Orioles' Holliday, hitting .059, optioned to minors

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Holliday will seek to regain his form at the plate with Norfolk, where he batted .333 with 5 doubles, 2 homers and 9 RBIs in 10 games this season before being summoned by the Orioles.
Holliday excelled in the minors last season and was dominating Triple-A pitching at Norfolk, but that didn't translate to success at the major league level during his time with Baltimore this month.
"We've got a team in a tight race in the American League East, and it's just not an optimal place to be doing player development for a kid like him," Elias said.
"It's not easy here, and what he's done up to this point in his short, short career, the start of his career has been unbelievable.