There are still a few questions left for the San Francisco Giants to sort out before they kick off an exciting 2024 campaign on Thursday. Who will be the backup shortstop? Will all their starting pitchers (minus Robbie Ray and Tristan Beck, of course) be ready to go? Is everyone healthy? Who is the second left-handed reliever now that Amir Garrett has been released? Is there a second left-handed reliever?
One question that was never on the table was the question of the Opening Day starter. Even had the Giants signed Blake Snell at the start of the offseason instead of earlier this week, or even if they had landed Yoshinobu Yamamoto, we all knew who would take the bump for the first day of the year: Logan Webb.