MILWAUKEE (AP) — San Francisco Giants reliever Joel Peguero has been placed on the 60-day injured list with a left hamstring strain.
The Giants announced that move Monday while also selecting right-handed pitcher Wilkin Ramos and infielder Buddy Kennedy from Triple-A Sacramento and designating catcher Logan Porter for assignment. The Giants already had optioned catcher Jesús Rodríguez to Sacramento on Sunday.
Peguero, 29, has gone 0-0 with a 2.38 ERA in 11 appearances.
He had left the Giants' 19-6 victory over the Colorado Rockies on Sunday after hurting his leg while trying to make a play on Tyler Freeman's infield single in the eighth inning. Peguero also had dealt with a hamstring strain in the spring that delayed the start of his 2026 season.
“I think this is something we’ve got to get past, or he needs to get past,” San Francisco manager Tony Vitello said before the Giants’ Monday night game with the Milwaukee Brewers. “As long as his lower half is right, everybody knows what he’s capable of doing with his arm, or upper half.”
Ramos, 25, gets a chance to make his major league debut after going 3-1 with a 2.33 ERA in 17 relief appearances with Sacramento.
“It’s a great feeling, a unique feeling,” Ramos said through an interpreter.
Ramos has shown improved control this year by striking out 27 and walking seven batters in 27 innings. In his minor league career, Ramos has walked 172 batters in 343 innings.
“I think just the presence has grown as the experience has grown,” Vitello said. “He knows what this level looks like. He knows he can get any type of hitter out. To me, you see a really commanding presence and better command of the baseball, too. The stuff and athleticism has always kind of been there.”
Kennedy, 27, has batted .321 with a .424 on-base percentage, .543 slugging percentage, eight homers, 33 RBIs and five steals in 48 games with Sacramento. He went 2 for 29 at the plate while playing a combined 13 games in the majors with Philadelphia, Toronto and the Los Angeles Dodgers last season.
Porter, 30, has appeared in one game for San Francisco this season and also has hit .241 with a .292 on-base percentage, one homer and 10 RBIs in 17 games with Sacramento.
Rodríguez, 24, hit .231 with a .302 on-base percentage, two homers, seven RBIs and one steal in 14 games with San Francisco.
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San Francisco Giants relief pitcher Joel Peguero works against the Colorado Rockies in the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, May 31, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
SEATTLE (AP) — Melinda French Gates, a billionaire philanthropist and businesswoman, will join the Seattle Kraken as a minority investor, pending NHL approval.
French Gates, 61, is the ex-wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates. She and her $30 billion net worth, according to Forbes, join an ownership group headlined by majority owner and managing partner Samantha Holloway, as well as investors David Wright, Andy Jassy and longtime Hollywood producer Jerry Bruckheimer.
“As a longtime Seattle resident, it means a lot to me to have the chance to make this investment in our city and its future,” French Gates said in a statement. “I’m a big believer in the power of sports, and after many years of cheering on Seattle from the sidelines, I’m excited to have an even deeper connection to the Seattle sports community.”
French Gates has never previously had an ownership stake in a major professional sports franchise. She will do so at a time when the Kraken ownership group is positioning itself to own an NBA franchise should the NBA return to the Emerald City for the first time since the SuperSonics were relocated to Oklahoma City nearly 20 years ago.
In March, the Kraken ownership group announced the creation of One Roof Sports and Entertainment, which serves as the umbrella brand of the organization to “oversee a growing portfolio of properties and fuel new opportunities.” At the time, Holloway announced that One Roof would pursue an NBA team in Seattle, should the league move forward with expansion.
Holloway also announced in March that the group had entered an agreement to purchase additional equity in Climate Pledge Arena from Oak View Group, and would make the organization the majority owner of the building. OVG has retained a minority stake.
French Gates, who grew up in Dallas and received a bachelor’s degree in computer science and economics, as well as an MBA from Duke, currently heads Pivotal, a group of organizations she founded to accelerate the pace of social progress for women and young people in the United States and around the world.
French Gates previously founded and co-chaired the Gates Foundation, the world’s largest philanthropy.
“I am excited to welcome Melinda to our ownership group,” Holloway said in a statement. “Melinda is an impressive business leader, philanthropist and importantly, a Seattle sports fan. We share many of the same values, including a deep commitment to Seattle and a belief in building organizations that create lasting impact.”
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FILE - The logo of the Seattle Kraken is displayed on a player during an NHL hockey game in Seattle on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Maddy Grassy, File)
