The Pittsburgh Pirates have decided to promote 22-year-old right-hander Bubba Chandler — baseball’s top pitching prospect — ahead of their game Friday against the Colorado Rockies. Pirates manager Don Kelly said he's excited to add Chandler to a staff that already includes 2024 NL Rookie of the Year Paul Skenes.

The Pittsburgh Pirates will call up right-handed pitcher Bubba Chandler and add him to the big-league staff on Friday, MLB.com reports.  Chandler, who turns 23 in September, is one of the top pitching prospects in all of baseball.

The Pittsburgh Pirates will bring up top pitching prospect Bubba Chandler to the MLB and made room on their roster to do so. The Pirates announced