WATCH: Top SF Giants prospect Bryce Eldridge mashes 450-foot HR

Top San Francisco Giants prospect Bryce Eldridge is already turning heads in Spring Training. Check out Eldridge's 450-foot blast here:

BY FRANKIE CARTOSCELLI

Feb 24, 2025, 7:04 AM Updated: 7:18 am

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SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA - FEBRUARY 20: Bryce Eldridge #88 of the San Francisco Giants poses for a portr...

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Spring Training baseball is in full swing, and San Francisco Giants prospect Bryce Eldrige is already turning heads in Arizona.

Eldridge, the 16th overall pick in the 2023 MLB Draft out of Madison High School in Virginia and the Giants’ top prospect (#24 in all of baseball), drilled a mammoth home run during Saturday’s Cactus League action in Surprise, Arizona.

The 20-year-old first baseman sent an 0-2 fastball to dead-center–450 feet, at that–in what was San Francisco’s exclamation point on a Spring-opening win over the Texas Rangers.

Bryce Eldridge hit a 450-foot homer to center in his first spring training game 👀 pic.twitter.com/y3l2B6SlHI

— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) February 22, 2025

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After a red-hot year that saw Bryce Eldridge hit .293 with 23 home runs and 90 RBI to go along with a .903 OPS over three levels of minor league baseball (A, A+, AA), San Francisco felt it was worth giving Eldridge another week of action following the conclusion of the AA regular season.

Eldridge finished the 2024 season with AAA Sacramento, where he went eight-for-31 (.258) over eight appearances.

It’s not a secret that Eldridge is on the fast track to the majors, and with the Giants opting to pass on pursuing free agent star first baseman Pete Alongo during the offseason, the position could be there for Eldrige’s taking by the end of this season.

LaMonte Wade Jr. and Wilmer Flores will split time between first and the designated hitter spot as Eldrige begins the season in the minors, but it wouldn’t be surprising to see the prospect make his debut sooner than later.

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Giants manager Bob Melvin has high expectations for the 26-year-old centerfielder as the second-year skipper recently revealed that the team is “toying with the idea” of batting Lee third in the lineup.

Lee, a high-contact hitter during his time in the KBO (383 walks against 304 strikeouts), would be slotted in behind leadoff hitter LaMonte Wade Jr. and shortstop Willy Adames–San Francisco’s prized free agent signing from this offseason.