Griffin Canning is the latest depth piece for the Mets starting rotation, The Post confirmed.
The Mets came to an agreement with the 28-year-old right-hander Wednesday on a $4.25 million deal, pending a physical.
Canning was non-tendered by Atlanta earlier in the offseason following his arrival in a trade from the Angels in exchange for Jorge Soler.
He had been eligible for arbitration before being jettisoned by the Braves.
The second-round pick by the Angels in 2017 hasn’t had much success in the majors, but is coming off a season in which he made a career-high 31 starts and pitched 171 ²/₃ innings.
With that, though, Canning also had a 5.19 ERA and gave up an American League-high 99 earned runs.
He’ll join a Mets rotation that needs arms.
Kodai Senga, at the top, made just one start in the regular season due to injuries and they have Tylor Megill, David Peterson and Paul Blackburn returning.
With Luis Severino now with the A’s and Sean Manaea still a free agent, the Mets signed Frankie Montas and then added ex-Yankee reliever Clay Holmes to the mix as he looks to transition into a starter.
Now they’ll add Canning, who missed all of 2022 with a back injury before returning to start 22 games with the Angels in ’23 and then pitched a full season last year.
The deal was first reported by The Athletic.
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