Pirates' young core led by Paul Skenes and Konnor Griffin receives surprisingly low ranking

Why Pirates' young core is ranked lower than expected

After Skenes and Griffin, they have Jared Jones and Bubba Chandler as their other top players in their young core.

While those are two solid players, they haven't shown nearly enough potential to help raise the Pirates' ranking on Miller's best young cores in baseball.

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There are other teams that went unranked, like the Atlanta Braves and Washington Nationals, that have a similar problem. They might have the high-end talent, but they lack the depth to make for an overall best core.

If Skenes weren't such a dominant player, the Pirates might not be inside Miller's top 10. While this 10th-place ranking from Miller feels like a slight at the Pirates, considering this ranking includes Skenes and Griffin, it does make some sense.

As good as Skenes has been, and as good as Griffin looks like he can be, the production of the rest of this core four from Chandler and Jones, while promising, isn't as elite as some other teams' young cores.

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