{"id":706885,"date":"2026-05-31T20:01:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-31T20:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/706885\/"},"modified":"2026-05-31T20:01:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T20:01:17","slug":"pirates-place-konnor-griffin-on-10-day-il-activate-ryan-ohearn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/706885\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Place Konnor Griffin On 10-Day IL, Activate Ryan O’Hearn"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pirates are placing shortstop Konnor Griffin<\/a> on the 10-day injured list, according to Colin Beazley of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette<\/a>. Per Jason Mackey of MLB.com<\/a>, Griffin has a flexor tendon strain and he\u2019s expected to miss only a short time. Ryan O\u2019Hearn<\/a> is being activated off the injured list in his place.<\/p>\n

Griffin was a Top-100 prospect entering 2026 and signed a nine-year, $140MM extension with Pittsburgh just a few days after making his debut. The 20-year-old\u2019s numbers don\u2019t leap off the page, but Griffin has more than held his own against big league pitching. In 208 plate appearances, he\u2019s batted .270\/.327\/.402 with 14 stolen bases and a 104 wRC+. The latter figure is middle-of-the-pack among qualified shortstops, although there\u2019s room for Griffin to cut back on his 26.9% strikeout rate.<\/p>\n

Early reviews on Griffin\u2019s defense have been mixed. On the one hand, he\u2019s been worth 3 Defensive Runs Saved and boasts 78th percentile arm strength according to Statcast. At the same time, Griffin\u2019s been worth -4 Outs Above Average and is in the 15th percentile of Statcast\u2019s Fielding Run Value metric. Defensive metrics are always tricky, and obviously there\u2019s room to improve when the player in question is as young as Griffin. For now, the team can be happy that he is finding his footing in the Majors.<\/p>\n

While Griffin is on the shelf, the Pirates will need a temporary replacement at shortstop. Jared Triolo<\/a> is the next man up, but he\u2019s struggled badly in 83 plate appearances as a backup infielder. Since the start of 2024, Triolo has a 76 wRC+ in just over 900 plate appearances. He also doesn\u2019t fare well defensively at shortstop, with -6 DRS and -3 OAA in over 500 innings there. Triolo is a better fit at third base or second, where has 14 and 10 career DRS, respectively.<\/p>\n

Tyler Callihan<\/a> is the other backup infielder, but he\u2019s barely played in the Majors and has played exactly zero professional innings at shortstop. Nick Gonzales<\/a> has 254 innings of experience at short, but he currently occupies the hot corner, so moving him to short would create another problem. Nick Yorke<\/a> and Jack Brannigan<\/a> are on the 40-man roster. Yorke has a 64 wRC+ in the Majors, while Brannigan is only at Double-A and is striking out 37.5% of the time.<\/p>\n

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