Is Griffin Canning Cunning?

[bmfc1]

Griffin Canning is a Met, one year, $4.25M:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin_Canninghttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griffin_Canning

https://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cannigr01.shtmlhttps://www.baseball-reference.com/players/c/cannigr01.shtml

[Gwreck]

I guess I like his upside a little more than Blackburn…but this is not the starting pitcher we are looking for.

[Fman99]

More like a tomato can. Unkie Steve has enough of those now to make a nice gumbo

[ashie62]

I'd better learn to like Canning. He may be a backend starter on opening day



Personally, I don't think Stearns sees value in expensive starting pitching adds



There aren't too many guys that consistently give six innings in a start and those guys, like Corbin Burnes maybe, are getting top dollar



If he had his way Stearns might be ok with 162 bullpen games

[smg58]

For one million more in AAV relative to Canning and Montas, the Mets could have signed Yusei Kikuchi and protected Mike Vasil from the Rule V Draft. I'm not sure I get their approach here.

[MFS62]

The Mets are going to have to win a lot of 6-5 games with the staff they've put together so far.

Later

[Edgy MD]

I imagine that was said a lot last year also, however.



But short-term solutions allow for long-term ones to emerge.

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: I imagine that was said a lot last year also, however.

Don't imagine. I think I said it in the season prediction thread, and it worked out just fine.

So, I'll say it again and gladly be proven wrong.

I agree about your short term/ long term statement, as long as the long term solutions can be found. But they haven't been too good at developing #1 or #2 starting pitching lately, other than Peterson.



Later

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

I don't hate this at all. He's had a couple decent seasons in his career so he knows he can be good. He came cheap and is at a point where he needs to make good to continue his career. He's 28, a good age. From Cali and went to UCLA so you know he's a jock.

[Benjamin Grimm]

i don't hate it either. He may suck, in which case he'll be gone, or he may be a good contributor. There seems to be a tendency among some, when the Mets get a so-so player, to complain that we could have done better. Not every player can be the best player. I'm not going to judge the rotation until the end of spring training. There are more moves to be made. And still more will be made after the season starts.

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: I imagine that was said a lot last year also, however. Don't imagine. I think I said it in the season prediction thread, and it worked out just fine. So, I'll say it again and gladly be proven wrong. I agree about your short term/ long term statement, as long as the long term solutions can be found. But they haven't been too good at developing #1 or #2 starting pitching lately, other than Peterson. Later

I'm not sure how many starting pitchers anyone can expect to have breakthrough years in a single season. One works fine where I'm concerned.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

TER-GRIFF-IC

Canning no-hits Yankees as Amazins improve to 75-12

[Benjamin Grimm]

MERV-OLOUS!

Griffin goes distance, fans 11



(This is a headline that only the over-60 crowd might get.)

[metirish]

GRIFFIN DONE



Pulled after giving up 10 runs in 2 innings

[Benjamin Grimm]

CANNING CAN'T

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

THE CANNING MAN CAN

Griff chews up Phillies for sweet 23rd victory

[metirish]

CANNY CANNING CANS THE BREW CREW/b]



GOES FIVE IN METS WIN





NEWSDAY overthinking their headline

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: I agree about your short term/ long term statement, as long as the long term solutions can be found. But they haven't been too good at developing #1 or #2 starting pitching lately, other than Peterson.

I'm not sure how many starting pitchers anyone can expect to have breakthrough years in a single season. One works fine where I'm concerned.

[kcmets]

CANNING CAN'T

THE CANNING MAN CAN

CANNY CANNING CANS THE BREW CREW



I'm dying here... dying, I tell ya...

[Edgy MD]

=MFS62 post_id=181396 time=1734641413 user_id=60] Even if you count him, that's 2 or 3 in the last 10-12 years.

[MFS62]

Edgy MD wrote: =MFS62 post_id=181396 time=1734641413 user_id=60] Even if you count him, that's 2 or 3 in the last 10-12 years.

Yes, that was under a different philosophy, which is very much my point. Better options with a chance to contribute over the long haul were buried behind ill-advised multi-year commitments. Seth Lugo, for instance was driven into the bullpen to make room for Jason Vargas, which served badly.

[The Hot Corner]

I hope I am wrong, but I am underwhelmed by this signing. I don't expect him to be anything beyond starting pitching depth and an inning eater. The Mets are going to need more than back of the rotation arms and depth. At least he comes reasonably cheap.

[kcmets]

=MFS62 post_id=181403 time=1734643569 user_id=60]Hey, maybe it was all my fault.

[Cowtipper]

2025's Adrian Houser.



Move him to the bullpen and I bet he'll do well.



Keep him in the rotation and get what you will.



Just another insurance arm.