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Pirates' Bubba Chandler: Garners spring invite
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 invites from the Pirates. Chandler appears the most ready of that group to help the major-league club in 2025, perhaps even as a member of its Opening Day rotation. The 22-year-old posted a 3.08 ERA and 148:41 K:BB over 119.2 innings between Double-A Altoona and Triple-A Indianapolis in 2024, including a 1.75 ERA and 61:15 K:BB in his final 46.1 frames.
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Pirates' Bubba Chandler: Dominates again
Chandler gave up one hit and two walks while striking out 10 over six scoreless frames Tuesday for Triple-A Indianapolis.
Chandler has a 1.95 ERA, 0.78 WHIP and 93:19 K:BB in 74 innings across his last 13 starts split between Double-A and Triple-A. The 6-foot-2 righty turns 22 this weekend and is looking like a finished product with a claim as the best pitching prospect in the game.
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Pirates' Bubba Chandler: Promoted to Triple-A
The Pirates promoted Chandler from Double-A Altoona to Triple-A Indianapolis on Friday, Alex Stumpf of MLB.com reports.
In 18 appearances at Double-A this season (15 starts), Chandler has posted a 3.93 ERA and 1.05 WHIP alongside an 87:26 K:BB through 73.1 innings. Regarded as the Pirates' top pitching prospect, the 21-year-old righty will most likely spend the remainder of the 2024 campaign in Triple-A and look to crack the big-league rotation at some point in '25.
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Pirates' Bubba Chandler: Back in action for Altoona
Double-A Altoona reinstated Chandler (forearm) from its 7-day injured list May 29.
Chandler spent just over the minimum seven days on the shelf after Altoona deactivated him May 19 due to what was an apparently minor forearm injury. He's given up three runs (two earned) on eight hits and one walk while striking out eight in nine innings in his two starts since re-entering the rotation. Over 10 appearances (nine starts) overall with Altoona in 2024, Chandler has logged a 4.81 ERA, 1.36 WHIP and 38:19 K:BB across 33.2 innings.
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Pirates' Bubba Chandler: Throws side session
Chandler (forearm) threw a side session Friday, MLB.com reports.
Despite the injury being termed a forearm issue, the Pirates insisted that Chandler was placed on the 7-day injured list as a precaution. The team's description of the issue appears to be accurate, however, as his side session came only five days after being placed on the injured list and the expectation is that he will return to game action soon.
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Pirates' Bubba Chandler: Dealing with forearm injury
Chandler was placed on Double-A Altoona's 7-day injured list Sunday with a forearm injury, though Pirates assistant GM Steve Sanders labeled the move as precautionary, Alex Stumpf of MLB.com reports.
The 21-year-old is one of the organization's top prospects and has struggled early in 2024 with a 5.84 ERA and 30:18 K:BB across 24.2 innings. Chandler will be sidelined for at least the next week but is without an official timeline for his return.
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Pirates' Bubba Chandler: Treading water at Double-A
Chandler has a 4.13 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 29 strikeouts and 13 walks in 24 innings across seven appearances for Double-A Altoona.
Chandler has a 3.72 FIP and 3.70 xFIP, so he's been perfectly fine in a return to Double-A after making one start there to close 2023. The former two-way prospect has logged four-plus innings in three of his seven outings, as he has struggled to be efficient thus far (13 percent walk rate). He is the fifth-youngest pitcher with 20-plus innings at Double-A and turns 22 in September.
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Player Bio
| HT/WT: 6-3, 200 lbs |
| Age: 22 |
| Experience: R |
| Bats/Throws: S, R |