Giants Bryce Eldridge wants Home Run Derby invite: Fool not to do it

SAN FRANCISCO — When the field for next week’s Home Run Derby is revealed, it won’t include Bryce Eldridge.After all, it would be pretty outlandish for MLB to extend an invite to a 21-year-old with seven career homers, and he confirmed to the Post he hasn’t been asked.But if the league office comes calling down the road?Consider him interested.“I’d say so,” the Giants’ star rookie first baseman said.

“I think if anyone got the opportunity to do it, they’d be a fool not to do it.It is, like, one of the coolest things you can do as a player, in my opinion.” And why wouldn’t the 6-foot-7 slugger be presented the opportunity one day?Already, with a mere 57 games and 226 plate appearances in the big leagues, he has proven the prodigious power that made him one of the game’s top prospects plays at its highest level.Look no further than his gargantuan blast that cleared the bullpens at Coors Field over the weekend.

Albeit with a mile-high asterisk, that was measured at an impressive 458 feet, breaking his own record for the longest home run hit by a Giant this season.Sure, Rafael Devers one-upped him a day later, with a 463-footer that landed in the upper deck.But Eldridge still has claim to some bragging rights: That was the first time Devers has sent a ball soaring further than 450 feet this season.Eldridge is one of only seven players around the league to do it twice.

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By clicking above you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.Never miss a story That company alone would make for an enticing Derby field: Kyle Schwarber, the only slugger with three homers of at least 450 feet; Junior Caminero, the first confirmed participant; as well as the A’s modern-day Bash Brothers, Shea Langeliers and Nick Kurtz, young Cardinals star Jordan Walker and Cam Smith, the raw but tant...