SF Giants’ Logan Webb gets final tuneup before Opening Day start

PHOENIX — In his final outing before he takes the ball on Opening Day, Logan Webb feels he’s got everything right where he wants to be with his pitches.

“I thought, honestly, that was the best my stuff has felt, so that was good to have,” Webb said after pitching into the fifth inning at the Giants’ minor league complex. “All of the things we were working on were really good today.”

Webb could have been facing against the Dodgers with the big league team over in Glendale. But in a bit of spring gamesmanship, the Giants sent him over to Papago Park instead, where the audience was more dozens than thousands. Webb said he understood the logic.

“I’m gonna face those guys enough this year,” Webb said. “It was more like, ‘Let’s save it, just save it for the year,’ and I get that.”

In the outing against the Angels’ High-A team, Webb went 4.1 innings and gave up one run (a solo homer to lead off the fifth) on three hits. He walked three and struck out seven.

The right-hander threw 50-of-77 pitches for strikes and got 12 swings and misses while pitching to Patrick Bailey, the Giants’ 2020 first round pick. Getting into the fifth inning was a key, and he felt he was able to fine-tune the final piece of his repertoire.

“I think the slider was kind of that last thing that we needed to get going, and we got it today, so I was excited about that,” Webb said.

But now, his attention can turn to Friday, where he’ll take the Oracle Park mound. It’s the first time the Giants have opened the season at home since 2009 — and the right-hander cannot wait for it to get here.

“I’m super excited to get it going,” Webb said. “Obviously, it’ll be a little different, Opening Day. But I just thought it was really good.”