Bryce Eldridge’s mid-September call-up was billed as a desperate search for an offensive boost in a desperate and flailing push for the postseason. Admittedly, a big ask for a 20 year old, and somewhat unsurprisingly, the team’s young top-prospect did not provide the much-needed kick in the pants. The Giants pulled at October’s push-door and there you have it.

Under that very specific lens, Eldridge’s first taste of the Majors was a bitter one. But it feels unfair to judge the kid too harshly based on the numbers he put up over his first ten games. What’s even the point of specifically writing out his full .107/.297/.179 slash line (37 PA), putting it in bold at the top of this post, or the fact that he swung-and-missed 35% of the time and struck out over a third of the time? Those number

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