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Webb wasn’t exactly in complete control here, but he managed his way through some jams, including escaping two runners in scoring position and nobody out with no runs in during the fourth inning. The Giants bullpen, naturally, blew the game and left Webb’s fantasy managers winless. Webb’s scheduled to draw the Padres in his next start. He’s lowered his ERA from 7.36 to 4.30 over his last five starts, with four quality starts in his last five turns.

It’ll be made up as a split doubleheader on Thursday instead. Wednesday’s original starters — Logan Webb and Cristopher Sánchez — will take the ball at some point during the day-night twin bill at Citizens Bank Park.

Webb allowed seven hits, walked two and struck out five, making this essentially an average start for him this season. Without his reputation and his catcher winning him as many strikes on balls off the corner, he’s probably not going to be the in the Cy Young mix this year. Still, he’s a good bet to give the Giants and fantasy teams six or seven solid innings each time he takes the mound. He’ll make his next start in Philly.

This was a classic Webb start. Despite constant traffic on the bases and the need to work out of trouble, he still found a way to finish that sixth inning. Sadly, a quality start was in sight before a two-out single by José Tena pushed the Nationals’ fourth run across in the sixth. One cause for relative concern, Webb allowed a whopping 14 hard-hit balls in this one and only forced 5 swings-and-misses. We’d like to see him flip-flop those numbers moving forward. He has a tall task next time out which is scheduled to come against the mighty Dodgers.

Webb walked three and struck out six while posting a 25 percent whiff rate and throwing 64 percent of his pitches for strikes. Webb has struggled a bit with the ABS strike zone because he’s simply not getting the same amount of called strikes on fringe pitches that he used to. He was already a pitcher who could hurt your WHIP in fantasy, so this has not been a great development. We wouldn’t sell low because he remains a strong pitcher who could bounce back, beginning next week against the Nationals.

Webb was good. The Giants bullpen was not. The right-hander exited with a 2-1 lead, and the San Francisco relievers gave up a four-spot to prevent him from picking up his second win of the season. He was far from dominant with seven hits allowed and only three strikeouts, but Webb has a track record of these types of outings, it’s definitely not smoke and mirrors. He’ll be back on the bump against the Orioles in Baltimore on Saturday.

Webb stranded a pair of baserunners in the first inning, then got into some trouble in the third as he struggled to find the strike zone. He issued his third and fourth walks of the game to put two runners on before a pair of base hits brought three runs in for the Padres. Webb would settle in nicely, retiring his last ten straight batters as he completed six frames for the win while striking out five. The 29-year-old right-hander will take on the Mets in San Francisco on Sunday.

It’s the first time since July 10, 2024 against the Blue Jays that Webb has given up seven runs in a game. Five came in the second, when Webb gave up five hits and hit a batter. The remaining two, including the unearned run, came after three straight singles in the fifth. Webb struck out seven, so that wasn’t an issue. He just got beaten by a good offense, and while it didn’t have a huge effect tonight, it doesn’t help that he has a subpar defense behind him; Webb finished with a .346 BABIP last year and though the Giants have since upgraded in the outfield, that might not make as much difference to Webb as their downgrade at second base. Webb will face the Padres next time out.

Webb struck out three batters on the evening while allowing one base on balls. The Rockies scratched out a run against him in the opening inning then added four more in the second on run-scoring knocks from Edouard Julien, Mickey Moniak and Hunter Goodman. Webb got up to 86 pitches in the outing, throwing 58 of those for strikes. After pitching well for Team USA in the World Baseball Classic, Webb wraps up his spring on a disappointing note and with a 6.75 ERA over 9 1/3 innings in his three Cactus League starts. He’ll do battle against the Yankees his next time out on Opening Day on Wednesday.

Webb struck out five batters on the night. Team Canada had their best scoring threat against him in the opening inning, as a couple of singles put two men on with only one out, but Webb responded by striking out Owen Caissie and Abraham Toro in succession to quell the threat. The 29-year-old hurler got five whiffs on 71 pitches in the contest, posting a strong CSW of 34 percent. The next stop for Team USA will be a matchup against the Dominican Republic in the semifinals on Sunday evening.