Joel Peguero #7

Peguero and his wife, Alana, were married in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, prior to the start of the 2025 season...Joel is one of six children...He has three brothers and two sisters.

2025

Signed by SF as a Minor League free agent in the offseason and was a non-roster invite to camp...Won the club’s Barney Nugent award for best newcomer in his first-career ML Spring Training...Started the year at Triple-A Sacramento and appeared in seven games with the River Cats before landing on the IL with a right knee injury sustained on the field on April 20...Was reinstated nearly a month later, on May 14, and pitched in another 28 games at Triple-A...Overall, Peguero had a 5.10 ERA (24 ER, 42.1 IP) in 35 outings with Sacramento...Had his contract selected from Triple-A on Aug. 21...Made his MLB debut that day at San Diego, pitching a scoreless sixth and seventh innings...Touched 102.1 mph in his debut, the hardest pitch thrown by a Giant in 2025...In 17 games with SF he’s struck out 17, walked eight and allowed six earned runs in 22.1 innings (2.42 ERA)...Threw 105 pitches at 100 mph or faster (33.3% of his 315 total pitches)...His 99.8 mph fastball average velocity was fourth-best in MLB (min. 50 PA)...Averaged 99.8 mph with his four-seamer, 99.9 mph with his sinker and 91.6 mph with his slider.

2024

Spent the entire season at Double-A Erie after signing as a Minor League free agent in early January...Made 43 appearances for the SeaWolves, striking out better than a batter per inning (56 strikeouts in 51.2 IP). His 56 punch-outs were a career best, surpassing his prior high of 52 between Triple-A Durham (Rays) and Albuquerque (Rockies) in 2022...Righties had a .541 OPS and batted .206 off him while lefties logged a .762 OPS with a .260 average...Allowed only four homers in his 51.2 innings...Over his final 11 regular season outings from August through the end of the year, Peguero struck out 22, walked six and posted a 2.03 ERA (three ER, 13.1 IP)...Worked three scoreless, hitless innings in the postseason for Erie as they clinched a second consecutive Eastern League Championship.

2023

Signed with the Nationals ahead of the season and made his first 25 appearances of the year at Harrisburg (AA)...Promoted to Triple-A Rochester at the end of June but allowed 20 runs in 21.1 innings over 15 games...Was sent back to Harrisburg at the end of August.

2022

Set career bests in games (50) and innings pitched (56.2) while pitching the entire year at Triple-A...Began the season with Triple-A Durham before being traded to the Rockies on Aug. 5, 2022 in exchange for cash...He spent the remainder of the year at Triple-A Albuquerque.

2021

Began the year at Double-A Montgomery and spent a majority of the year there, pitching in 37 games...Made his Triple-A debut on Sept. 30.

2019

Recorded a career-best 2.85 ERA in 31 games at Single-A Bowling Green...Went 16-for-20 in save opportunities, ranking second in the Midwest League and leading all Tampa Bay farmhands.