Will Konnor Griffin make the opening day 26 man roster in March?
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Not that maybe he should be there opening day but he won't because of teams efforts to manipulate service time.
My understanding is the Pirates can send him down for 16 days then call him up and they will have him for 7 years instead of 6.
The caveat to that is under the CBA if he finishes in the top 2 for ROTY he would be awarded a full year of service regardless when they called him up.
My understanding is the Pirates can send him down for 16 days then call him up and they will have him for 7 years instead of 6.
The caveat to that is under the CBA if he finishes in the top 2 for ROTY he would be awarded a full year of service regardless when they called him up.
Knowing this I can’t see the pirates bringing him up for the first could of weeks of the season. This kid is special though. Best player Mississippi has produced since when?
He'll start at AAA for a month, then be brought up. After 3-4 weeks, the Pirates get that extra year of control. The Cubs did the same thing with Kris Bryant.
In the words of Austin Riley, “ I wanted to go to State, but they offered “life changing money” that I couldn’t ignore.
If you got a kid and you're worried he might win ROTY and get that year back anyway, you put him on your roster.
They did the same thing with Skenes. He won ROTY so they lost the year and didn't get a compensatory pick either.
They did the same thing with Skenes. He won ROTY so they lost the year and didn't get a compensatory pick either.
He recently got married, hope that doesn’t do to his game what marriage did to my golf game.
Sorry to make assumptions about your golf game, but I'm guessing it was never going to earn you millions each year?
Its possible! Time will tell of course but he's a five tool guy no doubt. To me, he comps more to Bobby Witt. Kid got some wheels.
Obviously needs to spend some more time in the minors so he doesn't become another bum like the other guys on that list. If you expand it to 51 years you have to include Robin Yount, so even more proof they need to hold him back.
Reid wasn't a Mississippian. . . . .He was from Thomasville, AL. . . . .He committed to the diamond dogs but was given the highest signing bonus of any HS player ever up to that time when he was drafted in '88. . . . .Just think if he had played on that '89 MSU team (what some considered the best MSU ever). . . . .
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The Pirates need to make a bid to be good while they can afford it. They need to pitch Skenes as many starts as they can and put this kid on the roster for as many games as they can. They aren't gonna keep the good players when they become expensive.