{"id":219123,"date":"2026-06-14T19:00:14","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T19:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/219123\/"},"modified":"2026-06-14T19:00:14","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T19:00:14","slug":"no-timeline-yet-for-konnor-griffin-rehab-assignment-pirates-hoping-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/219123\/","title":{"rendered":"No Timeline Yet for Konnor Griffin Rehab Assignment, Pirates Hoping Soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1120\" height=\"630\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Griffin-3-1120x630.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"Konnor Griffin, Pittsburgh Pirates\" decoding=\"sync\" fetchpriority=\"high\"   loading=\"eager\"\/>Photo provided by Matt Lynch\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>PITTSBURGH \u2014 Konnor Griffin\u2019s promising rookie season with the Pirates was paused when he was placed on the injured list since May with a right forearm strain on May 31.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old initially tried to play through the injury, serving two games as the team\u2019s designated hitter, before the Pirates made the decision to put him on the IL.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin, who has been able to hit during his entire stint on the IL, recently began a throwing program as he ramps up to get back into game shape.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s a good sign that he is throwing, because he was able to do all the other baseball activities, really the whole time,\u201d general manager Ben Cherington said on his 93.7 The Fan Radio show on Sunday. \u201cThrowing was obviously gonna be the last thing to come. We wanted to make sure he was 100% asymptomatic before he started a throwing progression.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Griffin started throwing from 90 feet at roughly 75% intensity on Wednesday at PNC Park and came away feeling good. As he continues to progress, the Pirates want to ensure they are being thorough with their franchise cornerstone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith this particular issue that he\u2019s coming off of, we want to make sure it\u2019s a legitimate throwing progression,\u201d said Cherington. \u201cThis is not gonna be a two or three day thing. He\u2019ll continue to build up volume and distance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Pirates are still several weeks away from seeing Griffin back on the field with the team, so a rehab assignment will be needed before he\u2019s reinstated. As of now, there is no timeline for when that will begin.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe don\u2019t have a specific date for that yet, but the fact that he\u2019s in his throwing progression means that hopefully that\u2019s coming not too long from now,\u201d said Cherington.<\/p>\n<p>Griffin appeared in 51 games for the Pirates prior to landing on the shelf and batted .270\/.327\/.402 with nine doubles, two triples, four home runs, 22 RBI and 14 stolen bases. He started 47 games at shortstop (49 appearances) and posted a .967 fielding percentage with three defensive runs saved.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned in this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/konnor-griffin\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Konnor Griffin<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-pirates\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"categories single-categories\">More about:<a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/pittsburgh-pirates\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pirates<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo provided by Matt Lynch PITTSBURGH \u2014 Konnor Griffin\u2019s promising rookie season with the Pirates was paused when&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":185963,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[14709,73,75,74,10997],"class_list":["post-219123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-konnor-griffin","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-pirates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219123"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219123\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/185963"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}