This is always the worst part of Spring Training. Heading into the season, full of hope, and a key injury quickly changes that mindset. Los Angeles Angels starter Griffin Canning received the worst news possible when his MRI revealed damage to his UCL and acute joint irritation. In case you didn’t know, that’s bad. In what figures to be a competitive year for the ballclub, might they turn to the San Diego Padres for pitching help?
As noted countless times, the Padres have an abundance of pitching talent and depth that will overflow into the minors due to a lack of available space at the big-league level.