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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The Pittsburgh Pirates announced today that ESPN’s number one baseball prospect for 2026, Konnor Griffin, has been promoted to the major leagues for the team’s home opener tomorrow against the Baltimore Orioles at PNC Park. The nineteen-year-old shortstop was the number nine overall pick in the 2024 MLB draft and he will turn twenty years old later this month. The Pirates sent him to the minor leagues to play for Triple-A Indianapolis on March 21st, 2026 and when he makes his Major League Baseball debut, Griffin will become the first teenager to play in an MLB game since Juan Soto in 2018. Griffin slashed a combined .333/.415/.527, along with 23 doubles, four triples, 21 home runs, 94 RBI and 65 steals in 122 games between Low-A Bradenton, High-A Greensboro and Double-A Altoona. He also won a minor-league Gold Glove playing in the position of shortstop.