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A year ago, Bryce Eldridge was at his home in Vienna, Virginia, watching two-way standout Reggie Crawford be drafted by the Giants with the 30th overall pick in the 2022 Draft.
Eldridge, a right-handed pitcher and first baseman from James Madison High School, Virginia, will get the chance to join Crawford as a two-way player in the Giants’ organization, so the moment will ultimately prove to be Eldridge’s future. became a window.
San Francisco selected the 18-year-old Eldridge with the 16th overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft on Sunday, marking the second straight year the club has used a first-round pick for a two-way player. Surrounded by nearly 50 of his friends and family, soaking in the milestone, Eldridge was moved to tears when he heard the Giants call his name.
“It was a very surreal moment for all of us,” Eldridge said Monday during a Zoom call with reporters. “My friends cried, I cried, my family cried. I couldn’t even put into words what it felt like. It was a rough day, and it still doesn’t seem realistic to me.”
Mr. Eldridge said Crawford was one of the first people to congratulate him. Crawford now pitches every five days in Single-A San Jose and hits once a week. While the Giants have been cautious about Crawford returning from Tommy John surgery, he’s taken a similar path to Eldridge, who is 6’7, 223 pounds and will probably use the physical tools and tools to one day grow into a true giant. I believe in athleticism. Two-way stars like Angels sensation Shohei Ohtani.
“He reached out to me last night, which was pretty cool,” Eldridge said of Crawford. “This was one of the first messages I saw. I got his number. I’m looking forward to being able to pick a little bit.I remember watching him get drafted at home last year.It was great to see him do it last year because that’s what I’m two wielding. It was something I looked forward to being drafted as a player, I’ve known the name for a while now and now I can be friends and teammates with him. I am excited about that.”
The Giants began tracking Eldridge two years ago, when they regularly visited James Madison High School to scout teammate James Triantos for the Cubs’ second-round pick in 2021. was They started talking to the Giants in November or December. This year, he dispatched scouts to almost all of his high school games, and on the mound he threw 39 2/3 innings, recording a 1.06 ERA and 66 strikeouts, a .422 batting average, eight homers, and a 1.716 OPS. .
Eldridge, named the 2022-23 Gatorade Virginia Baseball Player of the Year, hits 95-96 mph on a fastball and features a promising slider and changeup, but half of the teams he’s talked to Presumed that he wants to train him strictly as a hitter. He released a lot of power with a short left-handed swing that he tried to model after Phillies star Bryce Harper. He’s grateful the Giants have given him both chances, and he’s eager to embark on the next chapter of his baseball journey. Eldridge was scouted by the University of Alabama, but he said he plans to abandon that promise and turn pro.
“The Giants are a very interesting organization to get drafted,” Eldridge said. “It was always interesting. They were always interested. I am very happy to be part of this organization.”
Elridge’s dual-wielding achievements have led some in baseball to call him “America’s Ohtani,” but he hopes he can make a name for himself with the Giants in the future.
“I’m not going to complain about being compared to the best player in baseball right now,” Eldridge said. “Obviously, we’re a long way from there. There’s a lot left to do, but I don’t mind because he’s been someone I’ve looked up to since I came to America. But I’m not the American Shohei. I want to be Bryce Eldridge, and I want to be able to make a big mark on the game in my own way.”
