{"id":786590,"date":"2026-07-07T18:24:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:24:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786590\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:24:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:24:11","slug":"report-pirates-konnor-griffin-suffers-torn-finger-tendon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/786590\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Pirates&#8217; Konnor Griffin suffers torn finger tendon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh off a stint on the injured list, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/baseball\/mlb\/players\/konnor-griffin\/8fc74924-4309-4db4-b69a-91a6e609de6b\" class=\"sn-player-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-player=\"8fc74924-4309-4db4-b69a-91a6e609de6b\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Konnor Griffin<\/a> could be heading back. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/pittsburgh-pirates\/\" class=\"sn-team-post-link\" target=\"_self\" data-team=\"pittsburgh-pirates\" data-league=\"mlb\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> rookie shortstop may miss some time once again after suffering a torn tendon in his left ring finger, ESPN&#8217;s Jeff Passan <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/JeffPassan\/status\/2074527060588924968?s=20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">reported<\/a> Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Passan, Griffin could play through it, but rehab is the likeliest option. He&#8217;d likely miss at least a month should he opt for recovery.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin, 20, suffered the injury on Sunday against the Washington Nationals while making a stunning diving catch in the outfield. <\/p>\n<p>Though he managed to lay out for the grab, he landed awkwardly on his left hand and was looked at by a trainer. He remained in the game.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin returned from the IL on June 26 after missing more than a month with a right forearm flexor strain. <\/p>\n<p>Ranked as the No. 1 prospect by MLB Pipeline heading into the 2026 season, Griffin has enjoyed a solid rookie season since getting the call in early April. He&#8217;s batting .276 with a .736 OPS, five home runs and 20 stolen bases in 59 games this year.<\/p>\n<p>The Pirates (46-45) are trending towards their first season above. 500 since 2018, when they finished 82-79. They haven&#8217;t made the playoffs since the 2015 season. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fresh off a stint on the injured list, Konnor Griffin could be heading back. The Pittsburgh Pirates rookie&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":756875,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-786590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=786590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/756875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}