Giants' offense rallies around Bryce Eldridge's four-hit game in win vs. D-Backs
The "Giants Postgame Live" crew breaks down San Francisco's performance in their 7-2 win against the Arizona Diamondbacks on Saturday at Oracle Park.
Giants' offense rallies around Bryce Eldridge's four-hit game in win vs. D-Backs originally appeared on NBC Sports Bay Area
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Bryce Eldridge, four for five, man.
How about that?
The company joining Orlando Cepeda, the Baby Bull in the Hall of Fame, of course.
But Bryce Eldridge, he's what's hot, brought to you by Service Champions.
The four RBIs.
Again, his second four-hit game this season.
The first one happened in Colorado in late May when the Giants beat the Rockies 19 to six.
But he's playing well, man.
In the field, his glove is starting to get better and better and better, with complete discipline, George.
I've been so impressed all season long.
When he came up and he wasn't playing consistently, he had a little bit more chase, and he was expanding.
And that, and that, part of that reason could probably be because he wasn't in there every day, and when he got in there, he wanted to make the most out of, of his at bats.
But the maturity that he's had in the batter's box, ever since he's been in the lineup every day, has really been impressive for somebody who's 21 years old.
You see him hit the ball where it's pitched, you see him tattoo mistakes.
If the pitcher throws it away, he keeps his hands in and he shoots it the other way.
If he, if he can have something that he can handle, he tattoos it to right field.
So it's, it's really been impressive to watch his development in his, what's really been his first consistent season at the Major League level, playing day in and day out.
You know, 6'8", he's got a big wingspan- Right at first base.
Him and Raffy can switch off playing there, and D.H.-ing.
It's gonna be really unique having both of them in the lineup, and having the ability to give each other off days and, and having the option to put either one of them at first base.
So it's gonna be really interesting to see how this pans out moving forward.
But he's really exciting, and we're gonna have him around here hopefully for a really long time.
Well, you led me into my next question, because we were discussing this in the newsroom.
Bryce Eldridge is threatening to hit 20 home runs in his rookie season.
Devers is on his way to hitting 30 plus.
That's 50 to 55-plus home runs coming from your two lefty sluggers, who oh, by the way, both play first base.
They can switch off.
This is a great building block for the Giants moving forward.
You add some speed around these two big bats, now you're cooking with something offensively.
Don't forget about Jung Hoo Lee, who hit right behind him, who's up there to 290 plus, for his batting average, and he's put together some really nice at bats.
And if you can get guys like Drew Gilbert and Jonah Cox, I mean, Jonah Cox stole two bases in the first inning.
Yep.
Swep, swiped another one later on in the game before he was pinch hit for.
And Drew Gilbert came in, who's got a ton of speed, and who can do a lot of in- interesting and impressive things in the outfield and on the base paths if he's there.
So if you can have traffic on the bases with those guys coming up, and having the ability to leave the yard, I'm gonna say that Bryce Eldridge will be a 30-plus home run a year guy- Yeah when he goes start to finish in a Major League season, puts on some weight.
He can flick 'em out with ease.
So if you're talking about those two guys being able to hit 30, Jung Hoo Lee turning into the kind of hitter that we expected, coming over from Korea, I mean, there's a lot of things to really like.
And, and when you get, when you get to the point where you're playing that traditional type of Giants baseball, meaning that really good starting pitching, a solid lockdown bullpen, good defense, but then you got guys that can leave the ballpark and put- Right some runs on the board, you're looking at something that you, there, that, that has a lot of excitement around it, and that can be very good for many years to come.
We've been waiting for some power hitters around here for quite some time here, as we take a look at our Toyota Play of the Game.
And that is the bottom of the fifth inning, where the Giants really poured it on against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
McCray leads it off with a single, but here, here's Raffy Devers.
A big time at bat.
First pitch, he sees from Carrillo.
Right field, RBI, boom, Giants up two to one.
And then Bryce Eldridge follows it up with a two, two-run single.
Look at, look at right there.
Look at where that's pitched.
Didn't try and do too much.
Ball was a little, something off-speed, outside, flicked it over to left field.
And there's gonna come a lot of power once, once, once that delivers with some more velocity.
He's gonna be able to go over the left field wall with ease there.
So four hits for him.
Again, it's really been impressive to see how the mentality and the approach at the- Yeah plate has changed.
He's not swinging at those pitches that are way up or way down in the dirt.
Occasionally, he might get beat by something, but his app- his approach and his, his ability to hit the ball where it's pitched has really improved since he got called up.
Yeah, Devers jumped all over Carrillo there, who's got an impressive ERA and whip for the Arizona Dima- Diamondbacks.
Took him straight to right field.
And that was your ballgame right th-
