San Francisco Giants right-hander Logan Webb was placed on the injured list with right knee bursitis on Saturday, meaning he will miss a start for the first time in five years.
The move was retroactive to Wednesday. Webb last pitched on Tuesday, allowing a season-high-tying six earned runs along with seven hits and no walks with four strikeouts on 62 pitches in a 10-5 home loss to the San Diego Padres. He left after four innings with knee discomfort.
In a corresponding move on Saturday, the Giants recalled right-hander Trevor McDonald from Triple-A Sacramento.
An All-Star the past two seasons, Webb, 29, has made 157 straight starts for San Francisco since going on the injured list in July 2021.
“I haven’t missed a start in a long time, so it’s been eating at me a little bit,” Webb said on Saturday before the Giants’ game against the Pittsburgh Pirates. “But I think it’s best for me, best for the team, best for the longevity of my career. That sort of thing. I’ve got a lot of good people in my corner that talked me into it, pretty much. But I’m glad I did.”
Webb said the knee has been an issue for a while and was aggravated when he covered first base during an April 30 game against the Philadelphia Phillies.
Giants manager Tony Vitello said that Webb needed to be convinced to take time off to heal the knee.
“It’s a little bit more of a, I don’t want to say day-to-day thing, but a little bit more of a, give it a few days and then see where he’s at,” Vitello said on Saturday. “Better to keep the long run in mind.”
Webb is 2-4 with a 5.06 ERA, 15 walks and 42 strikeouts in 48 innings over eight starts this season.
He is a career 72-57 with a 3.45 ERA, 265 walks and 1,036 strikeouts in 1,110 1/3 innings over 188 regular-season games (185 starts). He also won the Gold Glove for National League pitchers last season.
McDonald, 25, is 1-0 this season for San Francisco with a 1.29 ERA, no walks and eight strikeouts in seven innings in his lone outing, a 3-2 win over the Padres on Monday. The rookie right-hander has appeared in five games (three starts) over parts of three seasons since 2024 and is 2-0 with three walks and 23 strikeouts in 25 innings.
The Giants also selected the contract of catcher Logan Porter from Sacramento. San Francisco traded Gold Glove-winning catcher Patrick Bailey earlier in the day to the Cleveland Guardians.
