Konnor Griffin made his first home run of the season count: 

That's him sending a Ranger Suarez curveball into orbit in the second inning of the Pirates' 13-7 win over the Red Sox today here at JetBlue Park. It had an exit velocity of 104.8 mph and traveled 374 feet over the Fenway South version of the Green Monster in left field. 

But the game's consensus top prospect wasn't done: 

He added that second home run of the day off a Seth Martinez sweeper to make it 4-0 in the fourth inning, sending it out 440 feet with an exit velocity of 111 mph. Talk about one-upping himself. 

“It’s special but everybody’s out here just playing baseball," Griffin said here afterwards. "I stepped in the box and I was ready to compete. I wasn’t worried about who was on the mound. I was just worried about what his stuff was and how I could have the best approach against it.”

The thing about Griffin that has amazed Don Kelly in the early stages of spring training is his ability to adjust on the fly. Take his first live batting practice against Paul Skenes for example. Griffin strikes out on three straight fastballs the first time up, makes an adjustment before his second at-bat and then ends up sending a slider into left field against the National League Cy Young Award winner. 

Griffin has continued to make adjustments over his last two spring games, going from a two-strikeout showing in Sarasota to a start in Clearwater where he was getting the bat on the ball and making hard contact, despite falling short of producing a hit. Then, there was today, a power display in which Griffin showed his ability to mash breaking balls, while also doing so against one of the better left-handed arms in baseball in Suarez and a veteran reliever in Martinez. 

"That’s the way the game of baseball works," Griffin said. "You’re going to have some days when you have bad luck, and you’re going to have some really good luck on some days, as well. Staying the same person, showing up and doing the work, and it will all work out.”