Kris Bubic

Bats L Throws L6'3" 225 lbBorn 1997 Cupertino, USADebut 2020Team KC1x All-StarDraft 2018 RCB-A #40 Kansas City Royals, StanfordContract 1 y/$6.15M (26) 2026: $1,808,824

Projections

Season	BF	K%	BB%	HR%	1B%	XBH%	PITCH+
2026	509	23.5	7.9	2.89	21.8	6.61	104.2
2027							102.7
2028							101.0

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 27

His ten closest age-27 comparables averaged 97 PITCH+ the next season; 9 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	PITCH+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Tyler Glasnow	2021	104.7	126.1	26
2	Gavin Floyd	2010	99.8	105.9	798
3	Zack Greinke	2011	104.3	108.4	868
4	Mike Foltynewicz	2019	99.0	7.1	16
5	Jeff Francis	2008	98.2	did not play
6	Liam Hendriks	2016	91.7	111.0	273
7	Robbie Erlin	2018	101.7	94.5	251
8	Johnny Cueto	2013	103.9	116.9	961
9	Tyler Chatwood	2017	95.5	89.8	486
10	Carlos Carrasco	2014	98.4	112.5	730

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2025	KC	20	0	0
2024	KC	27	0	0
2023	KC	3	0	0
2022	KC	28	0	0
2021	KC	29	5	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-117.9
2020	KC	10	0	0
Career		117	5	1	0.000	0.000	0.000	0.000	-117.9

Pitching

Year	Team	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	BF	HR	BB	SO	PITCH+
2027 proj									509				102.7
2026*									207				110.1	100.8	110.9
2025	KC	8	7	2.55	20	20	0	116.3	476	6	39	116	110.4	101.7	112.0
2024	KC	1	1	2.67	27	0	1	30.3	121	2	5	39	118.9	98.3	117.2
2023	KC	0	2	3.94	3	3	0	16.0	68	1	2	16	104.5	93.3	97.8
2022	KC	3	13	5.58	28	27	0	129.0	587	18	63	110	80.8	100.2	81.0
2021	KC	6	7	4.43	29	20	0	130.0	556	22	59	114	93.4	99.9	93.3
2020	KC	1	6	4.32	10	10	0	50.0	222	8	22	49	96.2	102.6	98.8
Career		19	36	4.14	117	80	1	471.7	2030	57	190	444	95.9		96.3

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2021	5	92.7	-24.2	0.0	25.0	10.0	0.0	0.075	0.084	0.072

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	KC	P	20	116	3	13	1	1	0.941	+1.0
2024	KC	P	27	30	1	3	1	0	0.800	-0.3
2023	KC	P	3	16	1	1	0	0	1.000	-0.6
2022	KC	P	28	129	5	14	2	1	0.905	+0.2
2021	KC	P	29	130	3	9	1	2	0.923	-0.1
2020	KC	P	10	50	1	3	0	0	1.000	+0.7

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA
2026	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	23	4.1 IP, 4% K	10.98
2024	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	114	27.1 IP, 25% K	2.66
2024	AA	Northwest Arkansas Naturals	Pit	21	5.0 IP, 24% K	9.00
2022	AAA	Omaha Storm Chasers	Pit	58	13.2 IP, 29% K	6.82
2019	A+	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Pit	392	101.2 IP, 28% K	2.31
2019	A	Lexington Legends	Pit	183	47.2 IP, 41% K	2.10
2018	Rk	Idaho Falls Chukars	Pit	172	38.0 IP, 31% K	4.03

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2021	0.000	0.000		0.000

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.

Postseason pitching

Year	W	L	ERA	G	GS	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	SO	WHIP
2024	0	1	2.14	4	0	0	4.2	5	1	3	3	1.90
Career	0	1	2.14	4	0	0	4.2	5	1	3	3	1.90