Webb (2-4, 5.06) draws Michael Lorenzen (2-7, 7.21) in the series opener after missing nearly four weeks with right knee bursitis. His last outing on May 5 against San Diego was ugly — 6 earned in 4 innings on 62 pitches — but that was the knee talking. The track record against Colorado is the more relevant data point.
And it is a brutal one for the Rockies. Webb is 11-3 with a 2.97 ERA in 19 career games against Colorado, the kind of personal house-money number that explains why Pinnacle has the Giants -165 on the moneyline even with their ace coming off the IL. Lorenzen, meanwhile, walks into Coors with a 7.21 ERA and gave up 5 earned in 5 innings his last time out in Arizona.
Colorado has lost 5 straight, just got swept in LA to cap a 1-7 road trip, and was no-hit into the 8th inning Wednesday before Tyler Freeman finally broke it up. They're 20-37 and the schedule didn't do them any favors — Dodgers, then the team whose starter owns them. The Giants aren't exactly steamrolling either after dropping 3 in a row to Arizona at home, but they're getting their guy back.
- 10-Day-ILJung Hoo Lee RF — Lee (back) is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Diamondbacks, Shayna Rubin of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
- 10-Day-ILHeliot Ramos LF — Ramos received a PRP injection in his injured right quadriceps and will be shut down for one week, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
- 15-Day-ILLogan Webb SP — Webb (knee) will be activated from the 15-day injured list to start Friday against the Rockies, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
- 60-Day-ILReiver Sanmartin RP — Sanmartin (hip) tossed a scoreless inning in Triple-A Sacramento's 11-6 win over Sugar Land on Tuesday.
- 60-Day-ILJason Foley RP — Foley (shoulder) earned a hold in Triple-A Sacramento's 6-5 loss to Round Rock on Wednesday, allowing one hit in a scoreless inning.
- 60-Day-ILJared Oliva CF — The Giants transferred Oliva (wrist) from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day IL on Wednesday.
- 60-Day-ILRowan Wick RP — The Giants placed Wick (elbow) on the 60-day injured list Sunday, Justice delos Santos of The San Jose Mercury News reports.
- 60-Day-ILHayden Birdsong RP — Birdsong underwent successful UCL reconstruction surgery on his right elbow Wednesday, Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle reports.
- Day-To-DayBrayan Castillo RP — The Rockies announced Monday that Castillo is dealing with right lat tightness and has been shut down from throwing while undergoing treatment for the injury, TheDNVR.com reports.
- Day-To-DayCase Williams SP — Williams is currently slowed by a stress reaction in his right triceps, Thomas Harding of MLB.com reports.
- Day-To-DayJared Thomas CF — The Rockies announced Monday that Thomas hasn't been participating in spring training while he recovers from offseason surgery to address a fractured hamate bone in his right wrist, TheDNVR.com reports.
- 10-Day-ILMickey Moniak LF — Moniak is not in the starting lineup Thursday night against Arizona.
- 10-Day-ILBrenton Doyle CF — The Rockies announced that Doyle is considered day-to-day after suffering a left oblique contusion during Tuesday's 10-0 loss to the Rangers, Manny Randhawa of MLB.com reports.
- 10-Day-ILJordan Beck LF — Beck went 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI on Saturday against Atlanta.
- 15-Day-ILRyan Feltner SP — Feltner (elbow) struck out five and allowed one earned run on six hits and one walk across five innings Sunday in a rehab start for Triple-A Albuquerque.
- 15-Day-ILChase Dollander SP — Rockies manager Warren Schaeffer said Wednesday that Dollander (elbow) will be shut down from throwing for the next 2-to-3 weeks, MLB.com reports.
The injury sheets tell the rest of the story. San Francisco is without Jung Hoo Lee, Heliot Ramos, and a bullpen that's basically been rebuilt around the wreckage — Birdsong had UCL surgery, Rodriguez and Wick are on the 60-day. Colorado is arguably worse off: Kris Bryant still can't do baseball activities, Chase Dollander is shut down 2-3 weeks, Brenton Doyle's oblique is barking, and Jose Quintana just hit the IL with an elbow sprain.
The total sits at 10.5 with the under juiced to +101, which feels honest given Webb's command profile against a lineup that just got dominated by Ohtani and friends. If Webb has anything close to his normal stuff, this is the kind of spot where the Rockies' offense looks completely overmatched. If the knee isn't right, Coors does what Coors does. Pick your poison.