Red Rookie
Chrome #38 · Base #83
Bubba Chandler
Pittsburgh Pirates · baseball
Bubba Chandler Red Rookie card is on the 2026 Bowman Red RC Baseball checklist. Only a Rookie of the Year winner can redeem.
Last sold $3.00Oct 7, 2026
- BoxNo box
- RoleSitting
- BookNeutral
- PrintOver FMV
2.2 IP, 4 ER, 2 K, 4 BB @ DET · 0/14d · 10 prints · last $3.00 vs $1.16 FMV
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Official Hobby: hobby slang · redemptions
Season
2026 season
- ERA
- 4.50
- IP
- 154.0
- SO
- 140
- WHIP
- 1.40
- GS
- 30
Redemption status
ActiveBubba Chandler is active in the 2026 Bowman Red RC Baseball checklist. Still eligible for this redemption program. Jhostynxon Garcia is on the same Pittsburgh Pirates checklist.
Games
Last game
PIT 7–8 DETL
@ DET · Fri, Sep 25
Highlights
2.2 IP, 4 ER, 2 K, 4 BB
Fri, Sep 25
Upcoming
Off
No next game on the slate
FMV
$1.167.6%
90d · vs last refresh
Window
Last sold
$3.00159.7%
Oct 7
PriceBullish
VolumeNeutral10 prints · 8/14d
Sep 27Sep 30Oct 3Oct 6Oct 10
Volume
Official Hobby: comps and raw · how to price
Market lean
Bubba Chandler holds a neutral market lean as his 80 walks in 154.0 innings temper the excitement over his locked-in Pittsburgh Pirates rotation role, leaving buyers content to hold raw singles rather than chase higher-tier comps.
Securing a spot in the Pittsburgh Pirates rotation, Bubba Chandler logged 31 appearances and 30 starts across 154.0 innings of work, putting up a 4.50 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, and 140 strikeouts against 80 walks. That volume has trickled onto the secondary market, where raw singles for his 2026 Bowman Chrome Red RC trade around pocket change territory with active tape flow.
Control numbers stood out in his September 25 outing against Detroit, where he labored through 2.2 innings, giving up four earned runs on four walks and two strikeouts in an 8-7 loss. Buyers checking sold comps are balancing that walk total against his ability to hold down a regular major league turn.
Collectors treat his raw cards as a patient hold rather than a frantic chase. Until those free passes decrease, his singles will stay pegged as budget inventory.
Hobby takeaway
Hold your chrome parallels and watch how his workload stabilizes in the rotation next spring.
Season lines, role, and the box score levers that move the Red RC chase and checklist.
Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Bubba Chandler secured a steady spot in the rotation this year, making 30 starts among 31 total appearances and chewing up 154.0 innings of work with 140 strikeouts and a 4.50 ERA. On September 25 against Detroit, his final mound outing did not go to plan as he labored through 2.2 frames, giving up four earned runs, four walks, and two strikeouts in an 8-7 defeat. Collectors tracking his path from top prospect status to the active roster will find his 2026 Bowman Chrome Red RC squarely in the checklist.
Bubba Chandler is a Lawrenceville, Georgia right hander whose Pittsburgh Pirates Red RC case is rotation volume with mid 4s rates. A third round pick in 2021 who signed away from a Clemson football path, he debuted August 22, 2025, posted a 4.02 ERA across 31.1 innings, then a 4.26 ERA with 103 strikeouts across 116.1 IP in 22 starts in 2026. For collectors tracking Red Rookie redemption and FanCash ladder talk, innings sticking and cleaner WHIP are what lift Bowman Red RC discovery.
Key notes: Hometown: Lawrenceville, Georgia; 2021: Pirates 3rd Round (No. 72); 2025-08-22: MLB debut; 2025: 4-1, 4.02 ERA in 31.1 IP; 2026: 4-8, 4.26 ERA, 103 SO in 116.1 IP.
Player details
- Position
- P
- Height
- 6'3"
- Weight
- 206 lb
- Bats
- S
- Throws
- R
- Born
- 2002-09-14
- Age
- 24
- Birthplace
- Lawrenceville, USA
- Debut
- 2025-08-22
