Bryce Eldridge was the #13 pick of the 2023 draft. He's looking like a polished MLB hitter in his first season and he will not turn 22 until October. He's the only one from that Giants draft class with positive WAR. No one else has made the majors.
Except for Drew Cavanaugh! He was the 510th pick in the 17th round. The 24-year old lefty-swinging catcher has nine hits (all singles) and seven walks in his 42 PA across 13 games. He slashed .273/.406/.439 in 209 minor league games (882 PA).
Last night's star, Landen Roupp, was also a late pick (the 12th round, #356) but from the 2021 class. Carson Whisenhunt and Hayden Birdsong were picked in the 2022 group. We'll see if they can develop into consistent major league hurlers.
Logan Webb starts today and the game is on Fox at 5:00 Pacific.
Go Giants!
--M.C.
2 comments:
Rumor has it our #1 pick signed for about $8M.
changing the subject just a bit, it seems to me that even if a team is out of challenges, the call ending a game should still be challengeable. A game should not end on a bad call, especially when we have all these tools to try to get the calls correct. I guess Sunday the giants found another way to lose. But I saw an A.L. game last week and the game ended in the same situation. I was upset about that one, even though I did not really care about the outcome. It just seemed unfair to the team, the players, the organization and especially to the fans. Not sure if it went over the right way with the huge gambling contingency either.
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