(Credit and Caption for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Konnor Griffin slides into third base on his triple off Cincinnati Reds pitcher Brock Burke in the fourth inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Saturday, May 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh Pirates rookie shortstop Konnor Griffin was activated from the team’s injured list on Friday. Griffin returned to play for the Pirates for the first time in just less than a month in Friday’s game against the Cincinnati Reds at PNC Park and it did not take him long to get back on the scoreboard. He hit a lead-off home run in the first inning of that game and when he was 20 years and 63 days old on Friday, Griffin became the fifth-youngest player in MLB history to hit a leadoff home run. Griffin was put on the injured list on May 31st because he suffered a right forearm strain and recently had a rehab assignment with Double A-Altoona on Wednesday before he returned to the Pirates.