Jerar Encarnacion

Jerar Encarnacion

27-Year-Old OutfielderOF
San Francisco Giants
2025 Fantasy Outlook
The Giants signed Encarnacion away from the Mexican League last May and then called him up to the majors in August after he posted a 1.054 OPS with 10 home runs in just 33 games with Triple-A Sacramento. Encarnacion offered a mixed bag during his brief 35-game stint in San Francisco. He had just a 34:5 K:BB in 119 plate appearances, but the 27-year-old popped five homers and put up some eye-popping Statcast numbers with a 58.8 percent hard-hit rate, 95 mph average exit velocity and 15 percent barrel rate. It's pretty clear that the raw pop is there with Encarnacion, who has 50 home runs in 223 career games at the Triple-A level. The question is whether he'll be able to make enough contact to get to it, as he also struck out at a 33.6 percent clip at Triple-A. If you squint you could see a deep-league power sleeper here, but it's probably likelier that Encarnacion never gets a long-term look in the big leagues. Read Past Outlooks
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#414
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Giants in March of 2025.
Makes first start of 2025
OFSan Francisco Giants
June 4, 2025
Encarnacion started in right field and went 0-for-3 in Tuesday's 3-2 extra-inning loss to the Padres.
ANALYSIS
Encarnacion drew the starting nod for the first time since returning from surgery to repair a fractured left hand that he sustained in mid-March. The 27-year-old made an appearance in Monday's loss to San Diego as well, replacing Mike Yastrzemski in right field and going 0-for-3. Encarnacion could also see playing time at first base or designated hitter if Wilmer Flores shifts to first, as LaMonte Wade was designated for assignment Wednesday.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
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vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+14%
OPS vs RHP
2025
No Stats
2024
 
 
+19%
OPS vs RHP
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .614 45 4 0 5 1 .256 .289 .326
Since 2023vs Right .697 80 9 5 14 0 .224 .250 .447
2025vs Left .000 1 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025vs Right .000 5 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2024vs Left .629 44 4 0 5 1 .262 .295 .333
2024vs Right .746 75 9 5 14 0 .239 .267 .479
2023vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+55%
OPS on Road
2025
No Stats
2024
 
 
+42%
OPS on Road
2023
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .544 74 6 2 9 1 .200 .230 .314
Since 2023Away .844 51 7 3 10 0 .286 .314 .531
2025Home .000 6 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000
2025Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Home .594 68 6 2 9 1 .219 .250 .344
2024Away .844 51 7 3 10 0 .286 .314 .531
2023Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2023Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Jerar Encarnacion compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.00
 
BB Rate
0.0%
 
K Rate
16.7%
 
BABIP
.000
 
ISO
.000
 
AVG
.000
 
OBP
.000
 
SLG
.000
 
OPS
.000
 
wOBA
.000
 
Exit Velocity
98.2 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
20.0%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.248
 
Expected SLG
.266
 
Sprint Speed
0.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
80.0%
 
Line Drive %
20.0%
 
Fly Ball %
0.0%
 
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2023 Fantasy Outlook
Encarnacion debuted in grand fashion, becoming the first player since at least 1901 to hit a grand slam, record an outfield assist and steal a base in his first major-league game. The fun didn't last long, however, as Encarnacion was back in the minors a couple days later and would play only sporadically throughout later stints with the big-league team. He smacked 14 home runs in 68 games at Triple-A but did so with a strikeout rate close to 30% and that number jumped to close to 40% against big-league arms. The strikeouts may be too much to overcome for Encarnacion, who is 25 already. He probably needs more time back at Triple-A in what will be his final option year. The outfielder was added to the 40-man roster back in November of 2020.
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Activated, but not in lineup Monday
OFSan Francisco Giants
June 2, 2025
The Giants activated Encarnacion (hand) from the 60-day injured list Monday, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
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Homers in rehab game
OFSan Francisco Giants
Hand
May 27, 2025
Encarnacion (hand) played six innings and went 1-for-2 with a solo home run, a stolen base and a walk in Triple-A Sacramento's 9-5 loss to El Paso on Tuesday.
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Kicks off Triple-A rehab
OFSan Francisco Giants
Hand
May 27, 2025
Encarnacion (hand) is starting a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sacramento on Tuesday, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
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Likely to return in early June
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Hand
May 25, 2025
Encarnacion (hand) isn't likely to be activated from the 60-day injured list until the Giants' next homestand that begins June 2, MLB.com reports.
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Headed to Arizona for rehab
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Hand
May 21, 2025
Giants manager Bob Melvin said that Encarnacion (hand) is scheduled to report to the rookie-level Arizona Complex League later this week to resume his rehab assignment, Alex Pavlovic of NBC Sports Bay Area reports.
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