7-30-2025 – By Michael Castrignano – @412DoublePlay on X
The Pirates are poised for their first road sweep of the season if they can keep rolling against San Francisco Giants’ long-time ace and 2-time All Star, Logan Webb, who is having another strong season as he holds a 9-8 record with a 3.38 ERA over an NL-best 135.2 innings pitched but hasn’t been nearly as effective lately.
After pitching to a 2.61 ERA over his first 18 starts with 127 strikeouts to just 24 walks, Webb is currently mired in one of the worst stretches of his career with a 7.36 ERA in July with an opponent batting average of .348 this month.
Regardless, Webb can turn things around at any time as he brings in a career of consistency on the bump, leading the senior circuit in innings pitched each of the past two seasons and finishing 2nd in Cy Young voting following the 2023 campaign.
Webb is able to get strikeouts at a high rate but excels at inducing ground balls (52.5%) utilizing a plus-extension with his low-90s sinker and mid-80s changeup each resulting in a 55% or higher ground ball rate.
While he dispatches the sinker/changeup mix against lefties, he adds in a mid-80s sweeper as his main secondary against righties with occasional low-90s 4-seam and cutter mixed in as well (less than 10% usage for each offering) but the main pitch to look for is his sinker, which Webb throws 36.3% of the time with a .285 xBA, .441 xSLG and which has resulted in 6 of his 10 home runs allowed.
Expect Webb to work in the zone (5.3% walk rate is among the best in MLB) and try to get opponents to rollover on the ball. Look for the sinker that hangs up and in against lefties or moves to the barrel against righties. He doesn’t get a ton of whiffs on the pitch so put the ball in play often enough and eventually, you’ll find some grass or, better yet, some outfield seats.
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