Pitcher Logan Webb and the San Francisco Giants have agreed to terms on a five year contract extension, it was announced today. The deal locks Webb up through 2028 and buys out his final two years of arbitration, as well as three free agent years.
In a time where high spin four seamers are all the rage, the 26 year old Webb is something of an outlier. He’s a sinkerballer whose 1871 rpm spin rate is in the bottom 1% for fastballs, with the result being that he gets a tremendous amount of drop on the pitch, resulting in a ton of ground balls.