Sometime during the second inning of another exceedingly-feckless San Francisco Giants defeat, Kiley McDaniel received a text, or a phone call, or a DM. McDaniel, an ESPN writer with plenty of connections from his past career in MLB front offices, announced that Giants top prospect Bryce Eldridge had been promoted to AAA, after the 19-year old sensation began the year in Low-A.
The timing was surely coincidental, but it sure didn’t feel like it. The Giants trailed the San Diego Padres 3-0 in a game they would lose 5-0, and in a game that felt decided four pitches in.