DK's Daily Shot of Pirates: The Griffin expectation

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Hockey, Steelers, Penguins, Football, Nfl, Matt Williamson, Nhl, Pittsburgh, Mlb, Baseball, Dejan Kovacevic, Dk Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh Penguin, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Steelers, Sports, Pirates

4.6 • 832 Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 17 minutes

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What's a fair, reasonable expectation for Konnor Griffin's 2026? Hear award-winning columnist Dejan Kovacevic's Daily Shots of Steelers, Penguins and Pirates -- three separate podcasts -- every weekday morning on the DK Pittsburgh Sports podcasting network, available on all platforms: https://linktr.ee/dkpghsports

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0:00.0	Am I the only one who gets a little bit cringy about some of the Connor Griffin external hype?
0:19.3	Not from within, from outside the team.
0:23.2	Good morning to you.
0:24.0	Good Wednesday morning.
0:24.8	I'm Dan Kovachvich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports.
0:27.0	This is Daily Shot of Pirates presented by our friends at the North Shore Tavern.
0:32.3	Comes your way bright and early.
0:34.1	Every weekday, if you're into football and or hockey, I also offer daily shots of Steelers and Penguins in the same place that you've found this.
0:44.6	Griffin is, again, and no surprise, a consensus, not consensus, universal number one prospect across the scope of baseball. No positional restrictions,
1:00.2	no age definition, no level, just the very best prospect in the game. He can hit, he can
1:09.8	hit for power, he can run, he can really run. He can play shortstop.
1:15.3	He can stay at shortstop. And have I mentioned that he can hit through one, count them,
1:22.9	one season of professional ball. In addition to leaping up three levels from Bradenton to Greensboro to Al-Tuna,
1:33.7	he batted a combined 33 with a 415 on-base percentage, a 941 OPS,
1:42.1	21 home runs in 484 at bats.
1:48.2	And he just kept getting stronger.
1:53.5	This is something that looks like a misprint on his statistical lists.
1:59.8	But his OPS actually increased with each level.
2:03.8	He went from 932 to 942 to 961 with the curve.
2:10.4	He's 20 years old.
2:11.7	He's a hyper athletic 6-4-225.
2:17.0	It is seriously built like an NFL tight end.
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