And down the stretch they come! On the penultimate Friday of full-slate affiliate ball action, MLB’s No. 1 prospect Konnor Griffin (Pirates), looked the part -- even if one of his first Double-A moonshots came off a fellow position player. His teammate even cycled! Elsewhere, there were Harry Potter uniforms, a Peanuts Christmas jersey and threads with a much deeper meaning to Texas’ Hill Country . Lots of top prospects were burning the proverbial midnight oil, so let’s highlight the standouts:

Konnor Griffin, SS, Altoona ( PIT No. 1 / MLB No. 1 )

It’s been a meteoric rise to the top of the prospect rankings for Griffin in his first full pro season, but even this was something else. The 19-year-old plated a pair with a line-drive base hit in the second, giving him five consecutive

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