Six pitches into the 2023 season, Logan Webb and the were in a hole. A sinker straying over the middle of the plate to Aaron Judge is always going to sting, but it certainly hurt worse considering only three months previous, Judge, the in-vogue free agent, leveraged the Giants’ interest to sweeten New York’s, a nine-year, $360 million contract that would keep the Fresno-native in pinstripes for life.
San Francisco spurned in the offseason, burned Opening Day. A tasty headline that told only part of the story: Webb K’ed Judge in his next two at-bats on his way to a season high 12 strikeouts.