Bryce Eldridge and Jesús Rodríguez to be promoted
The Giants need offense. Can the two best hitters in Triple-A provided the necessary help?
Well, it’s finally happened. The San Francisco Giants have backed into the perfect opportunity to recall their top hitting prospect, left-handed hitting DH/1B Bryce Eldridge, along with one of their more intriguing ones, right-handed hitting C/3B/1B/DH Jesús Rodríguez. It’s desperation season already for the Giants and we’re all about to find out if these youngsters will sink or swim.
Buster Posey didn’t have very many levers to pull to try to improve a moribund lineup, but Eldridge’s . 963 OPS in 30 games and Rodríguez’s . 840 in 24 games for Triple-A Sacramento are solid.
It’s also the obvious move at this point, as the chances of the team making the postseason seem to be on the verge of transitioning from “probably not” to “longshot. ” They need more and better contact, more on base-ability, and, of course, more power . In theory, both players check all three boxes.
Eldridge is 5th in the PCL for batting average (. 333), Rodríguez is 7th (. 330).