{"id":571458,"date":"2026-02-14T03:38:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T03:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/571458\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T03:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T03:38:19","slug":"sf-giants-logan-webb-hayden-birdsong-throw-first-live-bullpens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/571458\/","title":{"rendered":"SF Giants’ Logan Webb, Hayden Birdsong throw first live bullpens"},"content":{"rendered":"

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. \u2014\u00a0If the stars align, Logan Webb<\/a> will have an opportunity to pitch against Jung Hoo Lee<\/a> at loanDepot Park in Miami during the upcoming World Baseball Classic. On the fourth day of camp, Webb and Lee previewed that matchup in a much more lax environment than what the WBC would offer.<\/p>\n

Webb and fellow right-hander Hayden Birdsong each threw their first live bullpens of camp on Friday afternoon at the main field at Scottsdale Stadium, while left-hander Carson Whisenhunt and right-hander Will Bednar faced hitters on a backfield.<\/p>\n

\u201cObviously, it\u2019d be fun to face him,\u201d Webb said of Lee, the captain of South Korea. \u201cI think that\u2019s why I threw him all balls today, just so he doesn\u2019t get to see it. No, I\u2019m just kidding. It\u2019d be a blast. I think I\u2019ve faced Jung Hoo probably four times in live (bullpens) and I don\u2019t think I\u2019ve thrown him one strike. I don\u2019t know why that is, but hopefully, if I do face him in the WBC, I remember how to throw strikes during that at-bat.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited for Jungy, and I know he\u2019s excited to represent his country. Obviously, if we\u2019re facing each other, I\u2019m not going to be friendly with him. But, always before and after.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Webb, who had already thrown 12 bullpens, faced six batters and threw 25 pitches, while Birdsong faced four batters and threw 20 pitches. Here are the results for both Webb and Birdsong:<\/p>\n

Webb<\/p>\n

Jerar Encarnacion: six pitches, fly out (Webb hit Encarnacion on the fifth pitch, but Encarnacion continued the at-bat)
\nHeliot Ramos: three pitches, strikeout swinging
\nJung Hoo Lee: five pitches, walk
\nJared Oliva: two pitches, single
\nGrant McCray: six pitches, strikeout looking
\nDrew Gilbert: three pitches, double<\/p>\n

Birdsong<\/p>\n

Jerar Encarnacion: six pitches, walk
\nHeliot Ramos: five pitches, pop out
\nJung Hoo Lee: three pitches, single
\nPatrick Bailey: six pitches, strikeout swinging<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was really good,\u201d Birdsong said. \u201cThe heater was there, so that\u2019s what I\u2019m happy about.\u201d<\/p>\n

The most impressive swing of the day belonged to Gilbert, who smashed the third pitch he saw from Webb and one-hopped the center-field wall. Oliva, a non-roster invitee, sent Webb ducking when he smashed a line drive in Webb\u2019s direction that hit the netting directly behind the mound.<\/p>\n

Lee and Webb will both leave camp in March to begin practicing with their respective teams. Webb, who\u2019s on track to pitch in his fifth straight Opening Day, has the luxury of Team USA practicing at the nearby Papago Park, but Lee will have to travel to Tokyo to join South Korea in pool play.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always been attending these international competitions as a player, but now going over there as a captain,\u201d Lee said. \u201cAlso, this is my first time going over there as a Major League Baseball player. I feel like there\u2019s a lot of responsibility that follows with it, so I would like to try my best out there.\u201d<\/p>\n

Webb\u2019s participation in the WBC will make for an abnormal ramp-up to the regular season, but the right-hander said his throwing program has been normal. If anything, Webb believes he toned things down.<\/p>\n

\u201cSpring training\u2019s funny because you\u2019re excited to get here, you throw in like two games and you\u2019re like, \u2018All right, I want to get out of here.\u2019 So, I actually get to do that this year,\u201d Webb joked.<\/p>\n

After winning his first Gold Glove<\/a> last season, Webb\u2019s gloves this season will feature a gold patch. Webb also has a special red, white and blue glove for the upcoming tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cPatrick doesn\u2019t have that on me anymore,\u201d Webb laughed.<\/p>\n

Giants sign right-hander Wick despite recent Tommy John surgery<\/p>\n

The Giants signed another reliever to a major-league contract, albeit one who will contribute nothing to the team this season.<\/p>\n

Right-hander Rowan Wick, who spent the last two seasons in Japan with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, agreed with San Francisco on a one-year deal with a club option for the 2027 season.<\/p>\n

Wick will miss the entire \u201826 season after undergoing Tommy John surgery this past November. This deal, then, gives the Giants a chance to get an extended look at the right-hander as he goes through his rehab process.<\/p>\n

To make room on the 40-man roster, right-hander Jason Foley has been placed on the 60-day injured list. Wick will eventually also move to the 60-day injured list when the Giants need a spot on the 40-man roster.<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old Wick impressed in the NBP, winning the Japan Series in 2024 and posting a 0.84 ERA with Yokohama in \u201825. Wick has pitched in five major-league seasons, owning a career 3.82 ERA (146 innings) with 20 saves and 160 strikeouts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. \u2014\u00a0If the stars align, Logan Webb will have an opportunity to pitch against Jung Hoo Lee…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":571459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2408],"tags":[5,5776,2178,162,5774,5775,853,4,5777,378,5778,66,4343,4340,4344,4341,4342,185],"class_list":{"0":"post-571458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-francisco-giants","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-bay-area","10":"tag-california","11":"tag-giants","12":"tag-giants-hq","13":"tag-inside-sports","14":"tag-latest-headlines","15":"tag-mlb","16":"tag-peninsula","17":"tag-san-francisco","18":"tag-san-francisco-county","19":"tag-san-francisco-giants","20":"tag-sanfrancisco","21":"tag-sanfranciscogiants","22":"tag-sf","23":"tag-sf-giants","24":"tag-sfgiants","25":"tag-sports"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116066903959658390","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=571458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/571458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/571459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=571458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=571458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=571458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}