Giants bring up top pitching prospect Logan Webb

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The San Francisco Giants have summoned Logan Webb, the club’s most highly touted pitching prospect.

NBC Sports Bay Area’s Alex Pavlovic has the details on Webb’s promotion.

Logan Webb has arrived. The 22-year-old, lined up to start Saturday, is out playing catch with Rodriguez.

— Alex Pavlovic (@PavlovicNBCS) August 16, 2019

The Giants visit Arizona at 5:10 pm on Saturday for the second of a four-game set.

Webb, 22, was the team’s fourth-round pick back in 2014. During his truncated 2019 season Webb has spent time at four Giants’ affiliates, beginning with Arizona Rookie League Giants. Most recently, Webb spun seven innings of one-run ball for Triple-A Sacramento.

On May 1, Webb drew an 80-game suspension after testing positive for the performance-enhancing drug dehydrochlormethyltestosterone.

MLB.com ranks Webb the No. 5 prospect in the farm system, first among all Giants’ pitchers.