The Pittsburgh Pirates have made some big additions to their spring training roster, including some of the franchise’s top prospects.
The Pirates announced seven more non-roster invitees to their Major League camp in Bradenton, Florida. They will train with the best players and look to increase their stock ahead of the 2026 season.
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Top prospect Konnor Griffin is the big name to be announced for the spring training team. He was selected ninth overall in the 2024 draft out of Jackson Preparatory School in Mississippi. He was the first high school player selected in this draft and the Bucs believe he could be a future star just for the team but in the league.
He had a solid spring training, starting at Single-A Bradenton, he then moved to High-A Greensboro on June 10, then to Double-A with Altoona on July 18. Griffin slashed .333/.415/.527 for a .942 OPS in 122 games, 161 hits, 23 doubles, four triples, 21 home runs, 94 RBIs, 50 walks to 122 strikeouts and 65 stolen bases in 13 attempts.
He became the unanimous top prospect in baseball, played in the Futures Game during All-Star Week, and received numerous accolades for his play, including Baseball America naming him Minor League Player of the Year and MLB Pipeline naming him Hitting Prospect of the Year and Leadoff of the Year.
Griffin is also rumored to be a potential Opening Day shortstop for the Pirates. He won a MiLB Gold Glove Award at the position in 2025. Since moving Oneil Cruz to the outfield, the Pirates have not had a shortstop position.
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Other players include infielders Termarr Johnson and Duce Gorson, catchers Omar Alfonzo and Shawn Ross, and right-handed pitchers Noah Davis and Chris Devenski are the seven additions.
Johnson is another young player who has really excited the organization. He was the fourth overall pick in the 2022 MLB Draft out of Benjamin E. Mays High School in Atlanta, Georgia.
The young prospect spent his entire 2025 season in Altoona, where he hit .272/.363/.382 for a .745 OPS in 119 games, with 118 hits, 67 runs, 15 doubles, three triples, nine home runs, 35 RBIs and 20 stolen bases.
MLB Pipeline and Baseball America rank Johnson as the Pirates’ seventh-best prospect for the new season.
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Former UCLA player Duce Gorson started with Greensboro before heading to Altoona on June 24, where he spent the remainder of the season. The infielder had a solid season at the plate, hitting .275/.370/.439 for an OPS of .809 in 95 games, with 92 hits, 21 doubles, 10 home runs, 38 RBIs and 31 stolen bases. Some websites list Gorson as the 21st best prospect while others don’t even have him in the top 30.
Catching prospect Omar Alfonzo should be a future star behind the plate, he ranks 13th in the top 30 Pirate prospects in American baseball.
While Ross played with Altoona and Triple-A Indianapolis, hitting .174/.285/.295 for a .580 OPS in 68 games played last season.
Davis has MLB experience and spent time with the Colorado Rockies from 2022 to 2024. He also pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Minnesota Twins last season. He is 0-6 in 27 appearances and six starts, a 9.53 ERA over 62.1 innings pitched, 58 strikeouts to 29 walks, a .364 batting average allowed and a 2.05 WHIP.
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Devenski played some time with the New York Mets in 2025 and showed real potential out of the bullpen. He finished with a 2.16 ERA in 13 games, one start and 16.2 innings pitched, plus 14 strikeouts on five walks, a 0.179 batting average allowed and a 0.90 WHIP.
Devenski is more of a veteran as he spent time with the Houston Astros for five seasons in 2016-20, winning the 2017 World Series with them and earning an All-Star nod as a rookie in 2016.
These seven players will join the first seven non-roster invitees to Major League camp among outfielders Ronny Simon and Dominic Fletcher, infielder Davis Wendzel, right-handed pitchers Beau Burrows and Noah Murdock, and left-handed pitchers Joe La Sorsa and Oddanier Mosqueda.
Many of these prospects have a lot of potential and it will be a lot of fun to see how they play in spring training, especially top prospect Konnor Griffin who is expected to play a big role for the team this season.
