Positioning Objects in a 2D Project

I am making a 2D pong game. The only thing that is eluding is initially placing the paddles on the screen. My intention is to place them just a little bit away from the right and left bounds of the camera. When I initially start my game, they are in a funky position.

I have a game over screen with a replay option. When I lose and do the replay, the paddles are exactly where I want them.

Here is my code for figuring out the positions of each paddle.

Right paddle (in the Start function):

 bottomLeft = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(new Vector2(0, 0));
 topRight = Camera.main.ScreenToWorldPoint(new Vector2(Screen.width, Screen.height));
  Debug.Log("TopRightX: " + GameManager.topRight.x.ToString()); 
  Debug.Log("TopRighty: " + GameManager.topRight.y.ToString());
  Vector 2 pos = Vector2.zero;
  pos = new Vector2(topRight.x, 0);
  pos -= Vector2.right * transform.localScale.x;
  transform.position = pos;
 Debug.Log("rPaddlePosition: " + transform.position.ToString());

Left paddle (in the Start function):

 Debug.Log("BotttomLeftX: " + bottomLeft.x.ToString());
 Debug.Log("BotttomLeftY: " + bottomLeft.y.ToString());
 pos = new Vector2(bottomLeft.x, 0);
 pos += Vector2.right * transform.localScale.x;
 transform.position = pos;
 Debug.Log("lPaddlePosition: " + transform.position.ToString());
     

These are the outputs on the first time loading.

 TopRightX: 0
 TopRighty: 0
 rPaddlePosition: (-0.3, 0.0, 0.0)
 BotttomLeftX: -10.46591
 BotttomLeftY: -5
 lPaddlePosition: (-10.1, 0.0, 0.0)

These are the outputs after I go through the game over screen and replay the game.

 TopRightX: 10.46591
 TopRighty: 5
 rPaddlePosition: (10.1, 0.0, 0.0)
 BotttomLeftX: -10.46591
 BotttomLeftY: -5
 lPaddlePosition: (-10.1, 0.0, 0.0)

My replay functionality is just a

 SceneManager.LoadScene(0); 

Where the scene index of the "game play scene" is 0. I'd appreciate any insight into getting the paddles placed correctly the first time.