in BMORE

[@C-Sigg_999]

watching pro's absolutely wreck it with juiced bats is a convo that all of us have had at some point and finally getting to see it was awesome! This was superb content boys. side note: why does Matt look like he just rips phone books in half for fun these days 😳 what an absolute beast

[@ShodaiTakumi]

Growing up in St. Louis, Matt Holliday was a staple of my childhood. Thank you for all you've done for our community.

[@docplum]

Awesome HR Derby, it’s cool to see the Holliday family’s swings up close and compare them to footage from in-game highlights.

[@IamGROOOT]

Insane video. The Holliday family is on another level! I'm convinced 43 year-old Matt would be a top-half DH right now after seeing those exit velos.

[@4Gr8rGood]

Much respect to a great dad living the best life with his family. Nice work boys.

[@fredwilliams748]

Matt “biceps” Holliday hell yeah! Still got big boy juice

[@MightyGoat]

So freakin sick

[@ironsharpensiron84]

Loving the shirt the oldest Holliday was wearing. Class Act

[@itzbreath6087]

Matt holliday is 44 years old swinging like he never retired. Respect

[@toddmarkarian9665]

Great content. Matt is still a monster. Baseballs current 'first family?' They're some good people. My son has played against Ethan for years. Gotta love the 'days!

[@thetrain3302]

Man, Matt Holliday still has it! Granted the Easton Reflex is still an absolute cheat code of a bat, but still, retired from the league for 5 years and still hitting nukes…goddamn lol

[@user-rg2cq7wu6v]

My 7 year old and I saw Jackson play with Bowie vs The Richmond Flying squirrels. Jackson was on fire that game. My boy was like who is that. We had no idea. Looked him up and saw he’s from Stillwater. Small world as I went to OSU. Go Pokes and O’s.

[@alexanderrose1071]

Lucky enough to see the number one prospect in all of baseball. Thats awesome. Especially as he was only with Bowie for a short period. Can’t believe he made it all the way to AAA in his first professional season

[@arielvaras4893]

Bro Matt Holliday was so ruthless back in the days, I still remember the HR Derby he participated in and hitting a 497 feet HR. Favorite LF of all time after Barry.

[@Jon-de9im]

Was that the Reflex? C-core? Extended? That bat had sooooooomuch pop.

[@arielvaras4893]

@@Jon-de9im The reflex

[@Jon-de9im]

@@arielvaras4893 remember the reflex had the orange extended barrel, and the C-core version. I had one the Extended.. it’s not fair with Matt swinging that reflex. 3/4 Barrel.

[@Matthew-ul8vi]

Matt was always such a beast and so humble. One of my favorite players of all time.

[@TradeU4it]

Officially my all time favorite vid on this channel! Matt Holiday is a legend. Seeing the next generation was special content.

[@danebrowne2968]

Definitely a top 5 bat bros vid of all time

[@mcgerry5532]

Matt is the man. One of my favs growing up. Love the shirt too 🙏👍

[@robertj9630]

That was fun to watch. The old man can still swing it.

[@JustBaseballFans]

Hard to imagine a much more awesome video than this. Congratulations on an awesome idea and executing it to perfection! So much fun.

[@cobramystic_gaming1505]

It’s awesome seeing Ethan and Jackson being in awe of their dad. So badass

[@g-magz9502]

Matt Holliday makes it look so easy that is EASY pop. Absolutely underrated hitter when he played. His boys are right behind him though, that whole family is stacked lol

[@dylanjones7633]

Been watching since day one!!! Really awesome to see this Chanel evolve and grow. Congrats will!!!!

[@jamesdixon6332]

As someone who has loved baseball for 42 years since I was 5, these videos are so fun to watch.

[@theangrybavarian3876]

Matt was one of my favorite guys growing up a Cardinals fan in the early 2010s. Nice to see him and his sons hit some tanks.

[@bene.100]

Jackson's swing is so interesting. His right foot doesn't even really touch the ground until he actually plants.

[@toddmarkarian9665]

He has quick hands, strong wrists and forearms... adjusts well to everything, makes him a versatile and dangerous hitter.

[@drewjames8594]

Looks like he’s made some pretty big adjustments since going pro or may just be for bp. Hovering his front foot to insure he’s back side heavy and has good weight transfer.

[@coltgould3659]

This is a CLEAR top 5 Bat Bro Video 💪

[@dero0808]

When I was playing college ball, we played the Colorado Springs Sky Sox, and Matt Holiday was on the team. He hit two absolute laser home runs off us. One of them was to straight center, and hit about 2/3 up the batters eye. He was a monster!

[@TylerJonez]

Any one else back because Jackson just made his MLB debut?? Matt a real homerun derby champ

[@SLUGGER_CITY]

I freaking love the HOLLIDAY family! Matt is one of my all-time favorite players, and Jackson is right there with him. Ethan's also a beast! This is the best video I've seen in a while, thanks for sharing!! I absolutely love this channel, keep up the great work, guys!!!⚾️🔥⚾️🔥⚾️🔥⚾️🔥⚾️🔥⚾️

[@byballboys]

I saw Jackson in person in High A and Double A can’t wait for him to be in the bigs

[@jeremybear573]

The O's are so blessed to have this Kid!!!

[@wood1040]

One of the coolest content you got bro! Rockies fan myself. The Holiday 3 are a confident bunch. Watched Matt at Coors field score the winning run in the play-in game for win 163 to get a wild card spot and ultimately make it to the WS, fireworks blasting off in the right field upper deck that’s now known as “The Rooftop”. Ethan has some autos out there..,I pulled a 16U USA of him, and Jackson is a legit MLB star in the making. Matt hits monster bombs! Matt’s early days smashing ginormous homers at Coors field was normal and he had the 2007 NL MVP in the bag for sure!!

[@MichaelDay-ui8ep]

Holiday is a weapon. Jacksons swing is just beauty.

[@oIFIFeNSe]

Watching one of my favorite Cardinals crushing HRs with his sons. Love it and thank you for putting out this video!

[@ArmstrongMedia]

Thanks Matt for letting me see a Major leaguer hit with a reflex .. 😮. Just what I thought ! As an Oklahoman who loves the orioles Go O’s !!

[@ivanmedina7676]

Wow, can we sign Matt so he can play together with Jackson? Dude is a hitting bombs!!! This has to be such a surreal moment as a father, super awesome, wish Jackson and Ethan nothing but the best in there MLB careers. Go O's!!!!

[@Raw____Toast]

Nice to see Matt out there still swinging it well…one of my favorite players growing up

[@robertcumberland3073]

Im happy for Matt Holi and his sons! Living a great life playing the best game ever. Best wishes for the future! Oh yea much love from Baltimore! Keep wait to see ya at the show Jacks! It won't be long!

[@robertflint4115]

Ex-big leaguers vs. young blood is excellent content. Any ex-pro athlete makes for great content and challenge. We love it, Rock on BBB's 🤘😎

[@WinchMan4]

Jackson Holliday's swing is so impressive. Dude moves through the whole pitch.

[@that1guy424]

Matt was LAUNCHING baseballs! This was so cool to watch!

[@ToBe33-4]

I’m big fan of Jackson Holliday!!! Love this video!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!

[@thejuliebean]

I hope Jackson remains a humble and good guy. The sports needs that as much as it needs his talent. Work as hard as you can and HoF is within reach.

[@cesargutierrez4999]

That was awesome That family is country strong!!!!

[@albertduran1034]

matt holiday swing is pure gold

[@katiekendall2004]

You know it’s a good day when bat bros uploads

[@andrewmorehead8710]

As an O's fan I am so glad to have him on our team. I can't wait for this season.

[@calvincastillo7091]

Matt Holiday still got it!!! Legend

[@buckeyechris21]

Your best content yet guys, thanks so. much for bringing us this!

[@irishincali]

Matt still hasn't touched home against the Padres! 🤣 🤣 Love um though. This is by far one of your best videos. More of this por favor! 😁

[@jsnow808]

Absolute BANGER of a video… literally

[@TWolfyG]

When you see hitters of this caliber, always watch the legs!!! They all have extremely great lower half swings!

[@tbuff91]

Loved Matty as a Rockies fan growing up

[@oooolah]

As an Orioles fan, I am so happy Jackson is repping! Can't wait to see him in the big leagues next year! Let's go O's!

[@That_Cyber_Dude]

Z2k Easton, AirAttack1,2 and 3, Easton Redline, were all HOT, even the Omaha

[@jkizzle9953]

4:11 one of the most impressive ball flights I’ve seen in a minute

[@skeeeeeeter]

these kids’ swings are beautiful. Nearly every “out” was 100+ velo gapper. Nuts

[@skeeeeeeter]

editing was nice on this video

[@frenchfrey65]

Matt still got it!

[@donutholes636]

Jackson’s stance is nice

[@jakelykins2773]

He has got a unique but beautiful swing

[@dannydonnatelli8502]

2009-2011 BESR Voodoo is my personal favorite bat of all time. In high school everyone wanted to use my Voodoo on game day because it was so OP. The “trampoline” effect the bat gave you when you hit the sweet spot was next to none.

[@bryanmcfarland2253]

This was awesome. Matt shows you, when you got it, you got it. He was hitting monster shots

[@jacobwilhide1189]

Legendary collab

[@BloodMistKage]

Matt just showed the difference from a pro to a Legend

[@EricLeetFishing]

Matt Holliday is such a BEAST

[@the85walrus]

As a 38 year old Orioles fan I can’t wait to see Jackson in the show. Hopefully we can retain these young superstars. I just want one title in my lifetime, I’m not greedy.

[@keeferdog5617]

THAT WAS AWESOME!

[@CAMX.33]

10/10 content. Man this made the young me happy, thanks bros 🙏

[@JamesHixenbaugh]

Love Matt’s shirt!! I need one of those!!

[@taylorjoshd]

Matty, I LOVE the shirt!!! Always my favorite CARD!!! Matty is still a freakin BEAST!!! Awesome dude. I'm a little biased though....HUGE Cardinals fan!!

[@redhotchilifan98]

Matt has always one of those feared hitters for pitchers. Any moment he could launch one.

[@RCSNIPER34]

Matt definitely won the best shirt! Jesus is Lord!

[@Sdukes001]

Matt was absolutely crushing it

[@doctorstrainlove6318]

So stoked on Jackson as an O’s fan, but Ethan was lookin pretty solid. Also, had the most personality out of all the Hollidays.

[@Rapsodo]

This was insane. 🔥🔥🔥

[@rayshardsmith2546]

As an Os Fan … I’m excited to see this

[@bogle28]

I forgot how massive Matt Holliday is, dude is just straight jacked

[@PedsCardCollection]

This was extremely fun to watch!