Pirates' Konnor Griffin celebrates 20th birthday with first career home run

Griffin entered the season as the consensus No. 1 prospect in all of baseball, and arrived with such fanfare and hype as a 19-year-old that the Pirates already signed him to a nine-year, $140 million contract extension that is the largest contract in franchise history.

His first 20 games in the Major Leagues have been a mixed bag as he goes through the adjustments that will obviously come for a player that young in the Majors. He doubled in his first career at-bat, then went through an extended slump before heating up with a six-game hitting streak that included a couple of near-misses for his first home run. That was then followed by the aforementioned 0-for-11 slump that ended on Friday night with his home run.