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The New York Mets are including to their rotation amid a profitable offseason to date.
Per The Athletic’s Ken Rosenthal, free-agent right-hander Griffin Canning agreed to a one-year, $4.25M contract with the Mets. The deal, which is pending a bodily, contains $1 million in potential bonuses.
Canning, a second-round draft choose within the 2017 MLB draft, made his major-league debut for the Los Angeles Angels in 2019. In 2020, he recorded a career-best 3.99 ERA in 11 begins and earned a Gold Glove Award earlier than spending a lot of the 2021 season in Triple-A.
Canning returned to the mound in 2023, recording a 4.32 ERA and 1.24 WHIP throughout 24 appearances. Final season, he had a 5.19 ERA and 1.40 WHIP, beginning 31 video games for the Angels.
Following the tip of the common season, the Angels dealt Canning to the Atlanta Braves in trade for Jorge Soler. In November, the Braves non-tendered Canning, making him a free agent and paving the way in which for him to signal with New York.
Canning will not be despatched to the minor leagues with out his consent because of his five years of service and could have the prospect to compete for a spot within the rotation.
The Mets have been lively in including pitching this offseason, signing Frankie Montas to a two-year, $34 million deal and inking Clay Holmes to a three-year, $38 million contract. Per MLB.com’s Anthony DiComo, New York plans to transform the previous Yankees reliever to a starter.
The Mets, who reached the NLCS final season, made a splash this offseason by signing Juan Soto to a historic 15-year, $765 million deal. Now they’re seeking to bolster the roster additional as they try and make a World Sequence run in 2025.
