Giants DH Jerar Encarnación to undergo hand surgery
The San Francisco Giants will not have designated hitter Jerar Encarnación (hand) to begin the season, with surgery forthcoming.
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The injury bug has bitten the San Francisco Giants in the final days of Spring Training.
San Francisco announced this week that designated hitter and outfielder Jerar Encarnación will have surgery to repair his broken left hand, meaning the former Sacramento River Cats product will begin the season on the injured list.
A timetable for Encarnación’s recovery period will be determined after surgery, which is set to take place later this week.
What a bummer for Jerad Encarnacion as he’s fractured his hand.
He was batting .302 with an .856 OPS this spring. pic.twitter.com/z7N5usWkMj
— Matt Lively (@mattblively) March 22, 2025
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The news of Encarnación’s is a tough blow for the San Francisco Giants, especially when you factor in how strong the 27-year-old looked this spring.
Over 20 Cactus League appearances, Encarnación hit .302 with two home runs, 14 RBI, and an impressive .547 slugging percentage to firmly plant himself in the driver’s seat for the Opening Day designated hitter in manager Bob Melvin’s lineup.
With Encarnación out for what is expected to be a lengthy absence, the Giants will now lean on Wilmer Flores, Luis Matos, and LaMonte Wade Jr. to fill in at the DH spot going forward.
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Sutter Health Park, the home of the A’s for the 2025 season, hosted its first baseball game since their new renovations in preparation for the arrival of their new, although temporary, major league franchise.
Home of the Sacramento Rivers Cats, the San Francisco Giants triple-A affiliate, they played an exhibition inter-franchise game in California’s capital Sunday afternoon.
The morning of their matchup, the A’s unveiled their Sutter Health Park upgrades that included a new scoreboard in right-center field, enhancements to the field itself, an “expanded network infrastructure and stadium technology,” upgraded digital displays, audio enhancements, as well as renovations to the clubhouses and dugouts.
“I noticed the scoreboard. The batter’s eye,” Giants ace Logan Webb said after warming up on the new-look field. “It looks good. I think there’s going to be a lot of people here tonight. So, we’ll kind of get to see what it looks like with a packed house.”
Heliot Ramos, who played plenty of games at the park during his seasons with the River Cats before becoming an MLB All-Star with San Francisco last season, expects the changes to be well recieved.
“I think fans will love it,’ Ramos said pregame. “A lot of fans will come for sure. I feel like (Sutter Health Park) needed (the upgrade) already… and I think it’s a big adjustment, a big update.”
Given that it was the first time the renovations, which are still a work-in-progress, were being put to the test in live time. While the new scoreboard was certainly an upgrade, you can see mishaps such as shortstop Willy Adames being listed at a pitcher, or a no-name shortstop currently at the plate.
Pitch velocity was nowhere to be found, and some of the other digital screens reading pitch count were experiencing technical issues and being tended to for nearly half the game.
Of course, those sort of hiccups are to be expected given all the change. Susan Slusser of The San Francisco Chronicle spoke with various Giants and River Cats personnel about the changes to Sutter Health Park after the showdown.
The new batter’s eye, freshly painted and moved to be nearly flush with the center field wall, was a common topic.
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Upcoming 2025 San Francisco Giants Schedule
- Thursday, March 27-Sunday, March 30th – @ Cincinnati Reds
- Monday, March 31st-Wednesday, April 2nd – @ Houston Astros
- Friday, April 4th-Sunday, April 6th – vs. Seattle Mariners
- Monday, April 7th-Wednesday, April 9th – vs. Cincinnati Reds
- Friday, April 11th-Sunday, April 13th – @ New York Yankees.
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