Konnor Thomas Griffin...Wife’s name is Dendy...Is a 2024 graduate of Jackson Preparatory (Miss.) School, where he batted .559 with 13 doubles, four triples, nine home runs, 39 RBI and 85 stolen bases as a senior (he also went 10-0 and posted a 0.72 ERA on the mound)...Was committed to play at Louisiana State University...Was signed by Pirates scout Darren Mazeroski.
2025
Entered the season rated by Baseball America as the No. 57 prospect in all of baseball...Appeared in eight spring games as a non-roster invitee...Began his first professional season with Bradenton...Hit his first home run on 4/11 vs. Palm Beach...Recorded an RBI in four straight games from 4/10-15 (seven RBI total)...Homered and had three RBI in back-to-back games from 4/25-26 at Lakeland...Hit safely in nine straight games from 5/7-17, going 21-for-40 (.525) with three doubles, two home runs, nine RBI, six stolen bases, 14 runs scored and a 1.285 OPS during the streak (had at least three hits in five of the nine games)...Had at least one RBI in five straight games from 5/13-17 (seven RBI total)...Hit safely in each of his final five games with the Marauders from 6/3-7, going 13-for-23 (.565) with a double, a home run, seven RBI, eight runs and a 1.339 OPS...Led the Florida State League in batting, hits, total bases (111) and runs during his time with Bradenton...Was promoted to Greensboro on 6/10 and made his Grasshoppers debut that night at Rome...Was named the South Atlantic League’s Player of the Week for the week of 6/9-15 after going 11-for-27 (.407) with four doubles, two home runs, eight RBI, three walks, 10 runs scored and a 1.247 OPS in the six-game series at Rome (homered in back-to-back games from 6/14-15)...Hit safely in each of his first nine games with Greensboro from 6/10-19, going 16-for-41 (.390) with five doubles, two home runs, nine RBI, four walks, seven stolen bases, 10 runs and a 1.106 OPS during the streak...Was the starting shortstop for the National League in the All-Star Futures Game on 7/12 at Atlanta’s Truist Park, going 1-for-2 (exited in the fourth inning)...Posted a 10-game hitting streak from 8/2-12, going 14-for-41 (.341) with a double, three home runs, 12 RBI, seven walks, nine stolen bases, 11 runs and a 1.036 OPS during the streak...Recorded at least one RBI in five straight games from 8/5-9 (11 RBI total)...Homered in back-to-back games from 8/7-8 at Asheville...Had an RBI in each of his final four games with the Grasshoppers from 8/14- 17 vs. Greenville...Led the South Atlantic League in batting, hits, stolen bases, runs, OBP, slugging, OPS and total bases (99) during his time with Greensboro...Was promoted to Altoona on 8/19 and debuted that night vs. Reading...Hit his first Double-A home run on 8/29 at Harrisburg, going 3-for-5 with two home runs and seven RBI...Hit safely in nine straight games from 8/23-9/3, going 12-for-34 (.353) with two doubles, three home runs, 14 RBI, four walks, five stolen bases, 11 runs and a 1.141 OPS during the streak...Ended the regular season on a seven-game hitting streak (9/6-14), during which he went 12-for-32 (.375) with two home runs, five RBI, seven runs and a .975 OPS...Was tied for the Eastern League lead in RBI and runs during his time with Altoona... Also went 6-for-10 (.600) with a double, two RBI and three walks during the Curve’s postseason series against Erie (lost in three games)...Finished the season rated by both MLB Pipeline and Baseball America as the No. 1 prospect in all of baseball...Was named Baseball America’s Minor League Player of the Year, joining Mike Bielecki in 1984 as the only Pirates farmhands to ever win the award (established in 1981)...Joined Joe Mauer, Byron Buxton, Bobby Witt Jr. and Jackson Holliday as the only players to ever be recognized as both Baseball America’s High School Player of the Year and Minor League Player of the Year...Hit a combined .333 (161-for-484) with 23 doubles, four triples, 21 home runs, 94 RBI, 50 walks, 65 stolen bases, 117 runs and a .942 OPS in 122 regular-season games split between Bradenton, Greensboro and Altoona in his first pro season...His 65 stolen bases were the most by a Pirates farmhand since Pedro Powell (67) in 2007, while his 117 runs were the most by a Pirates farmhand since Robbie Grossman (127) in 2011...Ranked second among all players in Minor League Baseball in runs scored, fifth in hits and total bases (255), tied for seventh in RBI and tied for eighth in stolen bases (ranked fourth among all full-season players in batting and seventh in OPS)...Became the first minor league player to hit above .330 with at least 20 home runs and 60 stolen bases in a single season since Oakland’s Tom Romano batted .340 with 26 home runs and 66 stolen bases during the 1982 campaign...Posted the highest batting average by a teenager in full-season Minor League Baseball since Toronto’s Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit .381 as a 19-year-old in 2018...Was the fifth teenager in Minor League Baseball to have at least 20 home runs and 40 stolen bases in a season, joining Andruw Jones (1995), Alex Escobar (1998), Ronald Acuña Jr. (2017) and Jackson Chourio (2023)...Was recognized as the organization’s Bill Mazeroski Defender of the Year and Honus Wagner Player of the Year during Young Bucs Awards Week...Was the first Pittsburgh farmhand to win an Minor League Gold Glove Award (shortstop) since Jared Triolo did in 2021...Was honored as a Baseball America Minor League All-Star (Overall, High-A and Low-A), as well as the USA Today Minor League Player of the Year...Was also named to the MiLB Awards All-MiLB Prospect First Team... Was recognized as the MiLB Awards Hitting Prospect of the Year, while also having the MiLB Awards Debut of the Year.
2024
Officially signed with the Pirates on 7/31/24 after being selected ninth overall in the 2024 First-Year Player Draft...Was the first high school player selected in the 2024 draft...Was listed by both MLB Pipeline and Baseball America as the No. 9 prospect in the 2024 draft...Was rated by Baseball America as the “Best Athlete,” second in “Best Power” and “Best Defensive Outfielder” and fourth in “Best Speed” among the high school draft class in 2024...Was named Gatorade’s National Player of the Year as well as MaxPreps Player of the Year in 2024...Was ranked by Perfect Game at the No. 2 overall high school prospect as well as the No. 1 prospect in the state of Mississippi.
