By getting the start on Opening Day for the fourth straight season, Logan Webb is set to be on a short list for the National League West challengers.

It was a safe assumption. This will be Webb’s fourth consecutive Opening Day start, matching the longest streak in Giants history since Juan Marichal started six consecutive openers in the 1960s. Madison Bumgarner made a total of five Opening Day starts over a six-year span; Tim Lincecum started four consecutive openers from 2009-12.

Logan Webb was in the training room preparing for his bullpen session at Scottsdale Stadium on Friday morning when he happened to glance up at the television and see some breaking news on MLB Network: Manager Bob Melvin had officially named him the Giants’ Opening Day starter.

San Francisco Giants manager Bob Melvin announced that ace pitcher Logan Webb will be the Opening Day starter against the Cincinnati Reds on March 27, per Susan

For a fourth consecutive year, Logan Webb will start Opening Day for the San Francisco Giants. The Giants have two multi-Cy Young award winners in the rotation with Justin Verlander and Robbie Ray occupying the second and third spots,

The San Francisco Giants suffered a few losses this offseason in free agency, but the biggest was starting pitcher Blake Snell. He signed a two-year deal with t

Melvin told reporters on Friday morning that Webb will be the Giants’ Opening Day starter against the Cincinnati Reds at Great American Ballpark on March 27, the fourth consecutive year that Webb has had the honor.