{"id":666891,"date":"2026-04-06T18:52:15","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/666891\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T18:52:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T18:52:15","slug":"pirates-infielder-konnor-griffin-thanks-pittsburgh-for-an-unforgettable-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/666891\/","title":{"rendered":"Pirates&#8217; infielder Konnor Griffin thanks Pittsburgh for an &#8216;unforgettable day&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Even though <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/mlb\/pittsburgh-pirates\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Pirates<\/a> infielder Konnor Griffin has played in three big league games, the hype surrounding him is real. The 19-year-old collected a double and an RBI in his debut, but has gone 0-6 with a strikeout since April 3.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>More News:\u00a0<a data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\/news\/dodgers-infielder-expects-be-booed-return-toronto\/efaf069db82ba119e10343cd&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1775586867545000&amp;usg=AOvVaw0sAKBnU7cxvi1vacLNDjGh\" target=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/mlb\/los-angeles-dodgers\/news\/dodgers-infielder-expects-be-booed-return-toronto\/efaf069db82ba119e10343cd\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dodgers&#8217; infielder &#8216;expects&#8217; to be booed in return to Toronto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Despite the lackluster performance since making his debut, Griffin will have the freedom to get as many at-bats with the Pirates, as he is their best option at shortstop at the moment. Third baseman\/shortstop Jared Triolo recently hit the injured list with a right knee patellar tendon injury and hadn&#8217;t performed well as the Pirates&#8217; Opening Day shortstop. Triolo batted .217 with a .569 OPS and -53 defensive runs saved at shortstop in five games.<\/p>\n<p>Konnor Griffin thanks the city of Pittsburgh and the Pirates fans for an unforgettable MLB debut\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a post sent through his\u00a0<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DWy4aToDYTe\/?igsh=MTh5bmdiZGl4bzN6bg%3D%3D\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, Griffin thanked the entire city of Pittsburgh for an \u201cunforgettable day,\u201d and for all who supported him throughout his professional career.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAn unforgettable day. All glory to God! Thank you to all the people that have supported me throughout this journey! I am proud to be a Pittsburgh Pirate!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before receiving the call to come to the big leagues, Griffin had been raking while with Triple-A Indianapolis. Through five games, Griffin batted .438 with a 1.196 OPS with an RBI and five walks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Griffin\u2019s hot start came on the heels of a tough spring training, where he struck out 13 times in 41 at-bats. However, the Jackson, Mississippi native did hit four home runs and had nine RBI.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Griffin and the Pirates welcome the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportingnews.com\/ca\/mlb\/san-diego-padres\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">San Diego Padres<\/a> for a three-game series on Monday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                            <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Even though Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Konnor Griffin has played in three big league games, the hype surrounding him&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":666892,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2402],"tags":[5,4,10,776,64,4297],"class_list":{"0":"post-666891","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-pirates","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-mlb","10":"tag-pirates","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-pirates","13":"tag-pittsburghpirates"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116359276278624093","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666891","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=666891"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/666891\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/666892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=666891"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=666891"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=666891"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}