Your 2026 Giants: Bryce Eldridge Breakout Season

I've been providing an analysis of Bryce Eldridge's progress this season.  This is the final post covering his season, which has been a marvelous breakout season.  The seasonal highlights include (from Baseball Refrence and Fangraphs):

• 2.1 bWAR/1.8fWAR
• .269/.364/.461/.825
• 50 runs and 57 RBI
• 23 doubles and 17 HR
• 59 walks vs 119 strikeouts in 448 PA/386 AB in 107 games
• 131 wRC+

Per Grant Brisbee of The Athletic, when a 21 YO player walks at least 50 times and hits at least 15 homers, many of them became very good baseball players.  Of course, each player is individual, but players who have accomplished a lot at such a young age tends to get even better with MLB experience.  

Think Will the Thrill, who only hit 11 homers in his first season (old man at age 22), and 35 homers in his second.  He wasn’t on the list, but these were:  Mays, Mantle, Williams, Kaline, Barry Bonds, Ken Griffey Jr, Mike Trout, Frank Robinson, Mel Ott, Albert Pujols, Miguel Cabrera, Bryce Harper, Juan Soto, Ronald Acuna Jr, Giancarlo Stanton.  It’s not a full list, but a very impressive list, though there were still many who were not as good, who were not as well known.  Will Bryce be among the greats or the also rans?  Will be interesting to watch, lots of memories either way.

Your 2026 Giants: Do You Believe in Posey?

Many fans are upset with the Giants and Posey, and want him fired, along with Minasian and Vitello.  The following is what I wrote as comments on The Athletic, after the End of Season press conference.  

I will address the End of Season press conference in another post. I normally try to find a full transcript, but having a down period in life, don’t have the time (or will) to listen and write down each and every word.  I will see what work around satisfies me.

Your 2026 Giants: An Identity That Posey Sees As Ideal

A while back (took me a while to finish this), the Mercury’s Dieter Kurtenbach wrote this opinion piece, “The SF Giants stumbled into an identity. Will they embrace it?”  He likes the new Giants who have stepped up after Adames was ILed for the rest of the season, going 12-11 since then (at the time of his article; of course, they ended the season getting swept, multiple times…).

Because this little run of competence represents a team that isn’t rolling over and playing dead. They’re finally, mercifully playing an irritating brand of baseball (complimentary), which sure beats their prior brand: comatose.

As usual, I have thoughts.