PBN’s Top 30 Prospects: Unanimous Choice Atop Pirates’ List

Another minor league season has come and gone, meaning it’s time to update our top 30 prospects list for the Pittsburgh Pirates.

Our three-man staff here at Pittsburgh Baseball Now each submit our individual top 30 rankings and each prospect ranking is averaged to determine positioning in the top 30.

The top of our 2024 list is going to look drastically different than this time last year as top pitching prospects Paul Skenes and Jared Jones no longer qualify. Skenes is likely the frontrunner to win National League Rookie of the Year while Jones also had a fine first season with the Pirates.

Skenes topped our list last year, but our new No. 1 is another pitching prospect in Bubba Chandler, who split time between Double-A and Triple-A this season and emerged as our unanimous choice.

There are several 2024 draft choices who make their debuts in our top 30, led by first-rounder Konnor Griffin, who was selected with the ninth pick. Fellow 2024 draftees Levi Sterling and Wyatt Sanford are also in the top 10.

Without further ado, here’s what we came up with.

1. RHP Bubba Chandler
2. INF/OF Konnor Griffin
3. INF Termarr Johnson
4. RHP Thomas Harrington
5. RHP Braxton Ashcraft
6. INF/OF Nick Yorke
7. LHP Hunter Barco
8. RHP Levi Sterling
9. INF Wyatt Sanford
10. RHP Zander Mueth
11. INF Jack Brannigan
12. LHP Anthony Solometo
13. LHP Michael Kennedy
14. RHP Carlson Reed
15. RHP Mike Burrows
16. INF Mitch Jebb
17. INF Yordany De Los Santos
18. 1B/OF Billy Cook
19. C Omar Alfonzo
20. INF Tsung-Che Cheng
21. INF Johnny Severino
22. RHP David Matoma
23. LHP Josh Hartle
24. OF Tony Blanco Jr.
25. OF Lonnie White Jr.
26. INF Keiner Delgado
27. OF/1B: Edward Florentino
28. RHP Matt Ager
29. OF Shalin Polanco
30. LHP Connor Wietgrefe

Also receiving votes: RHP Alessandro Ercolani, RHP Brandon Bidois, RHP Khristian Curtis, OF Matt Gorski, RHP Wilber Dotel, OF Estuar Suero.

Starting on Monday, we will be releasing individual breakdowns on each of our top 30 Pirates’ prospects.