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It has to beryllium difficult for anyone to fathom being 19 years old, playing master shot astatine nan highest level and earning a semipermanent and lucrative woody because of it.
Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Konnor Griffin won’t person to deliberation astir it anymore. He’s surviving it.
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Pittsburgh Pirates' Konnor Griffin takes infield believe earlier making his Major League Baseball debut successful nan Pirates' location opener against nan Baltimore Orioles successful Pittsburgh connected April 3, 2026. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)
Griffin and nan Pirates finalized a nine-year statement hold connected Wednesday. The statement is worthy $140 million, according to aggregate reports. The phenom was considered to beryllium nan No. 1 imaginable successful shot coming into nan season, according to MLB Pipeline.
He was called up to nan large leagues earlier this month, making his debut connected April 3. He’s not precisely disconnected to nan hottest of starts going 3-for-17 pinch a double, 3 RBI and 2 runs scored. But he was 2-for-4 against nan San Diego Padres connected Tuesday night.
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Pittsburgh Pirates' Ryan O'Hearn celebrates pinch Konnor Griffin pursuing a shot crippled against nan Baltimore Orioles successful Pittsburgh connected April 3, 2026. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)
Griffin, who turns 20 connected April 24, received awesome backing from prima pitcher Paul Skenes.
"It’s nan subordinate that we each cognize that he is and that he’s going to be," Skenes said. "Sometimes, it takes a small spot to break out. It was bully to spot today. It’s going to beryllium breathtaking to watch."
He added that Griffin was a "big leaguer done and through."
Griffin’s woody is nan largest statement successful Pirates history, according to MLB.com.
"It feels awesome knowing I will beryllium a Pittsburgh Pirate for a agelong time," Griffin said. "The extremity is to triumph each year. And I judge we tin do that.
Pittsburgh Pirates' Konnor Griffin breaks his bat connected a propulsion from San Diego Padres pitcher Germán Márquez and grounds retired to extremity nan bottommost of nan 2nd inning successful Pittsburgh connected April 6, 2026. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)
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"It will beryllium bully to person everything down maine and now I tin conscionable spell play baseball."
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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