Angels right-hander Griffin Canning has been on the Triple-A injured list for close to a month, and he will now miss the remainder of the season. According to a statement released by the Angels, Canning is suffering from a stress fracture in his lower back.
The initial injury from mid-July was characterized as a lower back strain, though unfortunately Canning now faces a lengthier recovery period. Details of the injury have yet to be revealed and a potential timeline for Canning’s return isn’t known.
In his third season as a member of the Anaheim rotation, Canning had a 5.60 ERA/4.65 SIERA over 62 2/3 innings for the Halos before he was sent to the minors on July 3. The demotion was thought to be based around the schedule, as between the All-Star break and some off-days in July, the Angels wanted to give Canning some work until they again required his services for their six-man rotation.
Unfortunately, since the injury occurred while Canning was in the minors, he’ll won’t accumulate any MLB service time during his recovery. This will cost him any chance at Super Two qualification and an extra year of arbitration eligibility, and it might even impact his ability to become a free agent after the 2025 season, depending on how long it might take for Canning to get back to action on a big league mound.
For the pitching-thin Angels, they’ll now lose a depth arm for the remainder of 2021, and possibly for the start of the 2022 campaign. It isn’t any secret that the Halos will be looking for rotation help this winter as they look to augment their starting staff beyond Shohei Ohtani and younger arms like Patrick Sandoval and prospects Chris Rodriguez and Reid Detmers.
he is not the only pitcher getting hurt this season. manfraud is doing everything to suppress pitchers’ salaries.
Man…ouch! The Angels sure seem to be on the hush with their injuries this season. They make it seem like a player is about to come back or progressing well and then either no update or all of a sudden they are out for the season? Do other teams operate this way? Seems pretty misleading to me….hope Grif heals quickly and is ready to compete next season
The Marlins with Sixto Sanchez
Indians have this year as well with all of their starting pitchers, plus players who seemed to have just disappeared after “rest” like Eddie Rosario
The Halos have always been secretive about injuries and release information very carefully and methodically. For example, Ohtani went on the IL with a blister and ended up getting Tommy John surgery.
Sounds about right. (Can the Angels ever catch a break?)
Yes, they are named Trout & Ohtani.
This is fine, irrelevant this year and glad it’s not his elbow again!
Need to sign a 1-2 type SP and resign Cobb, then spend the rest on a SS and BP.
Ohtani
SP FA
Cobb
Sandoval
Detmers
Canning/Suarez/Barria/etc
we can skip the cobb resigning
Yes. Most likely Bundy waiting to happen once again. And I guess even Parker Bridwell before him.
What is it about Baltimore starters being able to produce one season, giving misguided false hope, immediately after joining the Angels?
Chris Rodriguez will be in starting rotation for the Angels next season. Which is why they had him stretch out with a few minor league starts. Also why he is in the starting rotation now
Good call, forgot about C-rod! Prefer him in that 6th spot and still sign a vet, no argument here that Cobb could fall apart in a hurry.
I mean Cobbs advanced metrics imply hes for real
“I mean Cobbs advanced metrics imply hes for real”
So did Bundy’s last season (3.29/3.02/2.95/3.75)
The most notable problem for Bundy was he went from a roughly 15% HR/FB career to an 8% HR/FB last season. Now he’s near 19% HR/FB this season
Cobb’s most notable difference in 2021? He’s a career 14% HR/FB pitcher who sits at 6% HR/FB this season.
Parker Bridwell similarly saw his (granted miniscule playing time) HR/FB go from 33% to 12% in his good year in Anaheim and back to 38% after
Even a player like Tropeano saw his HR/FB go from about 5% to 10% to 15% to 20% in his 4 years with the Angels
Canning’s issue with Angels this season? His 12% range HR/FB is now 18%
It seems to be bit of a thing with the club
I like your pitching thoughts but they really need two no. 1-2 type SPs. And many new bullpen arms. A lot of salary available next year for all this.
rpoabr – by “SS” do you mean short stop? What’s wrong with Iglesias? The guy is a stud.
He’s a free agent after the season
Minus .3 WAR this season hardly qualifies as a stud.
@rpoabr I think a lot of the rotation has yet to be determined. The 2nd half of the season will determine a lot of the Angels movement during the offseason.
The only options that are written in stone are Ohtani and Sandoval. The rest is uncertain.
Barria has been the best as of late in my opinion. The past 3 games have been impressive. He may be the solid 4/5.
Detmers is still a question mark. It has only been 2 games, but those 2 teams hit .444 against his fastball. His ability to get MLB hitters out with his fastball was a concern when he was drafted. He other pitches look good, particularly his curve ball. Teams have yet to get a hit against his curve ball yet. The tilt and drop on his curve ball are amazing.
Suarez and C-Rod have also shown they can be viable options. We will need to see if they can maintain consistent down the stretch. If not, I would not close the book on a Cobb re-signing. If he expects a $15M/year like he is making this year, we can close that book.
In my opinion, along side a complete re-haul of the bullpen, the Angels top priority should be a TOR arm. I would love to get Scherzer. The Angels have a talented but young group. Scherzer would serve as both a leader and stopper. He also should not command a long term deal due to his advance age, but the time his contract expires in a couple of years one of these young guys should be ready to assume the role.
I would like to re-sign both the Iglesias. Raisel Iglesias primarily, He has been great,particularly in save situation. Jose also seems to be a good clubhouse guy. Three of the Angels top 10 prospects are SS, Jose would be a serviceable bridge for the next 2 years until one of those guys is ready.
Did he break his back or did he break the bank?
This injury seems to effect all kinds of actions for Canning.
Doesn’t seem to be in his favor.
Tough to lose a year of experience for Canning and an opportunity to build up his innings, but the 2021 Angels currently have a 7 man rotation plus Cobb on the sideline. With Bundy and Cobb presumably gone in 2022, Canning will be needed. Get well soon, Griffin.
“It isn’t any secret that the Halos will be looking for rotation help this winter…”
How many times has this been written leading into an offseason?
He also got injured while in the minors. Had they not sent him down he could have avoided the injury.
Lather, rinse, repeat….
DRINK MILK Doe he have Osteoporosis?
No Trout, no cannery
Typical Angels medical update.
He’s fine. Should be back soon….he’s out for the year.
I’m concerned about Jared Walsh who Maddon said would be be activated during the Dodger weekend series. Then supposedly Tuesday for the Toronto series and still nothing…
Health wise, pitching for the Angels is almost the equivalent of drumming for Spinal Tap…
I have a feeling that there was knowledge of some kind of injury when he was originally sent down. Maybe some service time manipulation here.
Who cares?
The cherry on top of the sundae angels riddled with injuries
I liked what I saw from Detmers on Sunday despite his final pitching line. Valuable experience for him. Get him acclimated so he can perhaps fill a rotation spot in n2022.
Canning has had enough time to get over the hump. He needs to spend some time in AAA to find some consistency. We can’t rely on him yet to be a solid starter. This winter should be all about pitching, as has been the case for the last several years. Maybe with the Pujols money gone we will actually get what we need.
Canning is more likely a trade chip at this point having been surpassed by Sandoval, Suarez, Detmers, Barria, and Rodriguez– and Bachman in the wings. The team will try to add someone like Scherzer to head the rotation. They need a true #1 or 2 to go with Ohtani. The rest of these kids surprisingly look very strong.