Griffin Canning
P | B/T: R/R | 6' 2" 180LBS | Age: 26

Draft: 2017 | Rd: 2, #47, Los Angeles Angels | UCLA

Stats

W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 5 4 5.60 14 13 0 62.2 62 1.48
3 Seasons 12 13 4.73 43 41 0 209.1 214 1.34
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 14 5-4 5.60 62.2 62 1.48
3 Seasons 43 12-13 4.73 209.1 214 1.34

Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls
Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity
Max EV Launch
Angle
Sweet
Spot %
XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2019 23 1552 250 19 7.6 4.9 87.9 110.6 17.4 31.6 .221 .405 .312 .303 .360 32.4 25.0 7.8 4.58 4.03
2020 24 965 158 14 8.9 5.9 88.9 114.6 18.9 30.4 .232 .423 .330 .320 .377 34.2 23.5 9.7 3.99 4.36
2021 25 1080 185 17 9.2 6.1 89.6 111.3 16.8 32.4 .251 .433 .358 .332 .387 39.5 22.4 10.1 5.60 4.73
Player 3597 593 50 8.4 5.6 88.7 114.6 17.6 31.5 .233 .418 .331 .316 .373 35.1 23.8 9.0
MLB 6.7 4.6 88.4 122.4 12.1 33.0 .245 .405 .316 .315 .368 35.8 22.1 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Canning relies on 4 pitches.
4-Seam Fastball
(40.8%) ,
Slider
(26.9%) ,
Changeup
(21.2%) ,
Curveball
(11.1%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2019 38.8 28.8 22.8 9.6 28.4 46.4 25.2 4.0 27.2 34.0 20.4 5.6 7.6 4.9
2020 36.7 28.5 23.4 11.4 41.1 38.0 20.9 3.2 27.8 29.7 22.2 6.3 8.9 5.9
2021 36.2 31.4 23.2 9.2 42.7 31.4 25.9 2.2 25.9 28.6 26.5 6.5 9.2 6.1
Player 37.4 29.5 23.1 9.9 36.3 39.5 24.3 3.2 27.0 31.2 22.8 6.1 8.4 5.6
MLB 44.9 23.1 25.0 7.1 36.8 37.7 25.4 3.8 33.0 24.6 24.4 5.7 6.7 4.6
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement


How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2021 Curveball LAA R 120 81.9 46.8 -3.4 -7 7.6 -0.1 -1
2021 Slider LAA R 290 88.2 35.3 2.9 9 1.5 -4.9 -145
2021 Changeup LAA R 229 89.1 26.4 -2.2 -8 17.9 3.3 23
2021 4-Seamer LAA R 441 93.5 12.5 2.7 18 9.3 2.0 28
2020 4-Seamer LAA R 392 92.8 13.9 1.7 11 8.5 1.5 21
2020 Slider LAA R 219 86.6 38.8 4.6 13 0.5 -4.0 -115
2020 Changeup LAA R 147 87.9 26.6 -3.4 -11 15.1 0.7 5
2020 Cutter LAA R 194 88.6 26.6 -0.5 -2 0.4 -1.7 -82
2020 Curveball LAA R 13 82.1 46.9 -1.8 -4 7.7 1.3 21
2019 Slider LAA R 448 88.9 28.6 -3.9 -12 2.0 -1.7 -46
2019 Changeup LAA R 199 89.1 26.0 -3.4 -12 14.9 0.5 3
2019 4-Seamer LAA R 656 93.9 13.9 2.1 13 9.1 1.1 14
2019 Curveball LAA R 249 82.0 47.9 -3.1 -6 9.3 1.9 26
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2021 4-Seamer 1.8 8 441 40.8 103 .256 .581 .419 20.7 17.5 17.0 .275 .562 .408 52.9
2021 Slider 1.7 5 290 26.9 89 .253 .470 .349 39.4 34.8 26.5 .206 .333 .255 34.0
2021 Changeup -0.6 -1 229 21.2 65 .276 .362 .325 34.8 15.4 16.4 .302 .412 .351 35.4
2021 Curveball 1.7 2 120 11.1 20 .316 .684 .433 28.6 15.0 13.6 .177 .353 .246 12.5
2020 4-Seamer 2.0 8 392 40.6 96 .305 .585 .413 15.3 18.8 17.1 .236 .483 .342 39.7
2020 Slider -1.4 -3 219 22.7 59 .185 .296 .253 46.6 42.4 26.6 .147 .252 .215 27.6
2020 Cutter 0.5 1 194 20.1 38 .323 .548 .469 30.0 10.5 10.8 .305 .565 .431 33.3
2020 Changeup -4.1 -6 147 15.2 40 .184 .263 .224 23.2 15.0 19.4 .272 .416 .315 31.3
2020 Curveball 3.5 0 13 1.3 5 .400 .400 .360 28.6 60.0 42.9 .345 .422 .338 0.0
2019 4-Seamer 0.4 3 656 42.3 155 .263 .526 .375 22.9 22.6 20.2 .227 .476 .336 37.6
2019 Slider -0.9 -4 448 28.9 123 .229 .358 .300 45.2 30.1 25.3 .212 .328 .273 33.8
2019 Curveball -0.6 -2 249 16.0 51 .184 .327 .240 34.0 29.4 23.4 .179 .301 .222 23.5
2019 Changeup -0.4 -1 199 12.8 55 .220 .440 .305 28.2 16.4 20.9 .267 .489 .352 24.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2020 Changeup 117 88.0 99 17.5 1:45 2:15 -30
2020 Curveball 11 81.6 41 12.4 6:30 7:30 -60
2020 Cutter 120 88.6 45 7.1 12:45 11:45 60
2020 4-Seam Fastball 272 92.7 97 19.6 1:00 1:00 0
2020 Slider 145 86.5 28 4.9 6:45 5:45 60
2021 Changeup 215 89.1 95 20.1 1:45 2:15 -30
2021 Curveball 111 81.8 39 11.4 6:45 7:30 -45
2021 4-Seam Fastball 435 93.5 98 20.8 1:00 1:00 0
2021 Slider 282 88.2 14 3.3 5:45 4:15 90
! Note: This table is showing data from the PITCHER perspective.
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2019 1,552 44.1 65.8 80.0 29.1 45.5 42.8 57.8 45.3 32.3 5.9 75.8
2020 965 44.9 67.9 82.7 26.5 51.1 40.6 56.3 45.1 27.1 6.6 82.8
2021 1,080 48.1 74.0 76.8 26.9 49.0 42.5 57.8 49.5 30.3 7.6 84.1
Player 3,597 45.5 68.9 79.6 27.8 47.9 42.1 57.4 46.5 30.3 6.6 80.6
MLB 48.5 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.3 42.6 60.8 47.1 24.7 7.2 76.1
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA
xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit%
K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate
FB
Velo
FB
Spin
CB
Spin
Extension
2019 63 76 55 37 68 44 37 70 82 63 55 88 49 66 67 37 18
2020 47 57 40 29 55 8 26 38 65 51 38 53 39 28 70 8
2021 27 33 29 28 30 50 25 32 42 41 25 79 38 55 56 29 20
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %
2019 22.7 14 11.1 3 7 8 4 28.6
2020 22.3 8 9.0 -1 3 7 4 50.0
2021 24.4 14 13.0 1 3 8 6 42.9
Player 23.3 36 33.2 3 13 23 14 38.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 14 14 12 11 10 11 12 14 11 9 12 13 9 6 8 12 9 13 8 10 12 10 11 12 12 12 13 10 13 9 16
2020 8 9 9 8 9 8 0 10 10 8 10 9 7 8 8 10 9 10 6 9 9 9 9 9 10 10 9 8 10 9 11
2021 14 13 13 13 14 17 11 15 15 13 12 14 10 9 11 14 14 14 10 12 14 13 13 15 13 13 15 12 13 12 14
Player 36 36 34 32 33 36 23 39 36 30 34 36 26 23 27 36 32 37 24 31 35 32 33 36 35 35 37 30 36 30 41
! Note: This tells how many of this player's home runs would have been out of other stadiums. This accounts for different wall heights, distances and environmental effects. For these purposes, the 2020 Blue Jays home field was still Rogers Centre, not Sahlen Field.
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Year to Year Changes

Metric 2015 2016 +/-   2017 +/-   2018 +/-   2019 +/-   2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.9 91.4 -2.5 ↓ 93.5 2.1 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 89.1 87.9 -1.2 ↓ 89.1 1.2 ↑
Breaking Velocity 86.4 86.3 -0.1 ↓ 86.3 0
Exit Velocity 87.9 88.9 1 ↑ 89.6 0.7 ↑
Launch Angle 17.4 18.9 1.5 ↑ 16.8 -2.1 ↓
Barrel % 7.6 8.9 1.3 ↑ 9.2 0.3 ↑
Hard Hit % 32.4 34.2 1.8 ↑ 39.5 5.3 ↑
Sweet Spot % 31.6 30.4 -1.2 ↓ 32.4 2 ↑
xBA .221 .232 0.011 ↑ .251 0.019 ↑
BA .235 .257 0.022 ↑ .264 0.007 ↑
xwOBA .303 .32 0.017 ↑ .332 0.012 ↑
wOBA .312 .33 0.018 ↑ .358 0.028 ↑
xSLG .405 .423 0.018 ↑ .433 0.01 ↑
SLG .431 .443 0.012 ↑ .5 0.057 ↑
K% 25 23.5 -1.5 ↓ 22.4 -1.1 ↓
BB% 7.8 9.7 1.9 ↑ 10.1 0.4 ↑
Swing % 45.3 45.1 -0.2 ↓ 49.5 4.4 ↑
Whiff% 32.3 27.1 -5.2 ↓ 30.3 3.2 ↑
In Zone % 44.1 44.9 0.8 ↑ 48.1 3.2 ↑
Out of Zone % 55.9 55.1 -0.8 ↓ 51.9 -3.2 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 29.1 26.5 -2.6 ↓ 26.9 0.4 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 27.1 30.3 3.2 ↑ 30 -0.3 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 57.8 56.3 -1.5 ↓ 57.8 1.5 ↑
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Statcast Shift Statistics

vs RHHvs LHH
YearPAwOBAPAShifts%PAShifts%
2019 378 .310 196 10 5.1 182 17 9.3
2020 237 .331 130 40 30.8 107 42 39.3
2021 267 .358 144 35 24.3 123 91 74.0

Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2019 507 18.3 12.6% 3.4% 239 26.0 0.0% 20.5%
2020 292 18.7 12.3% 2.1% 144 26.2 0.0% 23.6%
2021 315 18.4 13.7% 3.5% 135 24.8 0.0% 25.9%
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Pitch Distribution