Griffin Canning’s simplified approach is yielding early Mets success
NY Post
Griffin Canning has added a cutter to his arsenal and is playing with a sweeper he has not yet debuted.
But the biggest difference in how he is pitching this season thus far has involved pitch selection rather than adjustments to his repertoire or tweaks to the pitches themselves.
With the Angels last season — when Canning finished as the least-valuable qualified pitcher in all of baseball, according to FanGraphs — he led with his four-seam fastball and tried to get into counts when he could turn to his slider and changeup.
He threw his slider 24.1 percent of the time in 2024, when he logged a 5.19 ERA in 32 games.
This year, he has nearly doubled the usage of that pitch, throwing it 44.3 percent of the time through two solid outings.
Canning always has known that his slider and changeup were strong.
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