Griffin's Birthday Blast: Pirates Prospect's Historic HR

0:00It's April 25th. Welcome in. This is MLB News Today, where the game meets AI. I'm Corey with the story. Connor Griffin turned 20 and celebrated by smashing his first major league home run in his 20th career game. The pirate shortstop crushed a fastball, 386 feet to the opposite field of Brandon Woodruff and the Brewers at American Family, Field on Friday night. His teammates hid him with the classic silent treatment when he got back to the dugout, but Griffin kept the vibe going solo, grabbing the team's welding mass for the home run ritual and air high-fiving his way down the line. This feat puts him in rare company, just a third player since 1900 to go deep on his birthday at age 20 or younger. He's also the youngest in the wildcard era to not just first Homer that way, and Pittsburgh's top prospect showed why after signing a nine year. Extension earlier this month. Griffin debuted hot on April 3rd with an RBI double, but cooled off, hitting 182 with eight RBI's over 19 games before this blast.

1:03Last year in the minors, he popped 21 homers across three levels. That power stroke signals the star-power pirate's fans have been craving, and with his upside, expect plenty more fireworks ahead.