{"id":241501,"date":"2026-07-12T09:15:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-12T09:15:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/241501\/"},"modified":"2026-07-12T09:15:26","modified_gmt":"2026-07-12T09:15:26","slug":"pirates-roster-moves-griffin-transferred-to-60-day-il-sanders-dfad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/241501\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates Roster Moves: Griffin Transferred to 60-Day IL, Sanders DFA&#8217;d"},"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\/07\/Griffin-1-1120x630.jpeg\" 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 class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In need of space on the 40-man roster after <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/pittsburgh-pirates-trade-chicago-white-sox-draft-pick-jacob-gonzalez-brandon-eisert\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">acquiring infielder Jacob Gonzalez and left-handed pitcher Brandon Eisert<\/a> from the White Sox, the Pirates transferred shortstop Konnor Griffin to the 60-day injured list and designated right-hander Cam Sanders for assignment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It\u2019s a procedural move with Griffin, who was placed on the 10-day IL on Tuesday (retroactive to July 6) with a left ring finger sagittal back injury that will sideline him for 8-10 weeks and won\u2019t return to the field until early September at the earliest. The 20-year-old totaled 59 games during his rookie season prior to his latest injury and hit .276\/.332\/.404 with 10 doubles, two triples, five home runs, 25 RBIs and 20 stolen bases.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sanders made nine relief appearances with the Pirates this season across five separate stints and posted an 8.68 ERA with 10 walks and 13 strikeouts in 9.1 innings. <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned in this article: <a href=\"https:\/\/pittsburghbaseballnow.com\/tag\/cam-sanders\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cam Sanders<\/a> <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\/pirates-transactions\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pirates Transactions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo provided by Matt Lynch In need of space on the 40-man roster after acquiring infielder Jacob Gonzalez&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241502,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[76216,14709,73,75,74,10997],"class_list":["post-241501","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-cam-sanders","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\/241501","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=241501"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241501\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241502"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241501"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241501"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241501"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}