The Pittsburgh Pirates today announced that the team has selected the contract of infielder Konnor Griffin from Triple-A Indianapolis. Griffin will make his Major League debut when he first appears in a game.
The 19-year-old Griffin (turns 20 on April 24) is currently rated by both Baseball America and MLB Pipeline as the No. 1 prospect in all of baseball. He went 7-for-16 (.438) with three doubles, an RBI, five walks, three stolen bases and four runs scored in five games with Indianapolis prior to having his contract selected.
Griffin 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 games split between Low-A Bradenton, High-A Greensboro and Double-A Altoona during the 2025 campaign (his first professional season).
He 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 (Griffin also ranked fourth among all full-season minor leaguers in batting and seventh in OPS) during his first season in professional baseball.
Griffin was also recognized as the Baseball America Minor League Player of the Year, one year after being named the publication’s High School Player of the Year. He joined Joe Mauer, Byron Buxton, Bobby Witt Jr. and Jackson Holliday as the only players to be the recipients of both of the publication’s awards.
Griffin was selected by Pittsburgh out of Jackson Preparatory (MS) School (the same school as current Pirates outfielder Jake Mangum) in the first round (ninth) overall of the 2024 First-Year Player Draft.
Griffin, who will wear uniform No. 6, will become the first teenager (currently 19 years, 344 days old) to make his debut for Pittsburgh since Aramis Ramirez (19 years, 335 days) on May 26, 1998 at Milwaukee.
Infielder Enmanuel Valdez was designated for assignment to make room for Griffin on the 40-man roster.