MLB Pipeline's Jonathan Mayo gives Pittsburgh Pirates starting pitching prospect Chandler Jones a 45 percent chance to make the Opening Day roster out of spring training. Chandler, who is ranked as ...

If there’s one thing every Spring Training camp has in common, it’s that there are jobs up for competition. Sometimes, it’s a starting job or for a young player to make his first Opening Day roster.

With a couple of pieces still in question, it does leave the possibility open of another rookie making the jump in 2025, and I think it’s clear to see that Bubba Chandler is next in line.

Bubba Chandler learned in high school not to pay attention to rankings. Chandler was a standout quarterback at North Oconee High School in Bogart, Ga., when he received his first scholarship offer ...

To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. Bubba Chandler has a phrase for the praise and accolades: “rat poison.” The Pirates’ top prospect remembers ...

ESPN's Alden Gonzalez picked one player to watch for every team in Spring Training and tabbed top prospect, right-handed pitcher Bubba Chandler for the Pirates. While the odds may be stacked ...

MLB Pipeline's Jonathan Mayo predicted that Pittsburgh could take the same path with Bubba Chandler, who was ranked No. 15 in MLB Pipeline's prospect rankings. Mayo also said that he believes the ...

(Note: Tools are graded on a 20-80 scouting scale; ages as of July 1, 2025.) Advertisement Chandler was part of the Pirates’ 2021 draft class, where they took Henry Davis with the first pick and ...

The Pirates have extended Chandler an invitation to big-league camp during spring training. Fellow top prospects Konnor Griffin, Thomas Harrington and Termarr Johnson also received spring training ...

Right-handed pitchers Bubba Chandler, Thomas Harrington, Ryder Ryan and Sean Sullivan; left-handed hurlers Hunter Barco, Ryan Borucki and Anthony Solometo; catchers Omar Alfonzo and Aaron ...