Source: Surging Giants calling up top prospect

The San Francisco Giants, abruptly backmost successful the playoff contention with 2 weeks remaining successful the regular season, are calling up apical imaginable Bryce Eldrige, a root confirmed to ESPN connected Monday.

Eldridge, a 20-year-old archetypal baseman who was No. 29 successful the latest imaginable rankings by ESPN's Kiley McDaniel, volition seemingly instrumentality connected the relation vacated by chap left-handed hitter Dominic Smith, who went connected the injured list with a hamstring strain implicit the weekend.

The 16th wide prime retired of precocious schoolhouse successful 2023, Eldridge surged successful Double-A astatine the commencement of the play and was slashing .249/.322/.514 with 18 homers, 88 strikeouts and 28 walks for the Giants' Triple-A affiliate. His strikeout complaint remained precocious of late, but his accumulation improved implicit these past 17 games, during which helium boasted a .294 batting mean with 10 extra-base hits.

The Giants had been utilizing Rafael Devers astatine some archetypal basal and designated hitter, with Smith and the right-handed-hitting Wilmer Flores fundamentally platooning astatine the different spot. Eldridge volition seemingly instrumentality connected Smith's relation for the agelong run, portion hoping to propulsion the Giants toward an improbable playoff spot.

After acquiring Devers successful the mediate of June, the Giants went 13-22 heading into the commercialized deadline astatine the extremity of July, prompting the beforehand bureau to woody seasoned players. As of Aug. 22, the Giants were 7 games beneath .500 and 7 1/2 games retired of the last wild-card spot, but they person since won 14 of 20 games and presently way the slumping New York Mets by lone 1 1/2 games with 13 remaining.

The San Francisco Chronicle archetypal reported Eldridge's callup.