Logan Webb arguably turned in the best season of his career. His 207 innings led the majors, and his career-high 224 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 2025 NL Cy Young Award when the finalists were revealed on Monday evening.

The three finalists for the award are the Philadelphia Phillies’ Cristopher Sánchez; the Los Angeles Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto, who also won 2025 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 1944 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 2.60 FIP (fielding independent pitching), which ranked fourth among all pitchers in the majors behind only Skenes (2.36), Tarrik Skubal (2.45) and Sánchez (2.55). Webb’s 3.22 ERA, though, was significantly higher than that of Skenes (1.97), Yamamoto (2.49) and Sánchez (2.50). Webb also allowed 210 hits, the most in the majors.

Giants decline Murphy’s club option

The Giants also announced on Monday evening that they have declined catcher Tom Murphy’s $4 million club option for 2026, making Murphy a free agent.

The team will pay Murphy a $250,000 buyout.

Murphy signed a two-year, $8.25 million deal ahead of the 2024 season with a club option for ’26, but he only played 13 total games with the club — all in ’24 — due to injuries. He sustained an injury at the beginning of spring training and didn’t spend a single day with the major-league team.

In Murphy’s absence, Andrew Knizner (29 games), Sam Huff (20 games) and Logan Porter (four games) served as the backup catchers for Patrick Bailey, who is now a two-time Gold Glove Award winner.