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Konnor Griffin has signed a nine-year contract for $140 million with a max of $150 million through various incentives, per source. It is the largest contract in team history, beating the $106.75 million deal Bryan Reynolds signed in 2023, and will eat up, based on the current labor agreement, what would've been three years of free agency for the top position-player prospect in decades. 

"This is where I see a winning organization," Griffin said during this morning's press conference. "We're gonna do a lot of great things with the players that we have and I want to be a part of it for nine years. I want to continue to be a part of the build of winning, playoff baseball. And this is a great place for me, a great place for my family, and couldn't be more proud." 

Griffin, the first teenage position player in the major leagues since Juan Soto in 2018, gets this long-term deal after just five games and 20 plate appearances with the Pirates. So far, he's collected three hits, including a double in his first major-league at-bat, and has driven in three runs, while walking twice and striking out four times. Griffin isn't in this afternoon's lineup against the Padres, but he is coming off a two-hit performance in which he drove in two runs in Tuesday night's 7-1 win. 

Griffin's rise through the professional ranks has been quick. The 19-year-old played in 127 minor-league games since the beginning of 2025, including 26 games above Class A. In a sample of 500 at-bats, he slashed .336/.420/.530 with a .950 OPS, 21 home runs, 95 RBIs, 121 runs scored and 68 stolen bases.