Bryce Eldridge stays hot at Triple-A, boosts Giants MLB case with three-hit day

Bryce Eldridge kept pounding his case for a return to San Francisco with a three-hit night in Sacramento’s 8-6 loss to Albuquerque at Sutter Health Park. The 21-year-old first baseman added an RBI single and launched his third home run of the season, a drive off Rockies right-hander Ryan Miller that left the bat at 103.3 mph and carried the other way over the scoreboard in left.

That performance gave Eldridge his second straight multihit game and fit squarely into the best stretch of his young Triple-A season. Through 21 games in April, he owned a .908 OPS, nine extra-base hits and at least two hits in nine games. Over his previous 15 games, he was slashing .339/.391/.542 with three homers, three doubles, 32 total bases, 11 RBIs, 11 runs and five walks. Earlier this month, he put together a career-high four-hit game on April 10, followed by a three-hit game on April 9, then hit his first Triple-A homer of 2026 on April 8 and a three-run shot for his second on April 15.

The loud contact is only part of the story. Eldridge, listed at 6-foot-7 and 251 pounds, is showing the sort of power that plays anywhere, and the opposite-field homer against Miller underscored how comfortably the ball is coming off his bat. The more encouraging sign for the Giants is that this surge has not been limited to one swing. He has been finding the barrel repeatedly, drawing a few walks and stringing together enough quality at-bats to suggest the offensive foundation is getting firmer.

There are still questions in the promotion file. Eldridge’s spring training was uneven after October surgery to remove a bone spur in his left wrist delayed his normal offseason work, and he struck out 19 times in 40 at-bats while hitting .225/.380/.450. The Giants also sent him to Triple-A to keep refining his defense at first base, especially with Rafael Devers occupying the position in San Francisco. Eldridge’s first taste of the majors last September was rough, as he hit .107 with three hits and 13 strikeouts in 10 games.

Even so, the organization has long viewed him as more than a distant prospect. Drafted 16th overall in 2023 out of James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia, Eldridge hit .280 with a .862 OPS in 34 Double-A games for Richmond in 2025, then added 18 homers in 66 games for Sacramento before his debut. With the Giants’ offense ranked near the bottom of the majors in combined OPS and last in home runs earlier this month, Eldridge’s bat has a clearer path. If he keeps producing like this and the defense firms up, Sacramento may not be his final stop for long.