DETROIT -- The Giants locked up their homegrown ace on Friday, saying a five-year, $90 million extension with right-hander Logan Webb that can hold the Rocklin, Calif., native within the membership’s rotation via at the very least 2028.  The deal -- the most important given to a pitcher beneath Giants president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi -- will kick in subsequent yr and purchase out Webb’s remaining two years of arbitration and his first three years of free company. The 26-year-old will earn $8 million in 2024, $12 million in 2025, $23 million in 2026, $23 million in 2027 and $24 million in 2028. He may even make annual donations to the Giants Community Fund that can complete practically half 1,000,000 {dollars} over the lifetime of the contract.  Zaidi confirmed that the members...

Nathan Ray Seebeck-USA TODAY Sports Orlando Arcia getting the nod for the beginning shortstop job in Atlanta raised some eyebrows this spring. After all, he had regarded extra like a utility infielder in recent times than a viable beginning shortstop, and it felt a bit like that ship had lengthy since sailed. The current and future was Vaughn Grissom, our high Braves prospect final 12 months after the graduations of Spencer Strider and Michael Harris II. Grissom didn’t precisely wrestle in his debut final fall, whomping pitchers to the tune of a .293/.353/.440 line, a triple-slash that will be viable for a primary baseman, not to mention a man who can deal with quick. Yet it was Arcia who ended up with the job within the spring. It didn’t even appear to be the standard service time sh...