For the second consecutive year, the San Francisco Giants used their first-round draft pick on a two-way player.
With the No. 16 overall pick in the first round of the MLB Draft on Sunday, the Giants selected Bryce Eldridge, a two-way player from James Madison High School in Virginia.
The 6-foot-7, 234-pound left-handed hitter was committed to the University of Alabama, but the Giants will hope to change his mind. The slot signing bonus for the No. 16 overall pick this year is $4.3 million.Eldridge was the 23rd-best player in the draft and the highest-ranked two-way player, though talent evaluators were leaning towards considering him as a hitter during his senior year.
The Giants also selected a two-way player with their first pick last year, when they selected Reggie Crawford, who was coming off Tommy John surgery while playing with the University of Connecticut.
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