SAN FRANCISCO -- Buster Posey knows a thing or two about sky-high expectations.

The Giants' president of baseball operations was the fifth overall pick in the 2008 MLB Draft and made his debut a year later. When he was called up for good in 2010, the Giants traded their starting catcher to clear the decks. All Posey did that year was lead them to their first championship in San Francisco.

Posey never, however, dealt with the kind of online noise that has followed Bryce Eldridge during his own journey as a top prospect.

Twitter was in its infancy when Posey was coming through the minors, and he never had to worry about seeing his face on Instagram graphics or in TikTok videos speculating about his short-term and long-term future. That has been Eldridge's reality since being taken in t

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