{"id":513041,"date":"2026-03-02T02:50:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T02:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/513041\/"},"modified":"2026-03-02T02:50:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T02:50:09","slug":"top-mlb-prospect-konnor-griffin-blasts-third-home-run-of-spring-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/513041\/","title":{"rendered":"Top MLB prospect Konnor Griffin blasts third home run of spring training"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pittsburgh Pirates’ Konnor Griffin continues to live up to the billing as the MLB’s top prospect<\/a>. Griffin followed up two home runs against the Boston Red Sox on Thursday with a home run against the Cardinals on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The 19-year-old told reporters after the game that he is starting to feel more comfortable. Griffin has a .214 batting average this spring.<\/p>\n

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“I felt really comfortable,” Griffin said. “I’m really working on just being present, taking each game one game at a time. I’m enjoying where I’m at right now, but still got to continue to work and get ready to go tomorrow again.\u201d<\/p>\n

Griffin is a quick learner. After reclassifying a year to challenge himself in high school, he was selected with the No. 9 pick in the 2024 draft out of Jackson Preparatory School in Mississippi. Last year, he spent time in Low-A, High-A and Double-A. Griffin finished with splits of 338\/.396\/.536 in Low-A, .325\/.432\/.510 in High-A and .337\/.418\/.542 in Double-A.<\/p>\n

Griffin is expected to start the season in Double-A, where he only played 21 games last season. At 6-foot-3, 222 pounds, Griffin has high expectations. The Athletic’s Keith Law<\/a> called Griffin the most exciting prospect in the minors since Mike Trout and ESPN’s Jeff Passan <\/a>called him the next teenage superstar.<\/p>\n

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Despite the comparisons and the Pirates’ instant success with young superstar pitcher Paul Skenes, manager Don Kelly has tried take pressure off the expectations given to Griffin.<\/p>\n

“We have to keep in mind that he’s 19,” Kelly told reporters. “It’s about continuing to push him, allowing him to be himself and playing free.”<\/p>\n

With limited options for a surefire bat in the Pirates’ offense, Griffin could be called up to the major league roster at some point this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Pirates’ Konnor Griffin continues to live up to the billing as the MLB’s top prospect. Griffin followed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513042,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[64,63,5156,16089,115302,188698,28796,591,20882,5147,5160,85,26827],"class_list":{"0":"post-513041","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mlb","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boston-red-sox","11":"tag-cardinals","12":"tag-don-kelly","13":"tag-konnor-griffin","14":"tag-mike-trout","15":"tag-mlb","16":"tag-mlb-pipeline","17":"tag-paul-skenes","18":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","19":"tag-sports","20":"tag-top-prospect"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513041","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513041"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513041\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513041"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513041"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513041"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}