Canning suffered the ailment when, after surrendering a batted ball to Atlanta shortstop Nick Allen, he attempted to change directions on the mound so that he could back up third base. He subsequently went down before being aided off the field by the Mets training staff.

Mets Predicted to Trade For $56 Million Pitcher After Griffin Canning Injury originally appeared on Athlon Sports. The Mets, who took the final two games of a four-game set against the Atlanta Braves to seemingly halt a bad stretch of games, got truly awful luck on Thursday.

Mets pitcher Griffin Canning had surgery on to repair a ruptured left Achilles and will miss the remainder of the season.