MLB Network analyst Harold Reynolds knows firsthand how one player can transform a ballclub.<\/p>\n
The former All-Star and Gold Glove winner spent 10 seasons with the Seattle Mariners from 1983 to 1992. In 1988, the team was terrible, finishing 25 games below .500.<\/p>\n
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The following year, Ken Griffey Jr. arrived and changed everything.<\/p>\n
With Griffey leading the way, the Mariners improved every season from 1989 to 1991 before becoming one of the best teams of the decade.<\/p>\n
Now, Reynolds foresees MLB\u2019s top prospect, Konnor Griffin, having a similar impact<\/a> on the Pittsburgh Pirates.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s almost like I\u2019m seeing deja vu all over again,\u201d Reynolds said on MLB Network\u2019s \u201cHot Stove\u201d show on Wednesday. \u201cI\u2019m seeing this with Konnor Griffin. This club needs to be infused with some talent. He\u2019s ready\u2026This is an advanced hitter for 19 years old. I don\u2019t care if he\u2019s 25. The kid is ready to play in the big leagues.\u201d<\/p>\n Advertisement<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re looking at a generational player in Konnor Griffin,\u201d Reynolds added later in the segment. \u201cI\u2019ve been around long enough to know what I see.\u201d<\/p>\n The Pirates haven\u2019t had a winning season since 2018 or made the playoffs since 2015. They\u2019re desperate for a contender, and Griffin can help get them there<\/a>.<\/p>\n More Pirates: MLB Analyst Makes Massive 2026 Prediction For Pirates Offense<\/a><\/p>\n The post MLB Analyst Compares Pirates Top Prospect To Ken Griffey Jr.<\/a> appeared first on SportsNet Pittsburgh<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MLB Network analyst Harold Reynolds knows firsthand how one player can transform a ballclub. The former All-Star and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":596308,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[5,23750,11594,9545,4,1451,64,65],"class_list":["post-596307","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-baseball","tag-harold-reynolds","tag-ken-griffey-jr","tag-konnor-griffin","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-network","tag-pittsburgh-pirates","tag-seattle-mariners"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116143365428417409","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596307","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596307"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596307\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/596308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=596307"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596307"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596307"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}