Giants continue to make unthinkable Bryce Eldridge decision
San Francisco has Eldridge on the MLB roster, but why?
Giants continue to make unthinkable Bryce Eldridge decision originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The San Francisco Giants have Bryce Eldridge up in the major leagues.
He must be good at something other than hitting, because the Giants are hardly playing their top-tier slugging prospect. It's one of the weirdest storylines of this MLB season, and while outside of the Bay Area it might not be resonating, it's pretty much unthinkable. It's possible that none of the other 29 organizations would be handling it like this.
Eldridge is one of the best hitting prospects in baseball, but he's currently riding the bench like an afterthought. The clear two options in a situation like this are to let him stay at Triple-A and develop further, or to bring him up to play pretty much every day. The Giants have managed to choose door number three.
Will Brennan getting ABs over Eldridge is so ridiculous I can’t even wrap my mind around it. — Dave (@gggiants) May 20, 2026 MORE: Aaron Judge aiming to make first of its kind HR history Eldridge played corner outfield early in his minor league career, although he hasn't done that lately. And the Giants have Rafael Devers to play first base.