The Giants placed outfielder Jerar Encarnaci\u00f3n on the injured list Friday — his third stint of the 2025 MLB season.<\/p>\n
Encarnaci\u00f3n lands on the 10-day IL, retroactive to Aug. 7, after sustaining a right hamstring injury in San Francisco’s 4-2 win<\/a> over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday at PNC Park. Giants manager Bob Melvin told reporters Friday that Encarnaci\u00f3n has a grade 2 hamstring strain and will miss four to six weeks.<\/p>\n Encarnaci\u00f3n 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\u00a0after his return in June<\/a>.<\/p>\n To replace Encarnaci\u00f3n in the lineup, the Giants selected outfielder Drew Gilbert<\/a> 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<\/a>.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n