Griffin Canning
P | Bats/Throws: R/R | 6' 2" 180LBS | Age: 27
Draft: 2017 | Rd: 2, #47, Los Angeles Angels | UCLA
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2021 5 4 5.60 14 13 0 62.2 62 1.48
2023 7 8 4.32 24 22 0 127 139 1.24
2024 0 2 9.88 3 3 0 13.2 12 1.83
5 Seasons 19 23 4.78 70 66 0 350 365 1.32
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2021 14 5-4 5.60 62.2 62 1.48
2023 24 7-8 4.32 127 139 1.24
2024 3 0-2 9.88 13.2 12 1.83
5 Seasons 70 19-23 4.78 350 365 1.32
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Pitch Distribution
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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 .250 .433 .358 .332 .387 39.5 22.4 10.1 5.60 4.73
2023 27 2177 356 35 9.8 6.5 91.0 112.4 12.8 31.5 .236 .421 .315 .309 .390 44.2 25.9 6.7 4.32 4.01
2024 28 257 49 8 16.3 12.1 91.0 111.9 21.0 34.7 .293 .603 .459 .396 .461 40.8 18.2 6.1 9.88 6.70
Player 6031 998 93 9.3 6.2 89.6 114.6 16.1 31.7 .237 .428 .331 .317 .383 38.5 24.3 8.1
MLB 6.9 4.7 88.4 122.4 12.2 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.3 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Canning relies on 4 pitches.
Four Seamer
(39.3%) ,
Changeup
(25.3%) ,
Slider
(17.9%) ,
Curveball
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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
2023 43.0 30.1 20.5 6.5 39.3 36.2 24.4 1.4 32.6 25.3 21.6 5.1 9.8 6.5
2024 28.6 44.9 18.4 8.2 46.9 26.5 26.5 0.0 20.4 36.7 24.5 2.0 16.3 12.1
Player 39.0 30.5 21.9 8.6 37.9 37.7 24.4 2.4 28.7 29.4 22.4 5.5 9.3 6.2
MLB 44.6 23.5 24.8 7.0 37.0 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.8 24.7 24.4 5.8 6.9 4.7
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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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
2024 Changeup LAA R 65 88.1 30.0 -0.7 -2 16.6 1.4 9
2024 Curveball LAA R 45 80.5 47.8 -4.7 -9 12.5 2.9 30
2024 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 101 92.7 16.6 -1.1 -7 9.3 2.0 27
2024 Slider LAA R 46 87.4 36.4 2.7 8 0.5 -3.6 -87
2023 Sinker LAA R 9 95.1 16.9 -4.6 -21 14.5 -0.7 -5
2023 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 729 94.7 14.8 0.0 0 7.4 -0.4 -4
2023 Slider LAA R 622 88.4 38.3 5.5 17 0.1 -3.9 -98
2023 Curveball LAA R 279 81.8 48.3 -1.9 -4 12.0 4.0 50
2023 Changeup LAA R 442 90.2 29.3 -0.2 -1 16.3 0.9 6
2021 Changeup LAA R 229 89.1 26.4 -2.2 -8 17.9 3.3 23
2021 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 437 93.5 12.5 2.7 18 9.3 2.0 28
2021 Slider LAA R 290 88.2 35.3 2.9 9 1.5 -4.9 -145
2021 Curveball LAA R 120 81.9 46.8 -3.4 -7 7.6 0.0 -1
2020 Cutter LAA R 194 88.6 26.6 -0.5 -2 0.4 -1.7 -82
2020 Changeup LAA R 147 87.9 26.6 -3.4 -11 15.1 0.7 5
2020 Curveball LAA R 13 82.1 46.9 -1.8 -4 7.7 1.3 21
2020 Slider LAA R 219 86.6 38.8 4.6 13 0.5 -4.0 -115
2020 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 392 92.8 13.9 1.7 11 8.5 1.5 21
2019 4-Seam Fastball LAA R 656 93.9 13.9 2.1 13 9.1 1.1 14
2019 Slider LAA R 448 88.9 28.6 -3.9 -12 2.0 -1.6 -45
2019 Curveball LAA R 249 82.0 47.9 -3.0 -6 9.3 1.9 25
2019 Changeup LAA R 199 89.1 26.0 -3.4 -12 14.9 0.4 3
! 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 %
2024 4-Seam Fastball -4.5 -5 101 39.3 21 .350 .850 .507 9.4 19.0 14.8 .348 .841 .506 50.0
2024 Changeup -1.0 -1 65 25.3 21 .316 .579 .410 37.8 28.6 42.9 .225 .502 .340 30.8
2024 Slider -2.6 -1 46 17.9 13 .364 .727 .442 16.7 7.7 6.3 .322 .531 .360 45.5
2024 Curveball -0.4 0 45 17.5 11 .400 .500 .423 16.7 9.1 16.7 .279 .400 .329 33.3
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.2 -1 730 33.5 151 .234 .496 .340 28.2 26.5 19.0 .244 .513 .348 49.0
2023 Slider -0.2 -1 624 28.7 169 .261 .344 .297 34.0 33.1 22.6 .222 .308 .262 41.6
2023 Changeup 1.2 5 442 20.3 138 .214 .341 .279 24.9 18.8 15.4 .247 .405 .314 42.0
2023 Curveball 1.3 4 279 12.8 51 .271 .667 .392 25.2 17.6 19.6 .264 .584 .359 45.0
2023 Sinker -7.7 -1 9 0.4 4 .333 1.333 .675 0.0 0.0 -- .345 1.250 .654 33.3
2021 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -8 437 40.5 103 .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 .205 .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-Seam Fastball -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-Seam Fastball -0.4 -3 656 42.3 155 .263 .526 .375 22.9 22.6 20.2 .227 .476 .337 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 .266 .489 .351 24.4
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 65 88.1 88 18.0 1:45 2:30 -45
2024 Curveball 41 80.5 44 14.8 7:00 8:00 -60
2024 4-Seam Fastball 101 92.7 96 17.6 1:00 1:00 0
2024 Slider 46 87.4 11 4.0 7:45 6:15 90
2023 Changeup 380 90.2 88 17.6 1:45 2:45 -60
2023 Curveball 227 81.8 52 15.9 6:45 7:45 -60
2023 4-Seam Fastball 683 94.7 95 17.0 1:00 1:00 0
2023 Slider 597 88.4 21 5.8 7:00 6:00 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 431 93.6 98 20.8 1:00 1:00 0
2021 Slider 282 88.2 14 3.3 5:45 4:15 90
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
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2019 384 1,552 7 13 -8 -8 3
2020 238 965 6 8 -9 -4 0
2021 277 1,076 -10 10 -7 -6 -13
2023 513 2,084 1 19 -7 -8 5
2024 66 257 -2 -3 -1 -1 -7
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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
2023 2,177 51.9 66.3 82.2 29.0 44.0 39.7 60.3 48.4 29.1 8.4 74.9
2024 257 47.5 61.5 89.3 31.1 59.5 43.6 53.0 45.5 21.4 5.8 80.0
Player 6,031 47.8 67.6 80.9 28.3 47.2 41.3 58.2 47.1 29.5 7.2 78.2
MLB 48.6 66.9 82.0 28.4 58.0 42.6 60.9 47.1 24.8 7.3 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 64 75 55 36 68 44 37 70 82 63 55 88 49 62 69 37 18
2020 47 57 40 29 55 8 26 38 65 51 38 53 39 41 72 10
2021 27 34 29 28 30 50 25 32 42 41 25 79 38 49 60 29 19
2023 56 61 35 26 75 16 20 6 15 69 76 72 50 62 25 39 21
2024 12 17 4 2 38 1 3 21 39 29 73 28 72 30 11 21
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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 11.7 2 5 8 5 35.7
2020 22.3 8 9.2 -1 1 7 4 50.0
2021 24.4 14 13.4 1 4 8 6 42.9
2023 23.7 22 19.1 3 10 9 11 50.0
2024 22.7 5 5.9 -1 0 6 1 20.0
Player 23.4 63 59.2 4 20 38 27 42.9

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR
2019 14 15 8 13 12 12 14 14 7 10 8 11 14 11 12 11 11 12 13 15 12 12 15 13 11 10 9 12 13 10 10
2020 8 11 8 11 10 10 10 9 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 8 10 9 10 10 10 8 10 10 9 9 10 9 10 9 7
2021 14 15 15 13 14 13 14 14 8 10 13 13 13 14 14 17 13 13 15 13 14 15 14 15 12 13 14 13 14 12 12
2023 22 18 16 19 19 19 19 18 18 15 18 21 21 16 22 20 25 18 17 20 18 19 27 23 16 15 18 21 22 19 17
2024 5 5 4 5 6 6 7 7 5 5 7 6 6 7 7 6 6 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 4 5 5 4 7 6 5
Player 63 64 51 61 61 60 64 62 46 48 54 60 62 56 64 62 65 57 61 65 61 60 73 68 52 52 56 59 66 56 51
! 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 2019 2020 +/-   2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 93.9 91.4 -2.5 ↓ -- 2.1 ↑ -- -- 94.7 -- 92.7 -2.0 ↓
Offspeed Velocity 89.1 87.9 -1.2 ↓ -- 1.2 ↑ -- -- 90.2 -- 88.1 -2.1 ↓
Breaking Velocity 86.4 86.3 -0.1 ↓ -- 0.0 -- -- 86.4 -- 84.0 -2.4 ↓
Exit Velocity 87.9 88.9 1.0 ↑ -- 0.7 ↑ -- -- 91.0 -- 91.0 0.0
Launch Angle 17.4 18.9 1.5 ↑ -- -2.1 ↓ -- -- 12.8 -- 21.0 8.2 ↑
Barrel % 7.6 8.9 1.3 ↑ -- 0.3 ↑ -- -- 9.8 -- 16.3 6.5 ↑
Hard Hit % 32.4 34.2 1.8 ↑ -- 5.3 ↑ -- -- 44.2 -- 40.8 -3.4 ↓
Sweet Spot % 31.6 30.4 -1.2 ↓ -- 2.0 ↑ -- -- 31.5 -- 34.7 3.2 ↑
xBA .221 .232 0.011 ↑ -- 0.018 ↑ -- -- .236 -- .293 0.057 ↑
BA .235 .257 0.022 ↑ -- 0.007 ↑ -- -- .245 -- .350 0.105 ↑
xwOBA .303 .320 0.017 ↑ -- 0.012 ↑ -- -- .309 -- .396 0.087 ↑
wOBA .312 .330 0.018 ↑ -- 0.028 ↑ -- -- .315 -- .459 0.144 ↑
xSLG .405 .423 0.018 ↑ -- 0.010 ↑ -- -- .421 -- .603 0.182 ↑
SLG .431 .443 0.012 ↑ -- 0.057 ↑ -- -- .430 -- .683 0.253 ↑
K% 25.0 23.5 -1.5 ↓ -- -1.1 ↓ -- -- 25.9 -- 18.2 -7.7 ↓
BB% 7.8 9.7 1.9 ↑ -- 0.4 ↑ -- -- 6.7 -- 6.1 -0.6 ↓
Swing % 45.3 45.1 -0.2 ↓ -- 4.4 ↑ -- -- 48.4 -- 45.5 -2.9 ↓
Whiff% 32.3 27.1 -5.2 ↓ -- 3.2 ↑ -- -- 29.1 -- 21.4 -7.7 ↓
In Zone % 44.1 44.9 0.8 ↑ -- 3.2 ↑ -- -- 51.9 -- 47.5 -4.4 ↓
Out of Zone % 55.9 55.1 -0.8 ↓ -- -3.2 ↓ -- -- 48.1 -- 52.5 4.4 ↑
Out of Zone Swing % 29.1 26.5 -2.6 ↓ -- 0.4 ↑ -- -- 29.0 -- 31.1 2.1 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 27.1 30.3 3.2 ↑ -- -0.3 ↓ -- -- 29.9 -- 21.2 -8.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 57.8 56.3 -1.5 ↓ -- 1.5 ↑ -- -- 60.3 -- 53.0 -7.3 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2019 Shifts 378 .310 196 10 5.1 182 25 13.7
2020 Shifts 237 .331 130 60 46.2 107 57 53.3
2021 Shifts 267 .358 144 42 29.2 123 98 79.7
2023 Shades 513 .314 266 2 0.8 247 103 41.7
2024 Shades 66 .459 21 0 0.0 45 33 73.3
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2019 504 18.2 12.7% 2.8% 221 25.6 0.0% 14.0%
2020 290 18.7 12.4% 1.4% 134 25.8 0.0% 17.9%
2021 315 18.4 13.7% 3.5% 124 24.6 0.0% 20.2%
2023 616 16.2 36.2% 1.1% 288 20.4 0.3% 1.7%
2024 73 16.3 35.6% 0.0% 36 19.6 0.0% 0.0%
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Pitch Distribution

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