SF Giants’ Webb not named finalist for 2025 NL Cy Young Award

Logan Webb arguably turned in the best season of his career His innings led the majors and his career-high strikeouts led the National League He earned his second All-Star selection and on Sunday Webb took home his first Gold Glove Award For all Webb accomplished he was not named a finalist for the NL Cy Young Award when the finalists were revealed on Monday evening The three finalists for the award are the Philadelphia Phillies Cristopher S nchez the Los Angeles Dodgers Yoshinobu Yamamoto who also won World Series MVP and the Pittsburgh Pirates Paul Skenes who is considered the favorite Webb will likely finish in the top five after becoming the first Giant to lead the National League in both innings and strikeouts since Bill Voiselle did so for the New York Giants Regardless of where he finishes it will mark his fourth consecutive year he has received votes The right-hander finished with a career-best FIP fielding independent pitching which ranked fourth among all pitchers in the majors behind only Skenes Tarrik Skubal and S nchez Webb s ERA though was significantly higher than that of Skenes Yamamoto and S nchez Webb also allowed hits the bulk in the majors Giants decline Murphy s club option The Giants also disclosed on Monday evening that they have declined catcher Tom Murphy s million club option for making Murphy a free agent The association will pay Murphy a buyout Murphy signed a two-year million deal ahead of the season with a club option for but he only played total games with the club all in due to injuries He sustained an injury at the beginning of spring training and didn t spend a single day with the major-league crew In Murphy s absence Andrew Knizner games Sam Huff games and Logan Porter four games served as the backup catchers for Patrick Bailey who is now a two-time Gold Glove Award winner