Giants’ Webb continues electric spring
The Giants’ front office will have some challenging decisions to make when building an Opening Day roster, but Logan Webb has given them an easy one.
The 24-year-old righthander belongs in the starting rotation.
With five dominant innings of one-hit ball in a 7-0 win against the Indians on Tuesday, Webb continued a sensational spring that’s opened eyes and given the club every reason to believe he can be a major contributor in 2021.
In five Cactus League starts, the Rocklin native has thrown 11 scoreless innings, allowed just three hits and racked up 17 strikeouts, including seven in a nearly flawless performance against Cleveland at Goodyear Ballpark.
JAYS’ YATES FACES YEARENDING ELBOW SURGERY >> Toronto Blue Jays reliever Kirby Yates is expected to have season-ending surgery on his right elbow, general manager Ross Atkins said.
The Blue Jays also reported two other injuries: Outfielder George Springer will miss the next four or five days because of a strained oblique muscle and left-hander Robbie Ray will skip at least one spring training start after slipping on a staircase and bruising his elbow.
TWINS SEND PROSPECT KIRILLOFF OUT >> The Minnesota Twins optioned prized prospect Alex Kirilloff to their alternate training site, leaving a wide-open competition for playing time in left
field while giving the 2016 first-round draft pick more time to develop.
Jake Cave, Kyle Garlick and Brent Rooker are the primary candidates at that position, vacated when Eddie Rosario was not tendered a contract during the offseason.
NFL
TEXANS QB WATSON FACING 14 LAWSUITS ALLEGING SEX
ASSAULT >> A 14th woman has filed a lawsuit accusing Houston Texans quarterback Deshaun Watson of sexual assault and harassment.
The claims in the latest suit, which was filed late Monday night in a Harris County state district court, are similar to those in the earlier cases in which the women accuse Watson of exposing himself, touching them with his penis or kissing them against their will while he got a massage. The most recent lawsuit was filed by a woman who alleges Watson assaulted her in July 2020 in Beverly Hills. Six others lawsuits were filed earlier Monday while the others were filed last week.
Soccer
SERIE A GAMES MOVING TO
CBS >> Cristiano Ronaldo’s games with Juventus are moving from ESPN to CBS in the United States starting next season.
The Italian league on Tuesday approved a contract with CBS for Serie A and Italian Cup rights worth about 64 million euros ($75 million) per year for the next three seasons.