SF Giants ace Logan Webb gets brutally honest about his rough start to the season

The SF Giants beat the Washington Nationals on Friday night, but ace Logan Webb was less than satisfied with his performance. The two-time All-Star was brutally honest about how he pitched, not just on Friday but on the season as a whole, after the game.

Speaking with reports, Webb said, "I feel like at this point I'm just kind of hurting the team, to be honest. Lucky we scored 10...Just trying to figure it out."

Logan Webb is hard on himself after early struggles

It's a tough assessment, but Webb has always been his harshest critic. On Friday he pitched six innings and allowed four earned runs on seven hits and two walks while he struck out six. He did pitch through some bad luck as there was a double play that should have been turned but first baseman Rafael Devers did not catch the ball which resulted in a run scoring. The offense bailed Webb out with a big night which is a rare occurrence considering he hardly ever gets run support.

Even though the team won, Webb knows how dominant and consistent he can be when he's on his game and he has not had his usual stuff so far this season. Through five starts he has a 2-2 record with a 5.40 ERA and has struck out 27 batters while walking 11 in 30 innings of work.

Those are not the kind of numbers that Webb is used to putting up, but the season is not even a month old so it's too early to start saying that Webb has lost it. Really his only truly alarming start of the season came on Opening Night against the New York Yankees when he gave up six earned runs in five innings of work.

Outside of that, he's given the team a chance to win in all of his other starts. Webb isn't just content to give the team a chance to win, though. He wants to be the reason the team wins by going out and pitching seven or more innings without allowing any runs.

Webb may be just a little out of whack with his mechanics. We've seen him battle through it this season like in San Diego when he clearly did not have his best stuff but pitched his way through six hard-fought innings.

It's worth noting that Friday was the first time that Webb had Daniel Susac behind the plate instead of Patrick Bailey. Obviously, that has more to do with Susac hitting far better than Bailey to start the year but there could be a bit of an adjustment period for Webb and Susac as they try to get on the same page if the rookie does continue to get the start when Webb is out there.

Webb is probably being a little overcritical of himself. While he's struggled, he still gives the team a good chance to win every time he takes the ball. He should get things figured out soon and it would shock no one if he started looking like his usual self by the end of April.

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