This Eldridge call-up is a no-risk, all-reward play from Posey. Detractors will suggest that the 20-year-old’s 30 percent strikeout rate in Triple-A, where there are roughly four total good pitchers amid 30 teams, is evidence that the kid isn’t ready.

But the calculus has changed! As the weekend demonstrated, the Giants are years away from being half as good as their former archrival the Los Angeles Dodgers, but Eldridge is, theoretically, one giant leap in that direction.

Eldridge generates ridiculous power, particularly on balls up in the zone, with some of the highest peak and average exit velocity figures among any hitter in the minors, let alone triple-A. Despite some very real whiff concerns (more on that in a moment),

The SF Giants were dealt a disappointing blow to their Wild Card hopes after they suffered back-to-back losses against the hated Dodgers with their aces on the