Pittsburgh Pirates fans have gotten pretty used to hearing national people talk around their potential without actually planting a flag on anything. So when two of their prospects start showing up in Rookie of the Year conversations at the same time, it hits a little different.
MLB.com’s front-office poll had Konnor Griffin and Bubba Chandler both getting legitimate ROY love, with Pittsburgh standing out as the only team with two players among the leaders.
Let’s start with the obvious headliner: Griffin. If you’re the No. 1 prospect in baseball and execs are already tossing your name into a ROY poll, that’s “people are bracing for impact” territory.