Kris Bubic Explained

Kris Bubic
Team:Kansas City Royals
Number:50
Position:Pitcher
Birth Date:19 August 1997
Birth Place:Cupertino, California, U.S.
Bats:Left
Throws:Left
Debutleague:MLB
Debutdate:July 31
Debutyear:2020
Debutteam:Kansas City Royals
Statleague:MLB
Statyear:August 19, 2024
Stat1label:Win–loss record
Stat1value:10–28
Stat2value:4.75
Stat3label:Strikeouts
Stat3value:308
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Kristofer Bubic (born August 19, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB).

Amateur career

Bubic attended Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California, where he played football[1] and baseball, and he graduated in 2015. As a junior, he was 8–2 with a 0.89 ERA,[2] and as a senior, he compiled a 1.20 ERA and struck out 82 batters in 70 innings pitched.[3] He was not drafted out of high school in the 2015 Major League Baseball draft and he enrolled at Stanford University where he played college baseball for the Stanford Cardinal.

As a freshman at Stanford in 2016, Bubic was 0–3 with a 3.26 ERA in 21 games (six starts).[4] In 2017, as a sophomore, he started 15 games and posted a 7–6 record and 2.79 ERA with 96 strikeouts in 90 innings.[5] After the season, he played in the Cape Cod Baseball League for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox, earning Pitcher of the Year honors after going 4–1 with a 1.65 ERA in innings.[6] [7] As a junior in 2018, he went 8–1 with a 2.62 ERA[8] and was named to the Pac-12 All-Conference Team.[9]

Professional career

Bubic was drafted 40th overall by the Kansas City Royals in the 2018 Major League Baseball draft and he signed with the Royals on June 18 for $1,597,500.[10] [11] [12] He made his professional debut with the Idaho Falls Chukars where he was named a Pioneer League All-Star.[13] [14] In ten starts for Idaho Falls, Bubic posted a 2–3 record with a 4.03 ERA.[15] Bubic began 2019 with the Lexington Legends.[16] After pitching to a 4–1 record with a 2.08 ERA in nine starts, he was promoted to the Wilmington Blue Rocks.[17] Over 17 starts with Wilmington, he went 7–4 with a 2.30 ERA. Bubic was named to the 2019 All-Star Futures Game.[18]

Bubic made his major league debut on July 31, 2020, against the Chicago White Sox, pitching four innings while allowing three earned runs and striking out three.[19] With the 2020 Kansas City Royals, Bubic made ten starts, compiling a 1–6 record with 4.32 ERA and 49 strikeouts over fifty innings pitched.[20] In 2021 he was 6–7 with an ERA of 4.43.[21]

In 2022 he was 3–13 with an ERA of 5.58 in 129 innings, as he had the worst OBP-against among major league pitchers, at .381, the highest WHIP (1.70), gave up the highest percentage of line drives (25.8%), and gave up the most walks per nine innings among major league pitchers (4.4).[22]

Bubic began the 2023 pitching out of the Royals' rotation. In 3 starts for the team, Bubic logged an 0-2 record and 3.94 ERA with 16 strikeouts in 16.0 innings pitched. On April 21, 2023, it was announced that Bubic would undergo Tommy John surgery, prematurely ending his season.[23]

Bubic was activated from the injured list and reinstated to the active roster on July 6, 2024.[24]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: All-Mercury News football: Second team, honorable mention. November 19, 2006. Times-Herald. May 10, 2018.
  2. Web site: CCS Junior of the Year: KRIS BUBIC, P, ARCHBISHOP MITTY. Prep2Prep High School Sports. May 10, 2018.
  3. Web site: Meet the 2016 Stanford Cardinal. February 19, 2016. Stanford Daily. May 10, 2018.
  4. Web site: 2018 CBD TOP 100 COUNTDOWN: 10. KRIS BUBIC (STANFORD). February 5, 2018 . College Baseball Daily. May 10, 2018.
  5. Web site: Esquer's return to Stanford baseball signals a new era. Palo Alto Online. May 10, 2018.
  6. Web site: Movin' On Up: Keeping track of our former prep athletes. August 30, 2017. The Mercury News. May 10, 2018.
  7. Web site: Kris Bubic . pointstreak.com . July 20, 2021.
  8. Web site: Royals select 5 pitchers, including RHP Brady Singer from Florida, in MLB Draft | FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports . Fox4kc.com . June 4, 2018 . November 9, 2019.
  9. Web site: Pac-12 ConferenceMay 31, 2018 . announces baseball All-Conference honors . https://web.archive.org/web/20180604033714/http://pac-12.com/article/2018/05/25/pac-12-announces-baseball-all-conference-honors . dead . June 4, 2018 . Pac-12 . May 31, 2018 . November 9, 2019.
  10. Web site: Royals' Kris Bubic: Drafted by Royals with 40th pick . CBSSports.com . June 5, 2018. November 9, 2019.
  11. Web site: Twitter . Mobile.twitter.com . June 18, 2018 . November 9, 2019.
  12. Web site: MLB Draft Tracker . MLB.com . November 9, 2019.
  13. Web site: Kansas City Royals: Prospect to Watch, Kris Bubic. August 17, 2018.
  14. Web site: Michael Collett . Chukars Garcia moved up, Bubic named as replacement on All Star team – KIFI . Localnews8.com . August 5, 2018 . November 9, 2019.
  15. Web site: Kris Bubic Stats, Highlights, Bio – MiLB.com Stats – The Official Site of Minor League Baseball. MiLB.com. September 11, 2018.
  16. Web site: Legends eager to begin 2019 season on Thursday | WDKY . Foxlexington.com . April 3, 2019. November 9, 2019.
  17. Web site: Royals' Kris Bubic: Moves up to High-A . CBSSports.com . May 21, 2019 . November 9, 2019.
  18. Web site: Singer, Bubic will rep Royals in Futures Game. Keegan Matheson. MLB.com. July 2, 2019. July 7, 2019.
  19. https://web.archive.org/web/20200817135010/https://www.kansascity.com/sports/mlb/kansas-city-royals/article244636177.html The Kansss City Star
  20. Web site: Kris Bubic Stats, Fantasy & News. MLB.com.
  21. Web site: Kris Bubic Stats, Height, Weight, Position, Rookie Status & More. Baseball-Reference.com.
  22. Web site: Splits Leaderboards . FanGraphs.
  23. Web site: Royals' Kris Bubic: Requires Tommy John surgery. April 21, 2023. cbssports.com. April 21, 2023 . en.
  24. Web site: Royals Activate Kris Bubic From 60-Day IL, DFA Colin Selby. July 7, 2024. mlbtraderumors.com. en.