Griffin Canning

[Claude]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

Yet at the same time we can all agree that baseball is weird and good teams lose to bad teams all the time.

Why do you have to bring up the Dodgers. 

[Angel Oracle]

3 minutes ago, Stradling said:

Yet at the same time we can all agree that baseball is weird and good teams lose to bad teams all the time.

Although the Halos are anything but a bad team.....Exhibit A:  Halos 4 wins, best record in MLB Dogs 0 wins

[mmc]

He'll be fine, look at Giolito.  He was a highly regarded pitching prospect for a long time, struggled mightly in his first couple years in the majors, then finally put it all together this year in his 24-25 season.

[Jeff Fletcher]

2 hours ago, Inside Pitch said:

It's hilarious because people tend to watch games, inject their little league experiences into it and think they know whats up and that they somehow are in tune with the players, and the clubhouse    If the Skaggs tragedy taught us anything its that no matter what you think you're seeing, we really don't know shit. 

This is the best post in the history of AW.

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

This is the best post in the history of AW.

You obviously missed my Eric Estrada story 

[Tank]

4 minutes ago, Lou said:

You obviously missed my Eric Estrada story 

or your lisa turtle story.

or mrwicked's almost sandwich artiste essay.

[Lou]

6 minutes ago, Tank said:

or your lisa turtle story.

or mrwicked's almost sandwich artiste essay.

Fletch obviously has me on ignore.

That deeply saddens me.

[Jay]

7 minutes ago, Lou said:

Fletch obviously has me on ignore.

Can you blame him?

 

[Stradling]

Just now, Jay said:

Can you blame him?

 

@Lou has you on ignore and will only see this if I quote it.

[m0nkey]

I wonder how many people have me on ignore.

 

Oh well, F*ck em anyway

[tdawg87]

1 minute ago, Stradling said:

@Lou has you on ignore and will only see this if I quote it.

Quoting this so Lou sees it.

[tdawg87]

Just now, m0nkey said:

I wonder how many people have me on ignore.

 

Oh well, F*ck em anyway

Quoting this so I can see it.

[Lou]

4 minutes ago, Stradling said:

@Lou has you on ignore and will only see this if I quote it.

Tell Jay no for me.

[DMVol]

41 minutes ago, Jeff Fletcher said:

This is the best post in the history of AW.

Don’t let it go to your head @Inside Pitch...

[Glen]

Canning is still a kid. Y'all need to loosen the fuck up. 

[tdawg87]

9 minutes ago, Glen said:

Canning is still a kid. Y'all need to loosen the F*ck up. 

Gross.

[fan_since79]

2 hours ago, Jay said:

Canning is young and he didn't handle being thrown into the game.

He needs some seasoning but I think he'll be fine.

Need to get at least one veteran arm in here to stabilize the rotation.

 

...who can also eat up some innings.

[Angel Oracle]

Would read page 2 of this thread again.

[fan_since79]

All kidding aside, the loss of Tyler Skaggs has devastated this team and thrown it completely off balance. We go out and clean the Dodgers' clock, then there's a game like last night, a horror show. Nothing is predictable any more, except for Trout being Trout.

This season cannot end soon enough. Build for next year and beyond. And keep Calhoun! And get some starting pitching that's half-way reliable. 

[Angelsjunky]

F*ck this guy for not being Kershaw.

He'll be fine, but maybe its also time for us collectively to temper our expectations on our own prospects. I'm as guilty as anyone, but the majority of us tend to view our prospects more highly than outside analysts. Many people here were projecting Canning to be a #1-2 starter; most analysts see/saw (ha) him as a #3-4. I split the middle and said #2-3, but maybe #2 is a bit overly optimistic.

We don't know what Canning will become, and I suspect we won't have a real sense of it until next year, but maybe we should temper expectations a bit and hope for a solid #3 type.

[Lou]

[IIIII]

I think he has mental/confidence issues and it's not a talent thing (part of it because Skaggs was his mentor). One start he look great the next he looks like he has never pitched a day in his life. Never seen anything like it (different then just getting hit around). If we didn't have the thinnest staff in the league he would more than likely be sent down to figure it out. Luckily I think this type of thing is easier to fix then him just not being good enough, so hopefully he can figure it out!

[Glen]

6 hours ago, Calzone 2 said:

Why do you have to bring up the Dodgers. 

 

[Tank]

We should just trade low level prospects for two young, cost controlled pitchers who can throw a quality start every time they take the mound.

get ‘er done, eppy.

[tdawg87]

7 hours ago, Tank said:

We should just trade low level prospects for two young, cost controlled pitchers who can throw a quality start every time they take the mound.

get ‘er done, eppy.

Nah, you gotta at least throw in a guy like Ward who seemingly holds minimal value here but obviously any team willing to part with good pitching would DEMAND he be included.