(Credit for Photo: The Pirates’ Konnor Griffin runs the bases after hitting a home run during the first inning of a baseball game against the Reds, Friday, June 26, 2026, at PNC Park, in Pittsburgh. (Matt Freed/Post-Gazette))

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh Pirates senior director of sports medicine Todd Tomczyk said today that the team placed shortstop Konnor Griffin on the 10-day injured list with a torn sagittal band, which stabilizes the extensor tendon, in his left ring finger. 

He will not be expected back for the Pirates until at least September and this injury occurred during the team’s game against the Washington Nationals in Washington, D.C. on Sunday when Griffin was making a diving catch. 

His estimated timeline is eight to ten weeks and Tomczyk confirmed that his injury will be splinted for six weeks. 

The twenty-year-old rookie already missed nearly a month for the Pirates this season because of a flexor strain in his right forearm and has played just eight games since returning from that first injury on June 26th.