Blake Snell hopes to pitch for Giants in opening series at his old team, the Padres

Blake Snell joined the San Francisco Giants just nine days before their opener and the two-time Cy Young Award winner hopes he will be ready to start during the first series at his old team, the San Diego Padres. “We’ll throw a bullpen tomorrow and go from there,” he said Wednesday at his first news conference with the Giants, a day after finalizing a $62 million, two-year contract. Right-hander Logan Webb, runner-up to Snell in last year’s NL Cy Young vote, starts the opener.