The Padres have added two former National League East players to their roster. The Friars have reportedly agreed to deals with former Met Griffin Canning and former Phillie Nick Castellanos. The Canning deal was first reported Friday night by the Devine Sports Gospel, and confirmed this morning by Robert Murray who stated the deal would be official once Canning passed a physical. Murray also...
The Mets are still in on Cody Bellinger, sources told Pat Ragazzo of Mets on SI on Friday. Bellinger, the best position player left in free agency, would be a good fit since New York needs an outfielder. Bellinger hit .272/.334/.480 with 29 home runs, 98 RBIs and 13 stolen bases with the Yankees last year. He took advantage of Yankee Stadium’s right-field porch, hitting 18 of his 29 homers...
Griffin Canning Player Data: Age: 29 (5/11/1996) B/T: R/R Primary Stats: 16 GS, 7-3, 3.77 ERA, 1.376 WHIP, 76.1 IP, 70 SO, 35 BB Advanced Stats: 107 ERA+, 21.3 K%, 10.7 BB%, 4.66 xERA, 4.04 FIP, 4.09 xFIP, 0.9 fWAR, 1.1 bWAR Rundown The New York Mets gave veteran starting pitcher Griffin Canning a one-year deal worth only $4.25 million in December of 2024. Canning was coming off a terrible...
Griffin Canning Player Data: Age: 29 (5/11/1996) B/T: R/R Primary Stats: 16 GS, 7-3, 3.77 ERA, 1.376 WHIP, 76.1 IP, 70 SO, 35 BB Advanced Stats: 107 ERA+, 21.3 K%, 10.7 BB%, 4.66 xERA, 4.04 FIP, 4.09 xFIP, 0.9 fWAR, 1.1 bWAR Grade: B 2025 Review It appeared as if president of baseball operations David Stearns and staff had made out with highway robbery. The Mets gave veteran starting pitcher...
The 2025 season will go down as one of the biggest disappointments in the history of the New York Mets. It will also go down as one of the most embarrassing collapses in franchise history, too. Forget 2007—the Mets didn’t have a great team chasing them down this time around. They just flat-out blew it. Consider this: New York owned the best record in all of baseball on the morning of June...
With the All-Star break upon us, now is the perfect time to take stock as far as the New York Mets are concerned. The first half of the 2025 MLB season is officially in the books. And, at the break, the Mets are well-positioned. They sit half a game out of first in the NL East with a 55-42 record. It was undoubtedly a wild first half for New York. A scorching start was followed by an all-time...
Good morning, Mets fans! Prior to Friday’s game against the Pirates, the Mets made a number of roster moves which can be found here. Of note, Griffin Canning was placed on the 60-day injured list while Mark Vientos was activated from the IL. One of the moves made, however, was the team decided to release former top prospect Alex Ramírez from Double-A. Ramírez was once one of the...
Updated Post – June 27 at 17:57 On Friday, the Mets announced that starter Griffin Canning underwent surgery earlier in the day for a ruptured Achilles. He has been placed on the 60-day injured list and could miss the rest of the season. Original Post – June 26 at 20:48 Griffin Canning joined the list of injured New York Mets pitchers after he exited Thursday’s game against the...
There was plenty of turbulence for the New York Mets to navigate against the Braves this week. New York won the final two games of the series to earn a split after dropping the first two. Those two wins were crucial given the recent rut the Mets have found themselves in. However, another serious pitching injury overshadowed what was a positive finish to an up-and-down series. It remains to be...
Even when the Mets win, they can’t catch a break. That’s just how things have been going the past two weeks for this team. The Mets did indeed get a much-needed 4-0 victory and series split against the Atlanta Braves on Thursday night. However, they also lost starter Griffin Canning to injury, potentially for the rest of the season. The blow comes with Kodai Senga, Tylor Megill and Sean Manaea...
Saturday, June 21, 2025 • 7:15 PM Citizens Bank Park • Philadelphia, PA RHP Griffin Canning (6-3, 3.80) vs. RHP Mick Abel (2-0, 2.21) FOX It has been a rough gauntlet for the Mets for the last eight days, and they have not stepped up to the challenge. The Phillies beat the Mets Friday night, extending their losing streak to seven games. The Mets were facing another tough starting pitcher in Zack...
What could go wrong, did go wrong this weekend for the New York Mets. For the very first time in 2025, the Mets found themselves on the wrong end of a series sweep. They offered little resistance against a red-hot Rays team. There were a lot of worrying trends to emerge from the weekend. The starting rotation showed consistent signs of regression throughout the series. The bullpen couldn’t...
