{"id":660170,"date":"2026-04-03T03:59:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:59:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/660170\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T03:59:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T03:59:32","slug":"pirates-promote-konnor-griffin-for-home-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/660170\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates promote Konnor Griffin for home opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Pirates’ home opener Friday just got a little bit more exciting.Sources tell Pittsburgh’s Action Sports that Konnor Griffin, baseball’s No. 1 prospect, has been promoted. The 19-year-old shortstop is expected to make his major league debut against the Baltimore Orioles on Friday.The Pirates appeared to have made the announcement through a hype video on their social media pages. Click here to see that video.Griffin was with the Pirates at spring training in Bradenton, where he showcased the skills that have made him baseball\u2019s top prospect according to MLB Pipeline.The club left Griffin off the opening day roster and sent him to Triple-A Indianapolis, a decision that Pirates manager Don Kelly called \u201cextremely difficult.\u201dAt Indianapolis, Griffin batted .438 (7 for 16) with three doubles, an RBI and three stolen bases.The Pirates optioned outfielder Billy Cook to Indianapolis on Thursday, a move that opens a roster spot for Griffin.Pirates’ Home OpenerThe Pirates will face the Orioles in Pittsburgh’s home opener on Friday.First pitch at PNC Park is scheduled for 4:12 p.m.The Orioles are coming off their first sweep of the season against the Atlanta Braves.Meanwhile, the Pirates took two out of three games in Cincinnati for their first series win of the season.The Associated Press contributed to this article.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

The Pirates’ home opener Friday just got a little bit more exciting.<\/p>\n

Sources tell Pittsburgh’s Action Sports that Konnor Griffin, baseball’s No. 1 prospect<\/a>, has been promoted. The 19-year-old shortstop is expected to make his major league debut against the Baltimore Orioles on Friday.<\/p>\n

The Pirates appeared to have made the announcement through a hype video on their social media pages. Click here to see that video<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Griffin was with the Pirates at spring training in Bradenton, where he showcased the skills<\/a> that have made him baseball\u2019s top prospect according to MLB Pipeline.<\/p>\n

The club left Griffin off the opening day roster<\/a> and sent him to Triple-A Indianapolis, a decision that Pirates manager Don Kelly called \u201cextremely difficult.\u201d<\/p>\n

At Indianapolis, Griffin batted .438 (7 for 16) with three doubles, an RBI and three stolen bases.<\/p>\n

The Pirates optioned outfielder Billy Cook to Indianapolis on Thursday, a move that opens a roster spot for Griffin.<\/p>\n

Pirates’ Home Opener<\/p>\n

The Pirates will face the Orioles in Pittsburgh’s home opener on Friday.<\/p>\n

First pitch at PNC Park is scheduled for 4:12 p.m.<\/p>\n

The Orioles are coming off their first sweep of the season against the Atlanta Braves.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the Pirates took two out of three games in Cincinnati<\/a> for their first series win of the season.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press contributed to this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pirates’ home opener Friday just got a little bit more exciting.Sources tell Pittsburgh’s Action Sports that Konnor…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660171,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2374],"tags":[28615,143,47,2538,5,6553,6452,5499,3187,434,8777,84208,9545,84209,16258,1427,55869,4,4688,991,3354,125,10,64,2332,36434,4833,4767],"class_list":{"0":"post-660170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-baltimore-orioles","8":"tag-action-news","9":"tag-baltimore","10":"tag-baltimore-orioles","11":"tag-baltimoreorioles","12":"tag-baseball","13":"tag-baseball-prospect","14":"tag-don-kelly","15":"tag-end","16":"tag-first-pitch","17":"tag-friday","18":"tag-home-opener","19":"tag-hype-video","20":"tag-konnor-griffin","21":"tag-last-few-week","22":"tag-manager-don-kelly","23":"tag-march","24":"tag-minor-league-camp","25":"tag-mlb","26":"tag-mlb-debut","27":"tag-mlb-pipeline","28":"tag-no","29":"tag-orioles","30":"tag-pirates","31":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","32":"tag-shortstop","33":"tag-source","34":"tag-time","35":"tag-top-prospect"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116338777376876484","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660170","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=660170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}