Stephen Robert Holm is an American professional baseball catcher for the Colorado Rockies organization. Holm attended Sacramento's McClatchy High School, where he played shortstop. He earned 3rd Team All-American honors as a shortstop for Oral Roberts University in 2000. Holm was drafted by the Giants in the 17th round in 2001. He beat Eliezer Alfonzo and Guillermo Rodríguez to earn a position on the major-league roster in 2008 spring training, but got sent down for Eliezer Alfonzo on July 1, 2008. He got re-called on July 23, 2008. After playing for a short period of time on the Giants... in 2009, he was sent back to Triple-A Fresno. Eli Whiteside then became the back-up catcher when Holm was unable to be re-called. Steve Holm was taken off the 40 man roster to clear room for Matt Downs, who replaced 2nd baseman Emmanuel Burriss. In December 2010, Holm signed a minor league contract with the Minnesota Twins. On April 14, 2011, Holm was called up to the major leagues during a Joe Mauer injury. After being sent down, he was designated for assignment on May 15. After the 2011 season, he elected for free agency.
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