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Calling it now: Bryce Eldridge will have a coming out party in Denver this weekend. Perfect spot for the kid to put it all together, and hopefully never look back. #SFGiants
By no means am I saying they're the best offensive team in baseball, but on paper, they should be good. Lots of big names with track records who aren't too old (Rafi Devers, Matt Chapman, Willy Adames), plus a few breakout performers (Bryce Eldridge, Casey Schmitt, Jung Hoo Lee).
SF has played 71 games this year and has 91 remaining.
On June 14 last year they'd also played 71 games & were 41-30. The Devers trade was made on June 15.
SF finished 81-81 in 2025, so went 40-51 over final 91 games.
92 possible outcomes this year. What will their record be??
Just go like 57-34 the rest of the way, finishing 85-77, and probably make the playoffs. Stranger things have happened. That comeback the other day was way less likely than a 2026 playoff berth đź”®
Bryce Eldridge is that guy. Had a feeling going into Colorado. Had a feeling going into today. Super weird season for the #SFGiants, but holy pyrotechnics 🎆🎇🧨
Eldridge on the grand slam and wanting to be *that* for this team: “I want to be the face of this franchise, and that's something that motivates me every day. I want to be in that moment, I want to be that guy.”
In three of their last 11 games, the #SFGiants had 97%, 95%, and 96% win probabilities. All losses.
If they had won all three, they'd be 7-4 in their last 11 games (10 being on the road). Instead, 4-7.
Absolutely brutal.
If draft position was still strictly based on record, I'd say at least there's a silver lining. But SF is ineligible for a top-10 pick after hitting the jackpot in the lottery and moving up to fourth this year.
And just like that, Bryce Eldridge is hitting .286/.370/.471 (137 wRC , 12.3 BB%, 23.5 K%) in 22 games this year. He'll be 22 years old in late October. #SFGiants
Bryce Eldridge was born in 2004. Why does this seem impossible? I feel young, but I was 15 when this man was born. He was 15 in 2020, which as we all know just happened.