It was a safe assumption. This will be Webb’s fourth consecutive Opening Day start, matching the longest streak in Giants history since Juan Marichal started six consecutive openers in the 1960s. Madison Bumgarner made a total of five Opening Day starts over a six-year span; Tim Lincecum started four consecutive openers from 2009-12.

Logan Webb was in the training room preparing for his bullpen session at Scottsdale Stadium on Friday morning when he happened to glance up at the television and see some breaking news on MLB Network: Manager Bob Melvin had officially named him the Giants’ Opening Day starter.

For a fourth consecutive year, Logan Webb will start Opening Day for the San Francisco Giants. He didn’t hear the news from manager Bob Melvin or anyone on the coaching staff, but from a crawl under the MLB Network broadcast he happened to pass by before his bullpen session on Friday afternoon.