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Griffin signs nine-year, $140M extension

By Chris Halickein Pittsburgh

Konnor Griffin, the Pirates' top position-player prospect in decades, this morning signed a $140 million extension to stay with the team for the next nine years. That'll eat up, based on the current labor agreement, what would've been three years of free agency.Read More

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