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Bubba Chandler learned in high school not to pay attention to rankings ... a scholarship from Clemson before becoming a full-time baseball player when the Pittsburgh Pirates selected him in ...

In catching Skenes, Chandler, now ranked the Pirates’ No. 1 overall prospect (and No. 15 in baseball per MLB Pipeline ... stems from a lesson learned at High-A Greensboro in 2023, when he ...