The Giants placed outfielder Jerar Encarnación on the injured list Friday — his third stint of the 2025 MLB season.
Encarnación lands on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Aug. 7, after sustaining a right hamstring injury in San Francisco’s 4-2 win over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday at PNC Park. Giants manager Bob Melvin told reporters Friday that Encarnación has a grade 2 hamstring strain and will miss four to six weeks.
Encarnación homered in both of the games he played after returning from a separate IL stint Monday. The 27-year-old has dealt with horrible injury luck this season; he fractured his hand near the end of a strong spring training and hurt his oblique soon after his return in June.
To replace Encarnación in the lineup, the Giants selected outfielder Drew Gilbert from Triple-A Sacramento and designated outfielder Daniel Johnson for assignment to make room on the 40-man roster. Gilbert was acquired from the New York Mets in San Francisco’s Tyler Rogers trade.
Gilbert, 24, batted .255/.356/.455 with 14 home runs and 52 RBI in 87 games between New York’s Single- and Triple-A levels this season. He was hitting .500 (7-for-14) with two RBI — including a walk-off hit — with the River Cats.
Gilbert will wear No. 61 with the Giants for his MLB debut, batting ninth and playing right field against the Washington Nationals on Friday at Oracle Park.