

Chandler Lenard Simpson (born November 18, 2000) is an American professional baseball outfielder for the Tampa Bay Rays of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2025.
Amateur career
Simpson attended St. Pius X High School in Georgia, hitting .450 as a senior in 2019.. He received one offer to play college baseball at the NCAA Division I level, from the University of Alabama, Birmingham (UAB).
During the 2019 summer after graduating from high school, but before attending UAB, Simpson played for the Brookhaven Bucks in the Sunbelt Baseball League. He helped the Bucks win a second consecutive league championship, leading the team in batting average (.402), triples (4), and On Base Percentage (.471).
He entered his true freshman season as the starting shortstop for the UAB Blazers, and played 14 games before it was cut short due to the coronavirus pandemic. Simpson batted .288 and stole 24 bases in 27 attempts as a redshirt freshman.
After the season he transferred to Georgia Tech to play for the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets. In his only season playing for the Yellow Jackets, Simpson led Division I with a .434 batting average. In 2021, he played summer league baseball for the Fond du Lac Dock Spiders of the Northwoods League. After the 2022 season he played with the Cotuit Kettleers of the Cape Cod Baseball League.
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