PHOENIX -- Logan Webb has come a long way in the last 12 months.

He wasn’t a lock to crack the Giants’ Opening Day rotation entering last season, but he opened eyes with a brilliant spring and earned a spot on the team after Alex Wood landed on the injured list with a back injury. Webb ultimately proved he was here to stay, putting together a dominant second half and getting the nod to start Game 1 of the National League Division Series over All-Star Kevin Gausman.

Now, the 25-year-old homegrown ace is preparing for perhaps his most prestigious assignment yet. Manager Gabe Kapler announced Monday that Webb will start on Opening Day against the Marlins at Oracle Park on April 8, a fitting honor for the Rocklin, Calif., native. 

“I’m super excited,” Webb said after allowing four runs over four-plus innings in the Giants’ 5-2 loss to the Brewers at American Family Fields of Phoenix. “My family is super excited. It’s something I’m looking forward to. This franchise, there’s been a lot of pretty special guys that got to start on Opening Day. To be able to say I’m one of them is pretty cool.”

Webb is the youngest member of the Giants’ veteran rotation, but he was the easy choice to start on Opening Day after logging a 3.03 ERA over 27 appearances last year and delivering two sensational starts against the Dodgers in the NLDS.

“I think it demonstrates how far Logan has come from a confidence perspective and how much his teammates and our coaching staff believes in him because we’ve got a lot of great options,” Kapler said. “I don’t think it would have been unreasonable to select a veteran pitcher. But Logan was that pitcher last year for us. He certainly deserves consideration and is one of the leaders on our pitching staff.”

Webb said he hasn’t had much time to process his meteoric rise recently, as he and his wife, Sharidan, recently adopted an 11-week-old Bernedoodle puppy named Oakley, but he’s looking forward to leading a pitching staff that includes Carlos Rodón, Anthony DeSclafani, Alex Wood and Alex Cobb.

“I think we have the possibility to be the best rotation in baseball, and I wholeheartedly believe that,” Webb said. “We’re excited to kind of get this thing going. We’re pretty confident in ourselves and everyone else is confident in us. We’re all excited.”

Webb is expecting to have plenty of family members in the stands to watch him make his first career Opening Day start, particularly now that the Giants are slated to kick off their campaign at home for the first time since 2009. He sent out a group text to approximately 10 relatives earlier this week to share the news and begin the process of securing tickets for his family.

Webb didn’t deliver his sharpest showing in his third Cactus League outing on Monday, issuing two walks and surrendering a pair of homers to Willy Adames and Rowdy Tellez, but he still racked up five strikeouts and managed to pitch into the fifth inning. He’s lined up to appear in one final exhibition game this spring before making what could be the first of many Opening Day starts for the Giants. 

“I’m confident that this isn’t the last Opening Day start for Logan Webb,” Kapler said.