Giants Finally Shut Down Logan Webb's Season Because Pitching For A 90-Loss Team Is Bad For Your Knees

The San Francisco Giants finally found a way to stop Logan Webb from pitching in meaningless baseball games: his own knee.

San Francisco officially placed their workhorse ace on the 15-day injured list with right knee bursitis, ending his season just as the team limps toward a 90-loss finish. The move is retroactive to Wednesday, mercifully pulling the plug on a frustrating campaign for the 29-year-old right-hander.

"Manager Tony Vitello noted that shutting down Webb was 'a conversation at this point' before the official IL move."

Webb has been an absolute machine for half a decade, making 157 consecutive starts without an IL stint dating back to July 2021. That is an eternity in modern pitching years. But after giving up six earned runs in four innings to the San Diego Padres earlier this week, his ERA ballooned to a career-worst 4.31, and the front office finally decided enough was enough.

Shutting him down now is the only logical move for a franchise that has been mathematically eliminated from everything except fan apathy. Letting your franchise pitcher throw another 100 pitches in late September for a dead-end team is like putting premium gas in a car with no transmission.

Trevor McDonald gets the call-up from Triple-A Sacramento to fill the void on the active roster. For anyone looking at the betting board this weekend, the Giants are heading into a series against the Los Angeles Dodgers with a rotation held together by duct tape and minor-league call-ups, which is exactly what you want when facing a division rival with actual stakes.

Webb finishes the year with 160 2/3 innings and gets a head start on resting up for 2027. The Giants, meanwhile, get to play out the string in Los Angeles while figuring out how to fix a roster that wasted another year of their ace's prime.