The Giants didn’t get it done in the offseason, but have now — two weeks into the regular season — locked up their ace on a long-term deal.
Logan Webb, 26, agreed to a five-year, $90 million contract extension that makes him a Giant through 2028. The team announced the deal Friday morning.
Webb posted career-bests in ERA, wins, innings pitched and strikeouts last year. He finished 11th in National League Cy Young voting.
Selected in the fourth round of the 2014 draft, Webb represents the Giants best homegrown success story since their golden era. His rise through the minors wasn’t traditional, but he eventually emerged as a top-of-the-rotation starter in 2021.
That year, Webb helped guide the Giants to a franchise record 107 wins. His sinker-slider repertoire makes him one of the most effective ground ball pitchers in baseball and helped him go 11-3 with a 3.03 ERA. In the team’s regular season finale, he hit his first career home run.
The Rocklin native became the obvious choice to start Game 1 of the National League Division Series, in which he dominated to the tune of 7.2 scoreless innings and 10 strikeouts against the Dodgers. He shoved again in Game 5, allowing one run in seven innings.
Then in 2022, he registered a 2.90 ERA in 192.1 innings, proving he can handle an ace’s work load. Even still, he has said since that he wasn’t satisfied with that performance and that there’s still room for improvement.
“I hope and I expect expectations to be very high for Logan,” Giants manager Gabe Kapler said before the 2023 season began. “I believe he should be a perennial Cy Young Award contender and one of the best pitchers in baseball on a year-to-year basis. I think that because of his pitch quality. I think that because of his leadership characteristics. I think that because of his preparation and his pedigree…He sets the bar pretty high for himself, and we set the bar pretty high for him.”
So far this season, Webb has gone 0-3 with a 4.76 ERA. Two of his starts came against the Yankees and Dodgers — perennial contenders with strong lineups.
Webb’s extension buys out two arbitration years and extends him for three following that. He and the Giants settled in arbitration on $4.6 million this season. He’ll earn $8 million next year, $12 million in 2025, $23 million in 2026, $23 million in 2027 and $24 million in 2028.
