One of LSU baseball’s top signees in the 2024 recruiting class has yet to sign his pro contract. The deadline for him to sign is 4 p.m. CT on Thursday.
[autotag]Konnor Griffin[/autotag] is one of the best baseball players in the country, regardless of his just being a high school kid. Griffin signed his letter of intent to play for LSU but no one assumed he would make it to Baton Rouge because he was an early-round pick in the [autotag]2024 MLB draft[/autotag].
Everything played out how people thought it would as Griffin was drafted in the first round by the [autotag]Pittsburgh Pirates[/autotag]. As the No. 9 pick in the draft, the slot value for his pick is $6,216,600. When it comes to high school kids being drafted early, most of the time the team who drafts him will pay over the slot value to get him to sign.
The Pirates may have to do just that to sign Griffin, who remains unsigned at this moment. If Griffin does not sign with the Pirates, he can still go to LSU and the Pirates would get a compensatory pick in the 2025 draft.
The @MLBDraft signing deadline is 5 pm ET on Thursday. As of this morning, there are 16 players selected in the top 10 rounds who have yet to agree to terms: pic.twitter.com/PmzQk6YqyV
— Jim Callis (@jimcallisMLB) July 29, 2024
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