Kris Bubic

Kristofer Bubic (born August 19, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the Kansas City Royals organization.

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 MLB Draft and he enrolled at Stanford University where he played college baseball for the Stanford Cardinal.

As a freshman at Stanford in 2016 he 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 where he was named Pitcher of the Year after going 4-1 with a 1.65 ERA in 32.2 innings.^[6] As a junior in 2018, he went 8-1 with a 2.62 ERA^[7] and was named to the Pac-12 All Conference Team.^[8]

Bubic was drafted 40th overall by the Kansas City Royals in the 2018 MLB Draft^[9] and he signed with the Royals on June 18^[10] for $1,597,500.^[11] He made his professional debut with the Idaho Falls Chukars^[12] where he was named a Pioneer League All-Star.^[13] In ten starts for Idaho Falls, Bubic posted a 2-3 record with a 4.03 ERA.^[14]

References

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• Stanford Cardinal bio