برايس إلدريدج

اختار فريق سان فرانسيسكو جاينتس اللاعب إلدريج في الجولة الأولى، بالاختيار السادس عشر، في مسودة دوري البيسبول الرئيسي لعام 2023. ^{[ 8 ]} كان يُعتبر من أبرز المواهب الواعدة وأفضل لاعب شامل في المسودة . ^{[ 9 ] [ 10 ]} وقّع مع الجاينتس في 17 يوليو 2023، بعقدٍ أقل من قيمته السوقية بقيمة 4 ملايين دولار. ^{[ 11 ]} أمضى موسمه الاحترافي الأول مع فريق أريزونا كومبلكس ليغ جاينتس (مستوى المبتدئين) وفريق سان خوسيه جاينتس (الدرجة الأولى) . في 31 مباراة، حقق إلدريج معدل ضربات بلغ 0.294/0.400/0.505 مع ستة ضربات منزلية و18 نقطة مُسجلة.

Prior to the 2024 season, Eldridge announced that he would be a first baseman and stop pitching.^[12] Late in the season, he was promoted to the Double-ARichmond Flying Squirrels.^[13] Across minor league levels ranging from Single-A to Triple-A, Eldridge hit .292 with 23 home runs in 116 games. After the season, he played for the Scottsdale Scorpions in the Arizona Fall League.^[14]

Eldridge began the 2025 season on the Double-A injured list with a wrist injury,^[14][15] and returned to the Triple-A Sacramento River Cats in early June.^[16]

On September 15, 2025, Eldridge was selected to the 40-man roster and promoted to the major leagues for the first time.^[17][18] He made his MLB debut that night against the Arizona Diamondbacks, starting as the designated hitter; he went 0-for-3 in a 1–7 loss. Eldridge became the third player in franchise history to debut with the Giants while age 20, after Matt Cain and Madison Bumgarner. On September 20, Eldridge collected his first Major League hit at Dodger Stadium off of Tyler Glasnow.^[19] In 10 appearances for San Francisco, he went 3-for-28 (.107) with four RBI and seven walks. On October 1, it was announced that Eldridge would require surgery to remove a bone spur from his left wrist.^[20]

Eldridge was optioned to Triple-A Sacramento to begin the 2026 season.^[21] He was recalled to the major leagues on May 4, 2026, alongside Jesús Rodríguez.^[22] Just over a month later, on June 10, Eldridge came to the plate in the ninth inning with the bases loaded, no one out, and the Giants trailing the Washington Nationals 10-7, and hit a walk-off grand slam, as the Giants completed a comeback from an eight run deficit.^[23][24]