(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Pittsburgh Pirates’ Konnor Griffin plays during a spring training baseball game, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026, in Clearwater. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum,File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Sources recently told ESPN that the Pittsburgh Pirates are deep into negotiations with Konnor Griffin with the two sides making their respective cases since early in spring training over what an appropriate deal would be for the 19-year-old shortstop. Griffin, who turns twenty years old later this month, was the number nine overall pick in the 2024 MLB draft and is ESPN’s number one baseball prospect for 2026. However, the Pirates sent him to Triple-A Indianapolis, where he has six hits in his first 13 at-bats.