Griffin Canning is the newest depth piece for the Mets beginning rotation, The Put up confirmed.
The Mets got here to an settlement with the 28-year-old right-hander Wednesday on a $4.25 million deal, pending a bodily.
Canning was non-tendered by Atlanta earlier within the offseason following his arrival in a commerce from the Angels in change for Jorge Soler.
He had been eligible for arbitration earlier than being jettisoned by the Braves.
The second-round choose by the Angels in 2017 hasn’t had a lot success within the majors, however is coming off a season through which he made a career-high 31 begins and pitched 171 ²/₃ innings.
With that, although, Canning additionally had a 5.19 ERA and gave up an American League-high 99 earned runs.
He’ll be part of a Mets rotation that wants arms.
Kodai Senga, on the prime, made only one begin within the common season because of accidents and so they have Tylor Megill, David Peterson and Paul Blackburn returning.
With Luis Severino now with the A’s and Sean Manaea nonetheless a free agent, the Mets signed Frankie Montas after which added ex-Yankee reliever Clay Holmes to the combo as he appears to transition right into a starter.
Now they’ll add Canning, who missed all of 2022 with a again harm earlier than returning to begin 22 video games with the Angels in ’23 after which pitched a full season final 12 months.
The deal was first reported by The Athletic.
