{"id":669062,"date":"2026-04-07T20:50:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/669062\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T20:50:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T20:50:21","slug":"joel-peguero-could-be-first-injured-giants-reliever-to-return-to-bullpen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/669062\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Peguero Could be First Injured Giants Reliever to Return to Bullpen"},"content":{"rendered":"

The San Francisco Giants<\/a> have had more than their fair share of injuries in the bullpen, but one injured reliever is getting close to a return. <\/p>\n

Joel Peguero is expected to start an injury rehab assignment this week per NBC Sports Bay Area\u2019s Alex Pavlovic.<\/a> He\u2019ll be available to throw for Triple-A Sacramento on Tuesday when the River Cats start at week-long series. <\/p>\n

Peguero<\/a> was supposed to pitch in the World Baseball Classic for the Dominican Republic but suffered a Grade 1 left hamstring strain before he left and was placed on the 15-day injured list when the season started. <\/p>\n

There is no timetable for him to be ready for the Majors, where Peguero<\/a> has a career 2.42 ERA. But when he\u2019s ready to return, he\u2019ll give San Francisco a fresh arm. <\/p>\n

And he may not be the only one returning soon. <\/p>\n

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San Francisco Giants pitcher Joel Peguero. | Robert Edwards-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

Pavlovic also reported about a pair of injured relievers who the Giants could use.<\/p>\n

Sam Hentges, a left-handed reliever the Giants signed this offseason, has moved on to throwing live batting practices, which is the last stage before he starts a rehab assignment at a minor league affiliate. <\/p>\n

Hentges underwent a left shoulder capsule repair surgery, a procedure that typically requires a year or more to recover from. He was on Cleveland\u2019s injury list for the 2025 season. San Francisco signed him knowing he would need additional time to build up. Like Peguero, he\u2019s on the 15-day injured list. <\/p>\n

The other update is on Jason Foley, a right-hander that the Giants signed after he was released by the Detroit Tigers last season. He\u2019s on the Giants\u2019 60-day injured list to start the season as he\u2019s recovering from right shoulder surgery that he underwent last May. Like Hentges, he required at least a year to recover. <\/p>\n

Per Pavlovic, Foley is going to throw a bullpen in Arizona on Tuesday. That means throwing off a mound, which means the next step once he\u2019s built up is live batting practice, followed by a rehab assignment. He cannot be activated until late May. <\/p>\n

Foley could be a closer option for the Giants once he returns and he\u2019s built up. He was the Tigers\u2019 closer of choice in 2024 before the injury. He saved 28 games out of 32 chances that season, finishing with a 3-6 record and a 3.15 ERA. The season before he had 28 holds with seven saves in nine chances. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The San Francisco Giants have had more than their fair share of injuries in the bullpen, but one…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":669063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2408],"tags":[5,162,4,378,66,4343,4340,4344,4341,4342],"class_list":{"0":"post-669062","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-giants","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-giants","10":"tag-mlb","11":"tag-san-francisco","12":"tag-san-francisco-giants","13":"tag-sanfrancisco","14":"tag-sanfranciscogiants","15":"tag-sf","16":"tag-sf-giants","17":"tag-sfgiants"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116365403002263280","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=669062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/669062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=669062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=669062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=669062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}