Giants To Promote Top Prospect Bryce Eldridge for MLB Debut
The San Francisco Giants are making the call to promote their top prospect, 20-year-old Bryce Eldridge, to help in their playoff push.
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It’s hard to top the news the San Francisco Giants got in mid June when they traded for superstar Rafael Devers to help further their playoff aspirations. However, they may have done so on Sunday night when the news San Francisco fans everywhere have been waiting for finally broke.
At 9:33 PM PST, Susan Slusser broke the news that the “Giants are calling up top prospect Bryce Eldridge to help their playoff bid.” This comes on the heels of losing an important series to the division-leading Dodgers after having a chance to secure their standing in the third Wild Card spot.
The injury of Dom Smith and the lack of production from Wilmer Flores have opened the runway for the best Giants prospect since Buster Posey to help the organization through their playoff push.
Eldridge is Just Baseball’s No. 16 overall prospect and was having a solid 2025 with some impressive runs mixed throughout the campaign. Here’s an example of what he did for a little over a two week stretch from late July to early August.
While Eldridge does struggle with a bit of whiff – resulting in a 29.3% strikeout ration 2025 – some of the other advanced numbers should help mitigate that issue. For one, he hits the ball hard as consistently as anyone you could find in the minors. So far in 2025, he’s ran an absurd hard-hit rate of 62.7%.
This has led to some of the best power numbers of any prospect and help make Eldridge the top first base prospect in the minors. Between 34 games in Double-A and 66 at Triple-A, Eldridge has hit 25 home runs and 21 doubles, which is good for a 119 wRC+.
Overall, in 2025, he’s slashing .260/.333/.510 with an .843 OPS.
Bryce Eldridge Scouting Report
For more on Eldridge and what fans can expect from him this year and next, check out our very own Aram Leighton’s scouting report on San Francisco’s next star.
Bryce Eldridge – 1B – (Triple-A)
Height/Weight: 6’7″, 220 | Bat/Throw: L/R | 1st Round (16) – 2023 (SF) | ETA: 2025
| HIT | PLATE DISC. | GAME POWER | RUN | FIELD | FV |
| 35/40 | 45/50 | 55/70 | 40/40 | 35/45 | 55 |
Drafted as a two-way prospect, Eldridge quickly turned heads with his bat, with the Giants opting to shift his focus there. He has massive power upside while offering more polish than most prep hitters with his profile, being pushed quickly to Triple-A in what was his first full pro season. He’s knocking on the door of an MLB call-up.
Offense
Standing at a wiry 6-foot-7 with long levers, Eldridge already generates impressive bat speed and big exit velocities, but there’s some more in the tank.
While there is hit-tool concern with any hitter with an NBA wing’s build, Eldridge has a quick bat and smooth stroke with pretty good body control already. He will whiff plenty, but consistently hitting the ball as hard as he does (94 MPH average exit velocity) should allow him to make the most out of his contact, even when the ball isn’t leaving the yard.
It’s difficult to get a fair gauge on where Eldridge’s plate discipline can ultimately be, as he aggressively climbed four levels and expectedly saw his chase rates climb as he faced upper-level pitching as a 19-year-old with a massive strike zone to have to cover.
That said, he seems to recognize spin well and consistently attacks good pitches to hit within the zone, which can sometimes push him into swing mode over small stretches. Ultimately, he projects as at least average in the plate discipline department.
Already launching homers upwards of 460 feet prior to his 20th birthday, Eldridge has room for more strength within his long frame, making 40 home runs not outlandish to dream on.
It will be a matter of whether he can hit enough to get into his power consistently. Amid all of his success in 2024, Eldridge still posted below-average contact rates. If he is even fringy in that department-which is the most likely outcome–30 home runs seems attainable at the highest level.
Defense/Speed
A below-average runner, the Giants started Eldridge in right field defensively, but has since transitioned to first base. He is still getting his feet under him at first base, where he can ultimately be a fine defender with a plus arm.
Outlook
Eldridge has managed to mitigate some of the swing and miss concerns with a simple operation and solid approach, but ultimately, those fears will not be fully eradicated until he enjoys success at the MLB level. What is becoming increasingly easy to project is Eldridge’s monstrous game power, launching 26 home runs in 140 games if you tack the Arizona Fall League onto his age 19 season.
He rarely gets cheated on his contact, with a Hard Hit rate of nearly 60% through his first 50 games of 2025 while producing a ground ball rate hardly above 35%. Eldridge has as much power upside as just about any hitter in the Minor Leagues and the hit tool continues to look like less of a liability.
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Michael Monreal got his start in baseball media when he started his own website covering the San Francisco Giants after playing two years of college baseball.…