Pirates agree to massive contract extension with 19-year-old phenom

It has to beryllium hard for anyone to fathom being 19 years old, playing nonrecreational shot astatine the highest level and earning a semipermanent and lucrative woody due to the fact that of it.

Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop Konnor Griffin won’t person to deliberation astir it anymore. He’s surviving it.

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Pittsburgh Pirates' Konnor Griffin takes infield signifier earlier making his Major League Baseball debut successful the Pirates' location opener against the Baltimore Orioles successful Pittsburgh connected April 3, 2026. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

Griffin and the Pirates finalized a nine-year declaration hold connected Wednesday. The declaration is worthy $140 million, according to aggregate reports. The phenom was considered to beryllium the No. 1 imaginable successful shot coming into the season, according to MLB Pipeline.

He was called up to the large leagues earlier this month, making his debut connected April 3. He’s not precisely disconnected to the hottest of starts going 3-for-17 with a double, 3 RBI and 2 runs scored. But helium was 2-for-4 against the San Diego Padres connected Tuesday night.

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Pittsburgh Pirates' Ryan O'Hearn celebrates with Konnor Griffin pursuing a shot crippled against the Baltimore Orioles successful Pittsburgh connected April 3, 2026. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

Griffin, who turns 20 connected April 24, received large backing from prima pitcher Paul Skenes.

"It’s the subordinate that we each cognize that helium is and that he’s going to be," Skenes said. "Sometimes, it takes a small spot to interruption out. It was bully to spot today. It’s going to beryllium breathtaking to watch."

He added that Griffin was a "big leaguer done and through."

Griffin’s woody is the largest declaration successful Pirates history, according to MLB.com.

"It feels large knowing I volition beryllium a Pittsburgh Pirate for a agelong time," Griffin said. "The extremity is to triumph each year. And I judge we tin bash that.

Pittsburgh Pirates' Konnor Griffin breaks his bat connected a propulsion from San Diego Padres pitcher Germán Márquez and grounds retired to extremity the bottommost of the 2nd inning successful Pittsburgh connected April 6, 2026. (Gene J. Puskar/AP)

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"It volition beryllium bully to person everything down maine and present I tin conscionable spell play baseball."

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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