The GREATEST Giants Prospect Since Buster Posey

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[@SFGiants235]

So hyped to see him make his debut the Giants need a power hitter like him

[@hustleoutthebox]

me toooooo! Hopefully in 2025!

[@Sweatydogwater]

sameee

[@ChanceMahony]

@@hustleoutthebox I live an hour and a half from the Giants AA affiliate in Richmond may go up there to see him play next year before he moves on

[@jonnyt16]

@@ChanceMahony He'll most likely play all of 2025 in Sacramento.

[@ChanceMahony]

@@jonnyt16 yeah I agree but hopefully he plays well enough for a callup in September

[@ChanceMahony]

Thank you for covering him been waiting for someone to make a video on how fast he has gone through the minors

[@rclark415]

Even Year Dynasty Show has covered it multiple times 😉

[@hustleoutthebox]

he's a stud!

[@danielspodcastseries]

1. He'll be the first Giant to hit 30 or more homes runs since Barry Bonds did it in 2004. 2. Dodger fans are gonna hate this guy.

[@DublRR91]

Trust me.. we ain't worried about NO ONE on the Giants or who's in their pipeline. He'll just sign with us when he hits free agency! Lmfaoooo

[@kevinb3307]

As a Zona fan, none of us are gonna hate this guy, living near SF, it sounds like Giants fans are scared to death of LA'S whole roster, even the minors. Farm system ratings: LA 8 SF last Wait what happens if LA is healthy, they will finish 35 games ahead of the Giants

[@kevinb3307]

You are officially an idiot

[@brandonfukuda1727]

He could turn out to be Aaron Judge, and the Giants will still would still finish 3rd or 4th in the division.

[@VinnyManny]

@@DublRR91 Yeah, but I'd rather win with drafted players the organization selects vs other team's franchise players that L.A. had to buy because they are trash at finding and drafting their own franchise players. The only that is good that was drafted is C. Kershaw, and yet he was the biggest choker ever in history of baseball. THAT IS WHAT L.A. is. Chokers who decided that it was easier to buy the championship instead of building it. Losers. Just like the Yankees.

[@canicas7]

It’s coming folks. Giants are about to have another serious run and this young man is one of the big factors and Posey’s leadership is another. Don’t love Melvin but hey you can’t have everything go Giants!!

[@JB-sb5ph]

Got to get rid of Melvin, giants won’t take off with him as the manager.

[@E_alvarad0]

​@@JB-sb5phI'm convinced a lot of Melvins (and Kaplers) questionable decisions came by the direction of Farhan or some office analytic head. I say give Melvin one more year or 2. We got Chapman and Adames locked up for a long time. We're waiting on Corbin right now and with Eldridge probably making his debut sometime this year ? If we don't substantially improve with Farhan gone, then yes let's move on from Melvin but I got some confidence in him

[@danielspodcastseries]

Eldridge needs to be on the spring training roster. In 2010, the Giants waited 2 months before calling up Buster Posey and it worked out better than anybody could imagine. Posey was in the minor leagues for a little over a year and a half.

[@StuartScott-ng4ir]

Remember when Joey Bart was the best, and then Gary Brown before him. I’m now in the “show me in the Bigs first” mindset for prospects

[@sec0ndton0ne408]

Luciano was hyped like that too

[@5TUNT1N]

Got Bryce’s autograph at River cats game last year. Didn’t do much in that game but was great to see someone with talent on the team.

[@hustleoutthebox]

that's awesome!

[@mr.nuna916]

We were fortunate to have grown Buster and Crawford from the ground up. Buster is the greatest Catcher in the history of the franchise and Crawford is the best SS the Giants have ever had.

[@pinverarity]

Yep, Joey Bart is _definitely_ HOF material. Wait…

[@VinnyManny]

That was a wash as soon as he was brought up to Majors and we got to see his garbage swing. I recognize trash when I see it. He was NO WHERE NEAR POSEY status. Not even close. The should have gotten traded for other talent.

[@pinverarity]

@ Yeah, it was pretty grim watching my Gigantes fan friends talk themselves into believing that there was a Buster clone a-comin’… The expectations were wildly overinflated.

[@aaronn3487]

Thanks for this! Definitely will keep an eye out for him

[@hustleoutthebox]

Appreciate the support!

[@TrailingSkies27]

A lot of potential holes in a 6'7 hitter. Not impossible, but extremely rare.

[@richardandaya3932]

Exactly.

[@Vandygrandy]

The sound of the ball of Bryce’s bat is different. Saw him a few times in San Jose last year.

[@mikevchu]

Well, so was Joey Bart…remember him?

[@hustleoutthebox]

man, that didn't go so well lol

[@SFGiantFutures-SFG]

One big correction here about Reggie Crawford and Bryce Eldridge’s 2-way statuses. When Crawford was drafted in 2023, the Giants had every intention of playing him as a 2-way player. He hit in his debut short-season, since he was recovering from TJ surgery, but got shut down in late August after just ten games. In 2023, he came back, and it got weird. He hit one game in late May, then began pitching for about two months, took more at-bats in three games in June, and then didn’t hit again until August 10th, when he appeared to injure himself and was out for the season. They put him in the AFL as a hitter, with some rumors it was to convince him that he could not hit to keep up with other pro hitters, and he struggled. But the plan by early 2024 was for him and the newly-drafted Eldridge to be 2-way players, with Crawford saying so in a FanGraphs interview…until early February, when he had an injury setback in spring training. By then, the Giants decided for him (despite the niceties in interviews) that Reggie would only be a pitcher going forward. The news on Eldridge dropped only a couple of weeks later. The word I got was that the Giants moved him to first base because they thought he would move faster there. But that was only decided in Spring of 2024, and the timing suggested the change came from the way Crawford was unable to handle both ways and kept getting injured, and the Giants leadership didn’t want that again. I don’t particularly disagree with them on that point. But Bryce took it like a champ and had a great season, although he did have one minor injury running the bases in Modesto early in the year.

[@anthonyparkernearlifeexp]

I’m always very skeptical of really tall players. Most of the time they end up having a major hole in their swing that shows up when they get into the bigs.

[@fernandojimenez1968]

Wwe been waiting for him for his debut for the giants if posey make the call

[@batman4329]

This is exactly what the Giants have needed. I’m hoping his trajectory is similar to Buster’s. The Giants have a good young core so I’m hoping Melvin can get the job done. If not, we just might need to bring back Bochy.

[@JB-sb5ph]

Melvin’s not the manager, the giants need. Got to get rid of him.

[@dlo485]

That first homer in the cove will feed families 😹

[@KingsOwn19]

Then I expect to see him in the show soon. After all, Posey was only in the minors for a season and some change. Numbers suggested he didn’t even need to spend THAT long in the minors. Seems all our top prospects ETA is next decade

[@hustleoutthebox]

keep in mind Posey was a polished college bat, Eldridge was drafted out of HS, I think we have a chance to see him quickly but maybe not that quickly.

[@Wolfeson28]

I certainly hope Eldridge does turn out to be a great player, but honestly I'm a little skeptical of all the hype. For somebody who's essentially all about his hitting, his numbers above high-A haven't been all that good. Obviously he's only 19, and he was up at AA and AAA for a total of only 17 games, but it's not like he's instantly set the world on fire at those levels. He's also got to make sure that K-rate doesn't creep up as he faces better pitching (it's been consistently around 25% at all levels). Still, we'll see how he does at 20. If this is just the beginning of how he develops, then I can see where the hype is coming from.

[@hustleoutthebox]

Yeah only his first full season, if he can cut down on his chase rates and K% he will be on of the best prospects in baseball if not the #1 prospect.

[@hunterjames4433]

this man def getting called up next year

[@jayberwanger]

When is the Hunter Bishop era going to begin?

[@hustleoutthebox]

I almost forgot about hunter bishop

[@frankbarker1568]

Hunter had another setback got hurt once again.

[@cadennemoff]

I remember when Farhan kept calling him up to try and keep his job. Nonetheless I hope this dudes the next big thing

[@danielgower7460]

What a awesome hype video! 2025 let's go!

[@hustleoutthebox]

🕺🕺🕺

[@maverickdawn4322]

This guy also wanted to pitch like Ohtani and now I heard he is just a one-way player. What happened?

[@hustleoutthebox]

I’m not sure but I think it was the right decision!

[@LIBREPUB]

Joey Bart enters the chat**

[@davidmazzini783]

Finally 🙏

[@rj7411]

He's custom built for Coors Field. Trade him while the hype machine is hot.

[@salventi5665]

6'7"? Maybe a good pitcher, but at that height, there has to be some giant holes in his swing. Major league pitching will find them, fast.

[@DonnyShine]

woo! 800 ops in double A, giants # 1 prospect. 🤣🤣🤣

[@Ares14]

dude played half of his games at A+ ball with an ops of 1.060. Proceeded to go from A to AAA in one season. He's a big prospect whether you like it or not lol.

[@linussimn]

Yah @donnyshine is just some overweight hooligan who is a casual baseball viewer who failed his dreams playing pro ball

[@ChanceMahony]

He was only there for like a week and a half 😂

[@connerpeterson1119]

If you would care to think before you comment: Bryce Eldridge is 19 years old. In my searching, I have found 4 players who were 19 or younger that played in Double AA Eastern League, where Eldridge played. The only player with a higher OPS than him was Samuel Basallo, who had 400 more plate appearances to get adjust to it (and Eldridge is younger, though I admit by a marginal amount). Additionally, judging a player on a 40 plate appearance sample doesn't make any sense, though your entire comment has that problem.

[@yualwayslyng3701]

Lol this is the beast things the giants have to look forward to… DODGERS run this league for the next 10 years giants look like a high school team compared to the dodgers lol

[@AIIRHEAD11]

Games arent won on paper.

[@pochismo78]

😂 Go Dodgers!

[@feefop9858]

Best team money can buy!

[@peggylavelle581]

Posey should have played first or third. He was just an average catcher. Plus it hurt the length of his career.

[@aaronaragon7838]

A 6'7" hitter is risky. Not too many have success.

[@feefop9858]

Average catcher? I think you need to learn more about baseball. He was considered a great catcher. Look it up. And he did play some first base....

[@TalussAthner]

Posey was the one of the best defensive catchers in baseball and if it wasn’t for playing at the same time as Yadier Molina would’ve won far more than one Gold Glove.

[@jonnyt16]

Posey just an average catcher....LMAO!

[@AIIRHEAD11]

Try one of the greatest defensive catchers ever leading one of the greatest giants Era picthing staffs

[@feefop9858]

Well, it all looks good, but let's put on the brakes a bit. He's not even 20 yet. Big league pitching is an entirely different animal. When he finally makes it, expecting a 30/100 guy is a tall order, odds are against it. A more realistic view is someone who can get on base, hit 15-25 hrs and play a gold glove 1st base. Odds are he'll be that guy rather than a Mongo masher type guy. But...in case he does become Mongo, I have no problem with that either :)