Giants call up prospect Bryce Eldridge

The San Francisco Giants referred to as up prospect Bryce Eldridge on Monday, including a lefty bat to an offense in determined want of some energy hitting.

Eldridge, 21, is the second-ranked prospect within the Giants’ farm system and No. 59 nationally in ESPN’s newest prospect rankings. San Francisco additionally referred to as up catcher prospect Jesus Rodriguez, ESPN’s No. 10 prospect within the Giants’ system.

The pair of prospects joined the crew in San Francisco because the membership returned dwelling from an 0-6 highway journey that dropped them to 13-21 on the season. The Giants managed simply two runs on 19 hits over the course of a three-game collection in Tampa Bay.

First 12 months supervisor Tony Vitello described the highway journey as “painful” after Sunday’s 2-1 loss to the Rays, saying the crew got here up brief a number of instances over the past week “for a variety of reasons.”

“Confidence is a choice, but it’s not an easy choice,” he stated, in accordance with MLB.com. “A lot of times it’s dictated by results and outcomes. And we literally had nothing to show for the road trip. You end the day searching for positives.”

The Giants will kick off a six-game homestand starting with a series against the division rival San Diego Padres and are hoping Eldridge would possibly present a spark. This would be the 6-foot-7 slugger’s second stint within the majors after he appeared in 10 video games for the Giants final season.

Eldridge is slugging .518 in Triple-A this season with a .963 OPS to associate with 5 dwelling runs in 30 video games.