Name Grant Holmes Role Baseball player | Siblings Colby Holmes | |
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Harrison Grant Holmes (born March 22, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Oakland Athletics organization. He was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the first round of the 2014 Major League Baseball draft.
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Career
Holmes attended Conway High School in Conway, South Carolina. He was considered one of the top prospects for the 2014 Major League Baseball Draft. He had committed to the University of Florida, but he was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers as the 22nd pick in the first round of the draft. Holmes was officially signed by the Dodgers on June 17, 2014 for $2.5 million. The Dodgers assigned him to the rookie class Arizona League Dodgers to begin his professional career. He was 1–2 with a 3.00 ERA in seven appearances for them, before he was promoted, on August 14, 2014, to the Ogden Raptors of the Pioneer Baseball League. In four starts for Ogden, he was 1-1 with a 4.91 ERA.
Holmes was assigned to the Class-A Great Lakes Loons of the Midwest League to start the 2015 season. He was selected to the mid-season All-Star team. He finished the season with a 6–4 record and 3.14 ERA in 24 starts. Holmes was promoted to the Advanced-Class A Rancho Cucamonga Quakes of the California League to start the 2016 season.
On August 1, 2016, the Dodgers traded Holmes, Jharel Cotton, and Frankie Montas to the Oakland Athletics for Rich Hill and Josh Reddick. Holmes then joined the Stockton Ports and he finished the 2016 season with an 11-7 record and a 4.63 ERA.
Personal life
Holmes' brother, Colby Holmes, played college baseball at the University of South Carolina and currently plays in the Atlanta Braves organization.