Giants prospect Alexander Canario dislocated his shoulder in the final week of the instructional league and underwent surgery to repair a torn labrum, per MLB.com’s Maria I. Guardado (via Twitter). The surgery was performed on his left shoulder by Dr. Ken Akizuki, notes Henry Schulman of the San Francisco Chronicle (via Twitter). The timetable for his return is unspecified at this time.
Canario was fifth on Baseball America’s midseason assessment of the Giants’ prospects. Josh Norris of BA wrote:
One of the team’s many talented Latin American prospects, Canario made a big impression in 2019 by getting to short-season Salem-Keizer and producing a 1.000 OPS as a teenager. He was added to the Giants’ player pool as a teenager this season and has the offensive tools to profile in a corner outfield spot.”
Though Canario had the opportunity to train at their alternate site as part of the 60-man player pool, he’s likely a few years from the majors, especially after this injury. The right-handed outfielder spent 2019 split between the Arizona League and Low-A Salem-Keizer, where he was close to two years younger than the average player. His total line comprised of 265 plate appearances over 59 games. He slashed an impressive .318/.377/.623 with 16 home runs.
Canario is part of an excited young group of San Francisco prospects, with Joey Bart, Marco Luciano, Hunter Bishop, Patrick Bailey, Luis Matos, and Heliot Ramos, among others. With Bart reaching the Majors this season and Ramos a year or two ahead of Luciano and Canario, the Giants plan to be competing by the time Canario arrives in the bigs. At the very least, Canario has the chance to be part of a finishing wave of prospects that the Giants hope can turn them back into first-class contenders.
Bummer! Heal fast kid!!!!
Awww c’mon Canario. You were on my fantasy team.
Canario and Luciano are the future of the Giants
Did Ramos get to play at the alternative site? The Giants need a better option for OF.
The Giants have 3 above average offensive outfielders in Dickerson, Slater, And Yaz. They also have Dubon and Ruf that were both serviceable in 2020. Who exactly are you talking about?
Dickerson’s defense is very bad. LF has been a turnstile since Bonds
2008 (9 left fielders): Randy Winn, Eugenio Velez, Clay Timpner, Dave Roberts, Dan Ortmeier, Fred Lewis, Brian Horwitz, Rajai Davis, John Bowker
2009 (5): Andres Torres, Winn, Velez, Lewis, Bowker
2010 (7): Cody Ross, Aubrey Huff, Mark DeRosa, Pat Burrell, Bowker, Torres, Velez
2011 (10): Brandon Belt, Nate Schierholtz, Aaron Rowand, Bill Hall, Justin Christian, Manny Burriss, Torres, Ross, Huff, Burrell.
2012 (9): Melky Cabrera, Gregor Blanco, Brett Pill, Francisco Peguero, Ryan Theriot (!), Xavier Nady, Christian, Huff, Belt.
2013 (9): Kensuke Tanaka, Roger Kieschnick (The Big Kiesch), Cole Gillespie, Jeff Francoeur, Juan Perez, Blanco, Pill, Torres, Peguero.
2014 (7): Mike Morse, Travis Ishikawa, Chris Dominguez, Brandon Hicks, Tyler Colvin, Perez, Blanco
2015 (10): Nori Aoki, Mac Williamson, Jarrett Parker, Justin Maxwell, Ryan Lollis, Alejandro De Aza, Belt, Blanco, Perez, Ishikawa.
2016 (8): Angel Pagan, Gorkys Hernandez, Kelby Tomlinson, Cory Gearrin (!!!), Williamson, Parker, Belt, Blanco.
2017 (14): Eduardo Nuñez, Chris Marrero, Aaron Hill, Orlando Calixte, Austin Slater, Justin Ruggiano, Ryder Jones, Carlos Moncrief, Williamson, Tomlinson, Parker, Morse, Hernandez, Belt.
2018 (9): Hunter Pence, Austin Jackson, Alen Hanson, Chris Shaw, Slater, Williamson, Blanco, Hernandez, Belt.
2019 (10): Connor Joe, Michael Reed, Gerardo Parra, Mike Gerber, Tyler Austin, Stephen Vogt, Yangervis Solarte, Mike Yastrzemski, Williamson, Belt
Nice research, but it’s a wasted effort. None of that has anything to do with who the Giants will employ in the OF in 2021.
Adjusted for 162 games, the Giants OF in 2020 was worth ~12 wins. (4.5 over 60 games)
Compare that to the past 3 seasons:
2019- 2.9
2018- 0.4
2017- 1.0
Here’s some perspective: IN JUST 60 GAMES, the Giants OF out-produced the OF from the PAST 3 SEASONS.
It took them only 60 games to be worth a full win greater than the Giants OF had in the previous 486 games.
Their OF ranked 6th in all of baseball last season. So this idea that the Giants need better OF is confusing.
Now, they’ll probably add a piece or two, and try and find value in the OF somewhere as a minor-league signing, but their OF is very good and should be set for a little bit.
Fun trip down memory lane. Not wasted research at all. It would be interesting to see games started for their LF during that stretch. Also looking around at the infield to see how short stop, catcher, and 1st base has been locked up for most of the last decade by Crawford, Posey, and Belt
I should certainly apologize, I don’t think what I said reflected what I meant. Saying it was a “wasted effort” was rude. My apologies.
What I meant is that the previous outfield woes don’t equate to a great need in 2021.
I will seek to use better words next time.
Joey Bart looks like bust. Got to see him play last year and the swing is long. His strike out % per AB was out of control. And when he did hit, he couldn’t leave the yard.
And the defense? Shoddy at best. He’s a big kid and sort of lumbers behind the plate. He also looks uncomfortable working a game plan with his pitchers
If he can figure out how to hit, his future will not be behind the dish. Maybe a corner guy or OF
@hard90: I completely disagree with you. Defensively, Bart is strong. He blocks very well, frames average to average + and has a very strong arm and pop time. He had a hard time catching Cueto, but what rookie wouldn’t with all the goofy shimmy-ing etc. that Cueto incorporates in his game? Bart’s defense looked like a very solid rookie’s to me.
With the bat, the kid needs to improve, no doubt. He’s got power for sure but needs a bunch more ABs to learn how to adjust to big league pitching. Look at Posey’s 2009 September call up and tell me, comparatively, that Bart had no room to adjust and grow in the Bigs???? He just needs more time.
@hard90 aka 27bitches We know you hate everything about the Giants. Of course, all the scouts disagree with you. But, you will continue to disparage the Giants. What is your real issue?
@howie: hard90 is the same Giants’ troll as 27rings??? I am curious also, why they troll? The negativity is completely unwarranted!
Why does anyone troll? They are pathetic and believe that any attention (even negative) is better an no attention. 27rings has like four accounts so he can agree with his own posts and even upvote them. What a complete tool.
If I had known hard90 was 27rings, I wouldn’t have responded about Bart.
Waste of time!
@giantsphan I’m not 100% sure. But, the negativity is pretty annoying. I prefer to be optimistic until a player has a definite history.
This mean Canario should go unprotected on for the upcoming rule 5 draft. He was supposed to be placed on the 40 man roster. A lot depends on his recovery; if he’s going to be down most of next season a non competitive team could hide him on their 60 day DL.
It’ll be interesting to see what the Giants do.
Canario hasn’t played a full season at single A. I doubt any team would want to keep him on their 25 man roster.
I would guess that this means that the giants can use the time to place him on the IL and see who sinks or swims before returning him to the 40 man, following rehab
I would guess that this means that the giants can use the time to place him on the IL and see who sinks or swims before returning him to the 40 man, following rehab
@ davemlaw: I too am really curious to see what happens here. His future prospect value says protect him, but he’s nowhere near mlb and injured. Would another franchise want to have him take up a 40 man spot for at least 3 winters before he’s ready? Once healthy and taken off the 60 man roster he takes up a 26 man spot, therefore the only way to develop him is to play him at the major league level. That seems too overwhelming to ask a kid to develop like that. I’m thinking no on him.
The other 2 guys I’m curious about are Gregory Santos who we are told is now a top 100 prospect on fangraphs (when the new update comes out). Also Camilo Doval. Of the 3 Doval is closest to mlb and could get a shot this year. Santos apparently had a big developmental year in 2020, but his highest level thus far is low A Augusta. I think we protect Doval only, but wouldn’t be disappointed if Santos is as well. First on the chopping block, Chris Shaw and either Tromp or A. Garcia.
Lol yeah good luck competing with the dodgers and padres in your way for the next decade
The next decade? The Dodgers and Padres aren’t exactly young teams. Canario just turned 20. He’s got a long career ahead of him.
Wrong link on Luis Matos
Tough break for Canario. Could be career ending if he was a pitcher, but it’s his non-dominant side/shoulder as a position player. Have no idea what the expected recovery time is. Hopefully he can get back at some point in 2021 to play in games. I won’t say 2020 was a lost season developmentally since he was at the alternate site, but it would be tough to lose another season.