Logan Webb

Webb went from project to the main subject of conversation in the San Francisco rotation in the blink of an eye. He entered the 2021 season with a checkered past, both with injuries and a PED suspension, showing some potential around the warts in 2019 and 2020. One month into 2021, it looked like more of the same as he went 1-3 with a 5.34 ERA in his first six starts before everything clicked and he went 10-0 with a 2.40 ERA the rest of the way. Webb retooled his repertoire from previous seasons by ramping up his sinker and slider while cutting back on his four-seamer, so much so that the four-seamer went from his most-used to his least-used pitch from 2020 to 2021. The slider is his best weapon as it generates a swing-and-miss nearly 50% of the time, and the league hit .156 off the pitch last season. The five-pitch repertoire allows him to keep hitters guessing, and lack of a track record is about the only knock against him for 2022. Read Past Outlooks