Pirates Give Konnor Griffin Club-Record $140 Million Contract
With less than a week in the majors, Konnor Griffin signed a nine-year, $140 million Pittsburgh contract — the biggest in team history.
At age 19, Konnor Griffin not only won the Pittsburgh shortstop job but a nine-year, $140 million pact, the team's largest and longest. (Photo by Mike Carlson/MLB Photos via Getty Images) MLB Photos via Getty Images The Pittsburgh Pirates aren’t pinching pennies anymore. They agreed this week to pay 19-year-old shortstop Konnor Griffin a reported $140 million over nine years.
It is the largest and longest deal in club history, topping the $106. 75 million Bryan Reynolds received three years ago. Widely viewed as the top prospect in baseball, Griffin started the year in the minors but was quickly promoted to Pittsburgh.
Written into the starting lineup for the first time on April 3, he collected an RBI double in his first at-bat. Drafted ninth overall but first by the Pirates in the 2024 amateur draft, Griffin tore through the minors like an F-5 tornado in a Kansas wheat field. Never mind that he was just a high school player at the time of the draft.
Playing on three levels of the minors last summer, he hit a combined . 333 with 21 home runs, 94 runs batted in, and 65 stolen bases. Those numbers excited the Pirates, who haven’t had a winning record since 2018 or a playoff appearance since 2015.
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