Griffin Canning

27-Year-Old PitcherSP

Los Angeles Angels

2024 Stats

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0-2

ERA

9.88

WHIP

1.83

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2024 Fantasy Outlook

After missing 2022 with a lower-back stress fracture, Canning's season got off to an inauspicious start as began the campaign on the IL with a groin injury. Fortunately, he required only the minimum 15-day visit and went on to toss a career high 127 innings, starting 22 of 24 outings. He did revisit the IL in late July for a calf injury, but only missed three weeks, though it served to keep his inning in check. Considering Canning hadn't thrown a competitive pitch since 2021, his 4.32 ERA was impressive, but a 3.82 xFIP and 3.80 SIERA indicate he pitched even better. His 19.2 percent K-BB percent ranked 22nd among hurlers throwing at least 120 innings. His pitch mix was similar to before he was hurt, but his four-seamer ticked up 1-mph. Even so, Canning's swinging strike rate dropped from 2021, but his called strike rate improved. There's strikeout upside if he can induce more swinging strikes without losing any called strikes. Canning has always yielded homers at a high rate, so he's best used as a streamer, but he can be a sneaky asset if others are scared off by a seemingly high ERA. Read Past Outlooks

RANKSFrom Preseason

#287

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Overall

Dynasty

League Majors

Bats R

Throws R

40 Man Yes

Height 6'2"

Weight 180

DOB 5/11/1996

Born Mission Viejo, CA

College UCLA

Drafted 2nd Rd 2017 LAA

Goes four innings in loss

PLos Angeles Angels

April 13, 2024

Canning (0-2) was dealt a loss Saturday in Boston, allowing seven runs (six earned) on nine hits and no walks over four innings. He struck out six.

ANALYSIS
Canning didn't issue a walk in addition to notching six strikeouts, but for the third straight start he didn't pitch deep into the game. He's going in the wrong direction in that regard, too, as the five innings he went in his first outing of the season remains his longest start. The home run ball has been an issue for Canning, who has served up five of them in 13.2 frames. He's tentatively lined up to face the Rays on the road his next time out.

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Pitching Appearances Breakdown

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Left/Right Pitching Splits

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-11%

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-27%

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	BAA	Batters	K	BB	H	2B	3B	HR
Since 2022vs Left	.242	304	71	22	67	11	2	10
Since 2022vs Right	.272	298	80	18	75	13	1	17
2024vs Left	.381	45	10	2	16	3	0	4
2024vs Right	.278	21	2	2	5	2	0	1
2023vs Left	.217	259	61	20	51	8	2	6
2023vs Right	.271	277	78	16	70	11	1	16
2022vs Left	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022vs Right	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
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Home/Away Pitching Splits

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-1%

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Since 2022Home	4.88	1.31	62.2	4	5	0	10.2	3.2	1.7
Since 2022Away	4.85	1.28	78.0	3	5	0	9.2	2.1	1.7
2024Home	7.71	1.71	4.2	0	0	0	7.7	5.8	5.8
2024Away	11.00	1.89	9.0	0	2	0	8.0	1.0	2.0
2023Home	4.66	1.28	58.0	4	5	0	10.4	2.9	1.4
2023Away	4.04	1.20	69.0	3	3	0	9.4	2.2	1.7
2022Home	0	0	0	0	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 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.

K/BB

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K/9

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HR/9

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Fastball

92.7 mph

ERA

9.88

WHIP

1.83

BABIP

.376

GB/FB

0.54

Left On Base

50.0%

Swinging Strike

8.9%

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Latest Fantasy Rumors

MRI proves inconclusive

PLos Angeles Angels

February 27, 2020

Canning will have additional treatment on his sore right elbow after an MRI performed Thursday provided inconclusive results, Alden Gonzalez of ESPN.com reports.

ANALYSIS
The right-hander was able to work two scoreless innings against the Dodgers on Wednesday, but he came out of the outing with soreness in his throwing elbow. With the testing not yielding any conclusive result, Canning and the Angels will see how the 23-year-old responds to the forthcoming treatment he'll receive before he resumes any throwing. Canning's 2019 season was notably cut short in August due to elbow inflammation.

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Past Fantasy Outlooks

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Canning was expected to compete for the sixth spot in the Angels' rotation last season, but setbacks from a lower-back stress fracture that first popped up during the previous campaign ruined his spring and eventually wiped out his entire season. The right-hander didn't exactly shine during the previous campaign, posting a 5.60 ERA (5.48 FIP) and 1.48 WHIP over 62.2 innings. Canning has averaged over a strikeout an inning so far as a big-leaguer, but he's had trouble locating his fastball and has posted a 1.6 HR/9 over 209.1 career frames. He'll be about 20 months removed from his last game action when spring training rolls around, so it may take some time for him to work his arm back into shape. He'll be among a group of pitchers vying for a spot at the back of the Angels' rotation, but it may take a strong spring for him to make the Opening Day roster.

Canning was one of the players who benefitted from the shortened season. March drafters did not know what to do with him after he came down with a balky elbow early in camp and received PRP injections. He was a wild card for drafts because many assumed he would go the way of Garrett Richards, Shohei Ohtani and Andrew Heaney before him and eventually have season-ending Tommy John surgery. Canning, in fact, made a full 11 starts in 2020, albeit with lesser results than his impressive 2019 debut. He lost one mph off his fastball, and the league had an easier time with the pitch as it hit .305 off it (.235 xBA). He also cut back his slider usage in favor of more curves, which is understandable given the barking elbow. If he can regain that zip on his fastball with a normal offseason of recovery, things could get interesting in 2021. Health is a risk, but taking on that risk could come with a nice reward.

After three lights-out starts at Triple-A, Canning, the Angels' top pitching prospect, was summoned to the majors in April to bolster a banged-up rotation. He offered immediate aid, posting a 3.06 ERA, 0.96 WHIP and 34:9 K:BB across his first six starts. Canning actually did a better job of keeping the ball in the yard thereafter (1.2 HR/9), but a correction in his BABIP and strand rate plus a slight uptick in walks saddled him with a 5.43 ERA over his final 12 turns before he was shelved with elbow inflammation. All in all, it was a promising debut season for Canning, who established himself as a mainstay in the rotation moving forward. Canning's lack of a dominant offering in his four-pitch arsenal probably hinder his chances of emerging as a bona fide ace down the road, but at just 23 years old, there's certainly time for him to improve his skills and change that narrative.

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.

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Yields three homers

PLos Angeles Angels

April 6, 2024

Canning did not factor in the decision Friday against the Red Sox, allowing four runs on five hits and three walks over 4.2 innings. He struck out four.