And so far in spring training, Canario is doing exactly that. In 35 spring training at-bats, Canario is slashing .314/.429/.629 With a 1.058 OPS.

Canario popped 18 homers in 64 Triple-A games in 2024 and logged a .280/.357/.443 line in 28 big league plate appearances.

Canario put up big numbers in the Minors, highlighted by a 37-home run campaign in 2022. An IL stint limited him to 53 games in 2023 but he still slashed a respectable .273/.356/.488 (.844 OPS ...

Mets outfielder Alexander Canario is not expected to break camp with the major league club, reports Mike Puma of The New York Post. The 24-year-old is out of minor league options, so he’ll ...

Canario has appeared in just 21 major league games to this point, batting .286/.333/.524 with two home runs and eight RBIs over 45 plate appearances. In that small sample, his strikeout rate ...

One reason is probably Canario’s bat speed. His average bat speed this year is a whopping 77.1 MPH. To put it simply, that is elite. He ranks in the top 10 among players with at least 10 plate ...

Canario’s most impressive minor-league campaign came in 2022, when he split time at High-A, Double-A and Triple A, hitting a combined 37 home runs with 97 RBIs in 125 games and batting .252.

In 519 career minor-league contests, Canario owned a 30% strikeout rate. Last year in 15 games with the Cubs, though he batted .280, Canario struck out 11 times in 25 at-bats (44%).