On a team badly in need of pitching stability, Griffin Canning provided that in 2020.
He allowed three earned runs or less in nine of his 11 starts, and he finished his season with a 3.14 ERA over his final five starts. Canning used his curveball more (22.9% in 2020, up from 16% in 2019) and got great success from the pitch, holding batters to a .182 batting average and .291 slugging percentage in at-bats that ended on that pitch. Canning’s curve was also his best put-away pitch, finishing off 27.1% of at-bats with two strikes with a whiff.