He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds between 2014 and 2016, and is currently the outfielding and base running coach for the Boston College Eagles.

[5] He began his minor league career that fall with the Class A Lake County Captains, where he had a .286 batting average in 22 games.

Holt split 2014 with Akron and the Columbus Clippers, where he had a .308 batting average and 20 stolen bases in 59 games.

[6] Holt was called up to the majors for the first time on July 6, 2014, and made his debut that night replacing Ryan Raburn in right field in the ninth inning, but did not make a plate appearance.

[13] Holt was called upon to pitch for the first time in his career in an August 22, 2016 game between the Reds and Los Angeles Dodgers at Great American Ball Park.

On March 27, 2018, Holt signed with the Long Island Ducks of the independent Atlantic League of Professional Baseball.