{"id":670714,"date":"2026-04-08T18:22:45","date_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:22:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/670714\/"},"modified":"2026-04-08T18:22:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T18:22:45","slug":"at-19-konnor-griffin-lands-longest-richest-contract-in-pirates-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/670714\/","title":{"rendered":"At 19, Konnor Griffin lands longest, richest contract in Pirates history"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PITTSBURGH , Pa. \u2014 The Pittsburgh Pirates locked up Konnor Griffin, MLB\u2019s No.1 prospect, to a 9-year, $140-million contract on Wednesday, meaning the 19-year-old will remain in Pittsburgh through the 2034 season.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the largest contract by years and total dollars in the organization history.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Since joining the organization, Konnor has consistently demonstrated the traits we want in a Pirate &#8212; a daily commitment to improvement, a team-first mindset and a strong desire to win,&#8221; Pirates general manager Ben Cherington said in a statement. &#8220;He has met every challenge in front of him, and we are excited to watch him continue that growth alongside his teammates in Pittsburgh. We are thrilled he will be with a Pirate for a long time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Griffin was recalled to the Pirates on April 3 and immediately started the team\u2019s next five games.<\/p>\n<p>After ripping an RBI double in his first MLB at-bat, Griffin cooled considerably, going the next three games without a hit.<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday night, he hit a pair of singles and drove in two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH , Pa. \u2014 The Pittsburgh Pirates locked up Konnor Griffin, MLB\u2019s No.1 prospect, to a 9-year, $140-million&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670715,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2402],"tags":[5,4,10,776,64,4297],"class_list":{"0":"post-670714","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\/116370482363640759","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670714","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=670714"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670714\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670715"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}