PHOENIX — In his closing outing earlier than he takes the ball on Opening Day, Logan Webb feels he’s received all the things proper the place he desires to be together with his pitches.
“I assumed, truthfully, that was the perfect my stuff has felt, in order that was good to have,” Webb stated after pitching into the fifth inning on the Giants’ minor league advanced. “All the issues we had been engaged on had been actually good at this time.”
Webb might have been going through towards the Dodgers with the large league group over in Glendale. However in a little bit of spring gamesmanship, the Giants despatched him over to Papago Park as an alternative, the place the viewers was extra dozens than 1000's. Webb stated he understood the logic.
“I’m gonna face these guys sufficient this yr,” Webb stated. “It was extra like, ‘Let’s put it aside, simply put it aside for the yr,’ and I get that.”
Within the outing towards the Angels’ Excessive-A group, Webb went 4.1 innings and gave up one run (a solo homer to steer off the fifth) on three hits. He walked three and struck out seven.
The fitting-hander threw 50-of-77 pitches for strikes and received 12 swings and misses whereas pitching to Patrick Bailey, the Giants’ 2020 first spherical decide. Entering into the fifth inning was a key, and he felt he was in a position to fine-tune the ultimate piece of his repertoire.
“I feel the slider was form of that very last thing that we wanted to get going, and we received it at this time, so I used to be enthusiastic about that,” Webb stated.
However now, his consideration can flip to Friday, the place he’ll take the Oracle Park mound. It’s the primary time the Giants have opened the season at house since 2009 — and the right-hander can not await it to get right here.
“I’m tremendous excited to get it going,” Webb stated. “Clearly, it’ll be a bit of completely different, Opening Day. However I simply thought it was actually good.”