Griffin Heats Up, Pirates Fans Rejoice

0:00On April 29th, Connor Griffin, the Pittsburgh Pirates' 20-year-old phenom, is finally heating up at the plate after a rocky start to his big, league career. Over his last five games, he's slashing 0.389 over 0.42, 1 over 0.722, good for an OPS of 1.14. 3. That's seven hits in 18 ad bats, his first two homers, five RBI's and two stolen bases. In his past 15 games, Griffin's been solid too, hitting 0.273 with an OPS of 0.747, including 15 knocks in, 55 ad bats, a double, a triple, and nine RBI's. He just turned 20 and debuted on April 3rd, so nearing a full month in the majors, this surge is a huge boost for the Pirates. The jump for minors to MLB hits hard, especially with pitches firing high velocity heat, fastballs make up 60.5% of what he's seeing. Young hitters struggle with that speed, but Griffin's adapting, crushing sinkers and

1:03cutters lately, like his homers off four scene fastballs and sinkers from guys like Brandon Woodruff and Matt Spanson. He's batting 0.450 on sinkers with the 0.600 slug 0.333 on cutters. Still, four scene fastballs are tough at 0.105 with nearly 50% strikeouts and off-speed stuff like change ups, 0 for 9 with whiffs galore, breaking balls sit at 0.192. If Griffin keeps barreling that velocity, pitches will mix in more breakers and off-speed, opening doors for deeper drives and more production. Pirates fans, stay tuned, this kid's on the rise. From around the league, powered by AI, this is MLB News Today, I'm Cory with the story.