Griffin Canning
23-Year-Old
10-Day IL
Injury Elbow
Est. Return 2/1/2020
2019 Stats
W-L
5-6
ERA
4.58
WHIP
1.22
K
96
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2019 Fantasy Outlook
Canning was one of the great in-season helium prospects early on in 2018, but some of that air was let out of the balloon after he advanced to Triple-A. After Canning posted a minuscule 1.97 ERA and 1.01 WHIP in 10 starts for Double-A Mobile, he struggled to a 5.49 ERA and 1.53 WHIP with Salt Lake (13 starts). Part of it was just the change in park factors going from the Southern League to the Pacific Coast League -- his HR/FB more than doubled with the jump in levels. However, Canning also lost something from his K-rate (from 27.2% to 24.5%) and the explosion in his opponents' BABIP (from .229 to .376) wasn't all luck and park related as his line-drive rate jumped from 18.3% all the way to 26%. Canning doesn't have any one standout offering, but he has a decent four-pitch mix (fastball, slider, curveball change) and fringe-average command. The Angels will need arms this season, and Canning appears a likely candidate to start at some point. Read Past Outlooks
Shut down with elbow inflammation
Canning was diagnosed with mild inflammation of his right elbow joint, and he will be shut down for the rest of the season.
ANALYSIS
It's good that he is only dealing with mild inflammation, which will allow him to proceed with a "rest and recover" route rather than surgery. However, he won't pitch again this season, so he can be cut loose in all redraft leagues. Canning had a 4.58 ERA, 1.22 WHIP and 96 strikeouts in 90.1 innings during his rookie year. Jose Suarez is replacing him in the rotation.
It's good that he is only dealing with mild inflammation, which will allow him to proceed with a "rest and recover" route rather than surgery. However, he won't pitch again this season, so he can be cut loose in all redraft leagues. Canning had a 4.58 ERA, 1.22 WHIP and 96 strikeouts in 90.1 innings during his rookie year. Jose Suarez is replacing him in the rotation.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
86
Last 10 Games
81
Last 5 Games
80
How many pitches does Griffin Canning generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Griffin Canning generally pitch?
1st
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9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2017
-22%
BAA vs LHP
2019
-22%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2017vs Left | .204 | 45 | 20 | 33 | 8 | |||
| Since 2017vs Right | .263 | 51 | 10 | 47 | 6 | |||
| 2019vs Left | .204 | 45 | 20 | 33 | 8 | |||
| 2019vs Right | .263 | 51 | 10 | 47 | 6 | |||
| 2018vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2018vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2017vs Left | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2017vs Right | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2017
-22%
ERA at Home
2019
-22%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2017Home | 4.12 | 1.19 | 54.2 | 9.2 | 3.0 | ||||
| Since 2017Away | 5.30 | 1.26 | 35.2 | 10.1 | 3.0 | ||||
| 2019Home | 4.12 | 1.19 | 54.2 | 9.2 | 3.0 | ||||
| 2019Away | 5.30 | 1.26 | 35.2 | 10.1 | 3.0 | ||||
| 2018Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2018Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2017Away | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Griffin Canning compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. 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, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against this season's data (min 70 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against this season's data (min 70 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
3.20K/9
9.6BB/9
3.0HR/9
1.4Fastball
93.9 mphERA
4.58WHIP
1.22BABIP
.294GB/FB
0.99Left On Base
70.8%Exit Velocity
87.7 mphBarrels/BBE
6.1%Spin Rate
2283 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
32.5%Swinging Strike
13.9%Advanced Pitching Stats
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Back on IL
Canning was placed on the injured list Wednesday with right elbow inflammation, Jeff Fletcher of The Orange County Register reports.
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Fans eight in win
Canning (5-6) allowed one run on five hits and a walk over seven innings Sunday, striking out eight and earning the win over the White Sox.
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Scuffles in return to rotation
Canning did not factor into the decision against the Pirates on Tuesday, tossing four innings and giving up three runs on six hits and three walks while striking out two.
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Activated for Tuesday's start
Canning (elbow) was activated off the 10-day injured list to start Tuesday versus the Pirates.
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Set for Tuesday's start
Canning (elbow) will be activated to start Tuesday's game against the Pirates, Maria Torres of the Los Angeles Times reports.
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