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Mark Canha

36-Year-Old First Baseman1B
Kansas City Royals
10-Day IL
Injury Elbow
Est. Return 7/18/2025
2025 Stats
AVG
.212
HR
1
RBI
6
R
9
SB
0
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2025 Fantasy Outlook
Canha split the 2024 campaign between Detroit and San Francisco and finished with a .242/.344/.346 slash line, seven homers and seven steals in 125 games. It ended a run of three straight seasons with double-digit home runs, though his bat was still a hair above average with a 102 wRC+. He still showed plenty of patience with an 11.5 percent walk rate, but he regularly hit the ball into the ground with a career-high 49.3 percent groundball rate and career-low 9.6-degree launch angle. A .214 xBA and .311 xSLG also indicate some regression could be in store. Canha has been a steady veteran presence and is entering his age-36 campaign, but his .690 OPS in 2024 was the first time it's been below .745 since 2015. He should still provide some real-life value as a complementary piece but doesn't seem likely to move the needle for fantasy at this point in his career. Read Past Outlooks
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From Preseason
#391
ADP
League Majors
Bats R
Throws R
40 Man Yes
Height 6'2"
Weight 209
DOB 2/15/1989
Born San Jose, CA
College California
Drafted 7th Rd 2010 FLA
Signed a one-year contract with the Royals in March of 2025.
Lands on IL with elbow injury
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Elbow
July 8, 2025
The Royals placed Canha on the 10-day injured list Tuesday with left elbow epicondylitis.
Analysis
Epicondylitis is the formal diagnosis of "tennis elbow," and it's not clear how long the injury might sideline Canha. Cam Devanney has taken Canha's spot on the roster.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
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#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
2
3
6
1
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
4
4
4
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Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+14%
OPS vs LHP
2025
 
 
+35%
OPS vs LHP
2024
 
 
+18%
OPS vs LHP
2023
 
 
+15%
OPS vs LHP
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023vs Left .765 364 36 9 32 6 .263 .354 .410
Since 2023vs Right .671 730 70 10 78 12 .240 .334 .337
2025vs Left .607 69 5 1 4 0 .238 .290 .317
2025vs Right .450 56 4 0 2 0 .180 .250 .200
2024vs Left .774 129 12 2 9 2 .275 .380 .394
2024vs Right .658 333 34 5 33 5 .229 .330 .327
2023vs Left .826 166 19 6 19 4 .264 .361 .464
2023vs Right .721 341 32 5 43 7 .261 .352 .369
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2023
 
 
+3%
OPS at Home
2025
 
 
+113%
OPS on Road
2024
 
 
+15%
OPS at Home
2023
 
 
+8%
OPS at Home
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2023Home .712 526 58 9 56 12 .255 .350 .362
Since 2023Away .693 568 48 10 54 6 .241 .333 .360
2025Home .341 61 4 0 4 0 .143 .180 .161
2025Away .728 64 5 1 2 0 .281 .359 .368
2024Home .740 229 27 3 24 4 .258 .380 .360
2024Away .642 233 19 4 18 3 .227 .309 .333
2023Home .784 236 27 6 28 8 .283 .364 .420
2023Away .729 271 24 5 34 3 .243 .347 .383
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Stat Review
How does Mark Canha compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
0.29
 
BB Rate
5.6%
 
K Rate
19.2%
 
BABIP
.256
 
ISO
.053
 
AVG
.212
 
OBP
.272
 
SLG
.265
 
OPS
.537
 
wOBA
.246
 
Exit Velocity
86.6 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
27.5%
 
Barrels/PA
1.6%
 
Expected BA
.218
 
Expected SLG
.312
 
Sprint Speed
23.0 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
36.3%
 
Line Drive %
16.5%
 
Fly Ball %
47.3%
 
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In his age-34 season, Canha continued to cruise along as a steady if not spectacular veteran. The outfielder began 2023 with the Mets, but with New York falling out of contention, he was dealt to Milwaukee at the deadline. Canha earned a regular role with the Brewers and played well, posting five home runs, 33 RBI and an .800 OPS across 50 games. For the full season, he recorded 11 home runs, 62 RBI and a .755 OPS over 139 games. Now in his first season with the Tigers following an offseason trade, Canha is likely to post similar numbers. He has a career .772 OPS and has hit 20 or more long balls once in nine years. His career high in RBI is 70, and he recorded 61, 61 and 62 RBI the last three years, respectively. In short, Canha is a solid and consistent player, though he's best viewed as a depth piece in most fantasy leagues. The playing time should be there at least on a Detroit team that is still searching for consistent offense.
Canha signed a two-year, $26.5 million deal with the Mets prior to the lockout, and he started the season hot with a .307 average through the first two months. He cooled off some the rest of the way but was still majorly productive and finished 2022 with a 128 wRC+. Despite his solid offensive numbers, the veteran outfielder spent most of the campaign hitting from the bottom half of the lineup, but there's now a vacancy atop the order with Brandon Nimmo hitting free agency. Canha has a 12.0 percent walk rate over the past four seasons, which makes him the prime candidate, at least internally, to take over the leadoff spot should the Mets fail to re-sign Nimmo. Should that happen, Canha would receive a boost to his counting stats and volume while at the head of a strong lineup.
Canha heads to New York in 2022 as a part of the Mets' offseason spending spree. He's not the most exciting player, but the late bloomer offers a solid base set of skills, especially in OBP leagues. Canha posted a .231/.358/.387 slash line in 2021 while hitting 17 home runs and stealing a career-high 12 bases. The speed element shouldn't be counted on as he's not a burner, while his power numbers may also be a little suspect given the 17 home runs came with a career-low .156 ISO and middling batted-ball metrics. A lower-third lineup spot could also be in the cards; Canha primarily hit at the top or in the middle of Oakland's lineup the past two seasons, but he's not a lock to do so in Queens even with his on-base abilities. Still, Canha offers a solid OBP base and may be able to contribute enough across the board to be viable in mixed leagues requiring five starting outfielders.
Expectations for Canha coming into 2020 were a bit high after his strong showing in 2019. Hidden in his numbers, however, was the fact his 2019 season was largely built upon a surprising showing against righties. Canha debuted in 2015 with a .353 wOBA against righties, but followed that up with seasons of .151, .294 and .297 until the .405 wOBA whopper of 2019. He slid back toward his career norms in 2020 with a .330 wOBA against righties but offset those losses by mashing lefties with a .423 wOBA. Canha got a late start to his big-league career, so he is already 32 years old even though he has just six seasons under his belt at the big-league level. This is his final year before free agency kicks in, so the motivation is there for one more big season, if he can avoid the injury bug and find some stabilization in his numbers against righties.
At age 30, Canha made the improbable ascension from nice complementary player to MLB regular. He added five percentage points to his walk rate while maintaining a K-rate right around 21%. Canha added two mph to his average exit velocity and hit .297/.418/.548 against same-handed pitching, up from .227/.323/.343 in 2018. His rate stats should not be expected to continue at his 2019 pace, but if he rebounds against lefties (and his track record suggests he will), that should help him navigate to a fine landing spot. By FanGraphs' WAR, Canha was the third-most valuable position player on the team. He's OF-only in some leagues (15 games at 1B) and the platoon-happy A's won't give him a ton of wiggle room to work through cold stretches. However, we could see Canha clear 500 PA for the first time if he doesn't backslide too much vs. RHP.
Canha quietly had a nice season for Oakland, finishing two wins above replacement according to FanGraphs. He muscled 39 extra-base hits in 411 plate appearances, good for an even .200 ISO. He shaved his strikeout rate by more than eight percentage points from his 2017 sample (to 21.4%) and walked at an above-average 8.3% clip. However, Canha really did nothing to shed the "platoon" label, slashing just .227/.323/.343 against right-handed pitching. Thirteen of his 17 homers came in just 149 at-bats against lefties. So while it's nice to see the year-to-year improvements with approach and plate discipline, realistically, Canha is what he is entering his age-30 season. We are seeing more and more teams platoon at more positions, but short-end platoon players are still primarily league-specific considerations. In mixed leagues, Canha is the type of player you pick up here and there to plug a gap, and hope for the best.
Since his promising 2015 campaign, Canha has disappointed, though last season's .644 OPS was an improvement on 2016's disastrous .481 mark. To be fair, Canha was battling back issues throughout the entire 2016 campaign. Last season, he just couldn't get it in gear. The Athletics love their platoon pieces, but back in 2015, the righty swinger was more effective versus same-side pitching and in limited playing time since, he's been equally ineffective versus all pitchers. Canha's primary issues the past two seasons were a high strikeout rate and low walk rate, both contrary to what he exhibited while progressing through Oakland's system. Coming off surgery to remove a cyst from his wrist, Canha should be healthy this spring. There is some pop in his bat, but he's going to need to hit in exhibition play to make the Opening Day roster since defensively, he's limited to first base and corner outfield.
A year after being a Rule 5 surprise for the Athletics, Canha encountered his fair share of problems in 2016. Things got off to a rocky start, as a back issue delayed his spring training debut, and his performance was lackluster at best once he was able to return. This led to him being placed on the short side of a platoon with Yonder Alonso at first base, where the 27-year-old only mustered a .122/.140/.341 slash line. Canha was then forced to miss the remainder of the season after his back problems flared up and a new hip injury appeared which required surgery. His excellent eye at the plate and solid power should work in his favor as he tries to work his way back into the fold for playing time next season, but his health issues and high strikeout rates could keep him from re-emerging now that Oakland's top prospects are knocking at the door of the major leagues and Alonso is back for another season.
Canha was taken by the A's in the Rule 5 draft and surprised everyone with a productive campaign, hitting 16 bombs with 70 RBI over 441 at-bats. Canha spent much of the first four months splitting time in the outfield and first base, but really broke out with full-time at-bats over the final two months. After Aug. 1, Canha hit .280 and slugged .474 over his 211 at-bats. His strong finish to the season should put him in the mix for nearly full-time at-bats in 2016, possibly cycling between first base, outfield and DH. He could be a sneaky late pick for those looking for power in deeper leagues.
Canha reached Triple-A New Orleans in 2014, his fifth season in the Marlins' organization since being selected in the seventh round of the 2010 draft. He continued to show steady improvement in his age-25 season, posting career-best .303/.384/.505 over 127 games while spending time at first base, third base and left field. Canha has displayed a solid eye at the dish, posting a walk rate over 10% in each of his five professional seasons while also exhibiting decent pop with 68 career home runs over 2,054 minor league at-bats. Acquired by the A's after the Rockies selected him in the Rule 5 draft, Canha will look to secure a bench role in Oakland during spring training. If he sticks, it's reasonable to think that Canha might end up on the small side of a platoon at the big league level to begin 2015.
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Hits first homer of season
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July 4, 2025
Canha went 1-for-5 with a solo home run in Friday's 9-3 win over the Diamondbacks.
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Struggling to find playing time
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June 5, 2025
Canha is out of the lineup for the first game of Thursday's doubleheader versus the Cardinals.
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Playing time trending up
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May 25, 2025
Canha will start in right field and bat sixth in Sunday's game against the Twins.
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Activated from injured list
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April 19, 2025
The Royals reinstated Canha (hip) from the injured list Saturday.
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Set to begin rehab assignment
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April 14, 2025
Canha (hip) is expected to begin his rehab assignment with Triple-A Omaha on Tuesday.
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Latest Fantasy Rumors
Might return to Mets
1BFree Agent
January 31, 2025
The Mets have offered Canha a non-guaranteed contract, Jon Heyman of the New York Post reports.
Analysis
It's not clear when the offer was extended, but clearly Canha has deemed it insufficient at this point in the offseason. He slashed only .242/.344/.346 in 2024 and will turn 36 in February, but Canha still appears to be holding out for a major-league deal.
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