"I have 3 years left on my contract." Lee Jung-hoo's colleague said, "I'm tired of SF 50% winning rate."

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Lee Jung-hoo (28)'s teammate and San Francisco Giants ace Logan Webb (30) recently expressed deep disappointment with the team's performance staying at a .500 winning rate.

According to the U.S. media San Francisco Standard, Webb finished the 2026 San Francisco spring camp training in Scottsdale, Arizona on the 16th (Korea time) and said, "I'm tired of our team, which always finishes the season at a .500 winning rate. I know the fans are tired, too. None of us are happy about that. Now I'm the longest-stay player on this team, but I'm frustrated, too," he said.

It is a shock that he has never made such a high-level statement. Webb, a California native, has been paying royalties to the Giants ever since he was drafted by San Francisco in the fourth round of the 2014 MLB Rookie Draft. The five-year, 90 million-dollar contract signed during the 2023 season is evidence. Debuting in the big league in 2021, he has been steadily on the San Francisco mound, growing every year, including second place in the National League Cy Young Award in 2023, first All-Star in 2024, and pitcher Gold Glove in 2025.

San Francisco, on the contrary, remained flat. When Webb debuted in 2021, he ranked first in the National League West with 107 wins and 55 losses and experienced fall baseball for the first time in five years. However, he failed to advance to the postseason by staying at a 50% winning rate for four consecutive years.

San Francisco only advanced to the postseason in nine seasons from 2017 to last year, the first time since its time at Candlestick Park (1988-1996). At that time, except for advancing to the World Series in 1989, there was only one autumn baseball for nine seasons, but nine years are more serious compared to now when the number of postseason teams has expanded.

The web's despair is bound to be even greater. Coincidentally, he is currently the only player on the roster to experience 2021 - San Francisco's last postseason. At the time, San Francisco set a record for the most wins in the club's history under the leadership of its current president, Buster Posey.

"We have to put ourselves in a position to go to the postseason," Webb said. When you go into the season, you always have to aim for the No. 1 spot on the planet. I know the LA Dodgers are in our district. I'm not a fool either. But if our goal is not to defeat them, I think we are going in the wrong direction," he said emphatically.

I didn't think it was an excuse for Tony Bytelo (48), who became the new head coach, to have no professional experience as a player or manager. Perhaps because of that, according to the U.S. media FanGraph's expected performance in 2026, San Francisco is still 81 wins and 81 losses, still at a 50% winning rate. Webb said, "Our team, players, and coaches here have never played a full season together," but added, "Now it's the first week of spring camp. Nevertheless, he stressed, "If you don't aim to win the Earth or the World Series, you should know that you can't do it yourself."

San Francisco's performance this year is also important for motivating the remaining players. Webb also has only three years left until the FA, and San Francisco is also in trouble if he is disappointed with the unchanging team situation and wants to transfer. Webb was the ace who won double digits for the fifth consecutive year and played 200 innings for the third consecutive year. In San Francisco's seven seasons, he marked 70-53 with a 3.38 ERA in 180 games, 994 strikeouts in 1,062 ⅓ innings, 1.12 WHIP (on-base allowance per inning) and 3.01 FIP (non-defensive ERA).

The career FIP 3.01 is the number one San Francisco pitcher since the 1958 relocation, and the last four years are the lowest in the entire major leagues. In terms of ERA, only three players have had a lower record in the last four years. Webb said, "Even in 2021, we weren't the favorites. Even then, no one believed us. But we fought until the last day and ended up being No. 1 on Earth. As such, we must make the number one goal on Earth a top priority," he said.

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