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Angels To Promote Griffin Canning

By Jeff Todd | April 26, 2019 at 10:09pm CDT

The Angels are set to promote top pitching prospect Griffin Canning, the team informed reporters including Jeff Fletcher of the Orange County Register (Twitter link). He’s expected to start on Tuesday.

Canning will debut just before turning 23 in early May. A 2017 second-rounder out of UCLA, the righty was tabbed as a consensus top-100 leaguewide prospect entering the current season following a strong showing last year.

After working hard in his final collegiate campaign, Canning slipped a bit in the draft and then waited to make his debut. The patience has paid off thus far, as he ran through the Halos system in his first year as a pro.

Though his results took a step back upon reaching Triple-A, the overall effort was impressive. Canning threw 113 1/3 frames of 3.65 ERA ball with 9.9 K/9 and 3.5 BB/9, with all but 8 2/3 of those innings coming in the upper minors.

Canning isn’t necessarily seen as a budding ace so much as a polished, highly capable hurler with a deep arsenal who is as good a bet as anyone to become a quality MLB starter. The Angels obviously didn’t need to see more after watching him allow just one earned run and post a 17:2 K/BB ratio in 16 innings over three starts to open the year back at Salt Lake City.

Of course, the Angels are also responding to need at the MLB level. The club is in last place in the AL West and is still waiting for a variety of injured players to filter back to the roster. If there’s to be a postseason run this year, it may take some inspired showings from players that opened the year on the farm.

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  1. Phillies2017

    8 months ago

    He was my first round pick in my 2017 mock draft (I think it was 31st overall)!
    One of my top 5 favorite prospects in the game and I’m really happy it worked out for him.

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    • JDGoat

      8 months ago

      Agreed. I was hoping the Angels would be in the race this year and he’d be the main piece of a potential Stroman/Sanchez deal.

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      • camdog23

        8 months ago

        Are you high? Or delusional?

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        • JDGoat

          8 months ago

          I think a guy in the bottom half of the leagues top 100 list is a fairly reasonable price depending on the secondary pieces for a top of the rotation arm.

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  2. sufferfortribe

    8 months ago

    Another one who I watched play at Inland Empire last season, along with Rengifo.

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    • DarkSide830

      8 months ago

      thats one electric and fast-rising prospect duo. curious to see how both do in the Majors.

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      • sufferfortribe

        8 months ago

        How long until Jo Adell arrives?

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        • cookmeister

          8 months ago

          He’s hurt for another 3-4 weeks. Probably September call up

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  3. DarkSide830

    8 months ago

    another prospect who took the Buehler route – missing the first pro season and then making up for lost time the next year by soaring up the system.

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    • spinach

      8 months ago

      Is this a reference to the third paragraph? What did it mean exactly: waiting to make his pro debut? It reads like the org said ok come start pitching for us and he’s like nah I’m gonna wait a while. I assume that isn’t what it means.

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      • angelsinthetroutfield

        8 months ago

        Canning did not pitch immediately after being drafted, his heavy college workload the deciding factor. The thought was that there was no clear benefit in seeing him throw (on top of his UCLA work) and arm rest would benefit him in the long run.

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  4. angelsfan4life412

    8 months ago

    Angels future rotation for 2020
    1.Skaggs
    2.Ohtani
    3.Canning
    4.Heaney/Wheeler/Cole
    5.Barria

    Wheeler or Cole depending on what they do in free agency

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    • trout27

      8 months ago

      Don’t forget to add a sixth starter to the mix now that Ohtani will be back.

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      • angelsfan4life412

        8 months ago

        Tropeano and Meyer

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        • RyÅn W Krol

          7 months ago

          Meyer should be a reliever. Perhaps even a closer.

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    • The Krukker

      8 months ago

      Um, Cole would def be the #1 if the Angels sign him.

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    • eddieshap

      7 months ago

      Felix Pena is on par or better than Barria

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  5. Ry.the.Stunner

    8 months ago

    Tommy John surgery incoming

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    • angelsfan4life412

      8 months ago

      Don’t jinx it please , Maybe Canning can be the next ace to come through the system.

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  6. jeffmaz

    8 months ago

    I thought griffin canning was only a minor league promo like mustache contests and Star Wars night. Glad to see that MLB is getting into the fun stuff.

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  7. JD396

    8 months ago

    Griffins are critically endangered, and yet the Angels are promoting the canning of these majestic creatures. This is appalling.

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  8. darkangel

    8 months ago

    another TJS candidate

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  9. RyÅn W Krol

    7 months ago

    When the Halos bring up Canning and get some of their starters back (Tropeano, JC Ramirez, Heaney, Meyer), they should consider converting some of them to full time relievers. They already put Felix Pena and Chris Stratton in the bullpen. That would give them even more multi-inning relievers instead of just playing the lottery on pitchers that are already groomed for relief work.

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