Jackson Holliday hasn’t gotten past the soreness in his left wrist and probably won’t return during the final week of the season.

Holliday is eligible for reinstatement from the injured list on Friday, when the Orioles begin their final series at Yankee Stadium.

Inflammation in the wrist has prevented Holliday from playing since Sept. 14 at Citi Field, when he singled twice to raise his average to .229 with a .300 on-base percentage and .640 OPS in 98 games.

“He’s getting more looks and options of what’s going on with the wrist,” said manager Craig Albernaz. “We’ll have more information probably here at the end of the week, next couple days.”

Asked whether Holliday is unlikely to play this weekend, Albernaz said, “Yes.”

Blaze Alexander also is on the injured list with lower back discomfort that’s kept him from playing since Sept. 8. He missed six weeks earlier with a non-displaced fracture in his left hand.

Alexander left the club briefly while on the IL for the birth of his first child. He’s returned to Camden Yards and made a brief appearance at his locker yesterday during media access.

“Blaze was out yesterday taking ground balls,” Albernaz said. “Lower back’s still tight, but also, he was sleeping in an uncomfortable spot in the hospital, so there’s a lot of that there, too. He’s doing more today and it’s gonna be day-by-day to kind of see where he’s at.”

Alexander is one of the more valuable Orioles this season with a .303/.358/.414 line in 93 games to go with 13 doubles, two triples, four homers and 31 RBIs. He also played six positions and served as designated hitter.

“I feel like Blaze will be back by the end of the year, but also, we have to take it day-by-day,” Albernaz said.

“Blaze was impressive this year. Obviously, the defensive versatility we all knew coming into it, but actually having eyes on him and seeing just the way he goes about his work, the talent, the athleticism he brings, especially in the dirt, in the field, is a tremendous value for us. And then the changes he made at the plate were impressive, cutting down the strikeouts, being a grindy at-bat, putting the ball in play, hitting it everywhere.

“It was awesome to see him kind of own that new adjustment and new approach, and when he was in the lineup for us, it was a difference maker for sure.”

The tarp is on the field and rain is falling at Camden Yards, and any window is slammed shut to stay dry. The Orioles are five games behind the last Wild Card with six remaining, and their number for elimination is down to two.

Albernaz said he’s still looking for his club to play winning baseball this week despite the unfavorable math.

“There’s still not an ‘E’ next to our name, so we have to go out there and win games,” he said. “Even if we were completely out of it, we still have to go out and win games. And that’s something where we all have to learn what that process is for all of us moving forward, and these games are extremely valuable to set up the offseason and to set up going into next year.

“The mindset of, these games don’t mean anything, that doesn’t ring true at all to me. Every game is something to learn, something to prove and something to really catapult into the offseason and into the following year.”

Albernaz said last night that the standard must be high in order to win games and that point would be addressed, a reaction to some poor decisions from players over the past few games. He was upset with outfielder Rece Hinds for not wearing sunglasses Sunday and losing a fly ball in right that fell for a triple and led to the game’s only run. He fumed last night after Jeremiah Jackson swung at the first pitch and grounded out in the sixth inning after the Orioles finally created traffic on the bases with a hit batter, two walks and two wild pitches.

“It’s just the attention to detail, the preparation going into every game, the wherewithal of what’s going on in the game,” Albernaz said. “It’s something where … everyone’s goal should be winning that game today, and everyone has to have the wherewithal and mindset of what that takes. And for me, it’s something where I needed to be better at is communicating that with the group and the players. And that’s something where the standard is going to be high, and the record we have is not what we wanted by any stretch of the imagination, and that’s something where every area has to get better.

“It’s not just the players, it’s literally every area has to make adjustments because, like I said, the record is not where we want and the expectations and the standards are never gonna change. We have to go out there win baseball games. For us, for the city, for the fans, that’s something that I feel strongly about, and the process is already going in that direction. Is that going to prove wins? No. We also have to go out there and play and perform, but ultimately it’s a nonstop reassessment and evaluation of everyone and where we’re at.”

Playing clean, intelligent baseball and doing all the little things right were an emphasis going back to the early days of spring training, which adds to the frustration when execution is lacking.

“I know I said numerous times this year that development’s messy, but also, it’s not just the fundamentals on defense,” Albernaz said. “To me, the fundamentals and the focus in every area, nothing can be overlooked, nothing is too small that we think we have it nailed down, because when you feel like you have something nailed down, you usually don’t or something changes, so we have to be able to address those issues. And when it’s not an issue and double down and triple down on what we’re doing well.

“Our coaching staff  and our players, we’ve been having conversations about it, but now it’s, we have to get over the conversations and actually get to actual on-job application.”

The unpredictability of baseball makes it hard to know whether what’s happened can be explained away as an anomaly. Albernaz has no idea. But he’s certain that this style of play isn’t indicative of the team and how it wants to perform.

“I can only speak on this year and that’s something that we have to get better at,” he said.

“It’s just really focusing on our guys to put them in the best spot where we can consistently be on top of the little things every single game.”

Creed Williams is here on the catcher taxi squad.

For the Blue Jays
Brett Bateman CF
Alejandro Kirk C
Nathan Lukes RF
George Springer DH
Sean Keys 1B
Kazuma Okamoto 3B
Josh Smith LF
Andrés Giménez SS
Ernie Clement 2B

Trey Yesavage RHP