SAN FRANCISCO – Bryce Eldridge, the Giants’ 20-year-old power-hitting top prospect, could reach the major league team before the end of the season.
During an interview Thursday on KNBR (680 AM), Buster Posey, the Giants’ president of baseball operations, raved about Eldridge’s recent form at the plate.
Since returning from a hamstring injury that kept him out for almost a month, the 6-foot-7 slugger is batting .281 and has slammed eight home runs and driven in 26 runs over his last 17 games with Triple-A Sacramento.
In his four most recent starts, Eldridge has hit four homers.
“What’s been really fun to watch with Bryce is the way that he’s hitting the homers,” Posey said. “He’s hitting a ton of homers to left-center, and that plays really anywhere. That plays at our ballpark, any ballpark.”
Could a callup be in the cards for a team that entered Thursday’s off day with a 58-57 record and was recently sellers at the trade deadline?
That is yet to be determined.
“He’s continuing to make strides, and we’re going to keep watching him and see where we are as we continue to move forward. Nothing’s etched in stone,” Posey said, adding, “I think there’s a chance, but there’s a chance he doesn’t as well.”
So what is keeping Eldridge in Sacramento and out of a Giants lineup that lost Jerar Encarnacion on Wednesday to what seems to be a severe hamstring injury?
“As we’ve said all along, there’s more to being a big-leaguer than just hitting, and Bryce knows that,” Posey said. “He’s continuing to make progress defensively, and it’s how you run the bases. It’s all of it, and he’s continuing to do that.”
Related Articles
How mountain meditation helped SF Giants’ Adames find his form SF Giants take series from Pirates as Encarnacion homers, leaves with injury Jen Pawol to become first woman to umpire MLB game this weekend SF Giants blow out Pirates behind Webb’s gem, three homers Verlander gets no decision as SF Giants’ Rodríguez blows save to PiratesPosey preached patience with the first baseman, who began the year at Double-A Richmond.
“Bryce, I’ve probably said it 50 times at this point this year, he’s still just 20 years old and hasn’t had a ton of reps,” Posey said.
Earlier in the interview, Posey, despite trading away mainstays in outfielder Mike Yastrzemski and closer Camilo Doval, asserted that the playoffs were the goal for the Giants. San Francisco has won four of its last six and each of the past two series.
Eldridge could be part of that playoff push.
“We want to make sure that, when he does get that call, he’s going to be in the best position he can to get off to a great start that he can in the big leagues,” Pose said.
Hence then, the article about sf giants buster posey discusses possible call up for top prospect bryce eldridge was published today ( ) and is available on mercury news ( Middle East ) The editorial team at PressBee has edited and verified it, and it may have been modified, fully republished, or quoted. You can read and follow the updates of this news or article from its original source.
Read More Details
Finally We wish PressBee provided you with enough information of ( SF Giants’ Buster Posey discusses possible call-up for top prospect Bryce Eldridge )
Also on site :
- From collapse fears to resilience: How Russia reshaped its economy by the end of 2025
- Russian MOD shows map of Ukrainian drone attack on Putin’s residence
- Advantech Unveils Next-Generation Edge AI Compute Solutions Powered by Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ-X Series