Kris Bubic
P | Bats/Throws: L/L | 6' 3" 225LBS | Age: 26
Draft: 2018 | Rd: CB-A, #40, Kansas City Royals | Stanford
W L ERA G GS SV IP SO WHIP
2022 3 13 5.58 28 27 0 129 110 1.70
2023 0 2 3.94 3 3 0 16 16 1.31
2024 0 0 0.00 5 0 0 6 7 0.50
5 Seasons 10 28 4.76 75 60 0 331 296 1.50
G W-L ERA IP SO WHIP
2022 28 3-13 5.58 129 110 1.70
2023 3 0-2 3.94 16 16 1.31
2024 5 0-0 0.00 6 7 0.50
5 Seasons 75 10-28 4.76 331 296 1.50
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Pitch Distribution
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Statcast Statistics

Season Age Pitches Batted
Balls		 Barrels Barrel % Barrel/PA Exit
Velocity		 Max EV Launch
Angle		 LA Sweet-
Spot %		 XBA XSLG WOBA XWOBA XWOBACON HardHit% K% BB% ERA xERA
2020 22 932 149 12 8.1 5.4 87.1 108.5 11.5 35.6 .271 .452 .336 .349 .409 36.2 22.1 9.9 4.32 5.30
2021 23 2202 376 34 9.0 6.1 88.8 112.6 9.1 34.8 .255 .456 .337 .349 .394 39.6 20.5 10.6 4.43 5.30
2022 24 2262 410 32 7.8 5.5 90.0 114.4 10.7 41.0 .286 .455 .371 .362 .405 44.9 18.7 10.7 5.58 5.67
2023 25 264 49 3 6.1 4.4 91.7 111.3 8.8 26.5 .266 .417 .310 .310 .387 44.9 23.5 2.9 3.94 4.04
2024 26 83 12 0 0.0 0.0 87.3 101.8 11.8 41.7 .186 .266 .158 .217 .304 33.3 35.0 5.0 0.00 1.87
Player 5743 996 81 8.1 5.6 89.1 114.4 10.1 37.1 .269 .450 .347 .350 .399 41.5 20.4 10.1
MLB 7.0 4.8 88.5 122.4 12.3 33.1 .245 .406 .316 .315 .369 36.5 22.2 8.4
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Statcast Pitch Arsenal

Bubic relies on 5 pitches.
Four Seamer
(48.2%) ,
Slider
(28.9%) ,
Changeup
(14.5%) ,
Sinker
(4.8%) ,
Cutter
(3.6%) ,


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Pitch Tracking



Batted Ball Profile

Season GB % FB % LD % PU % Pull % Straight % Oppo % Weak % Topped % Under % Flare/Burner % Solid % Barrel % Barrel/PA
2020 46.3 17.4 27.5 8.7 41.6 35.6 22.8 10.1 30.2 18.8 28.2 4.7 8.1 5.4
2021 47.3 22.3 24.5 5.9 41.0 37.2 21.8 4.3 37.8 20.5 22.3 6.1 9.0 6.1
2022 42.2 24.6 29.0 4.1 36.1 38.0 25.9 5.1 27.6 21.7 30.5 7.1 7.8 5.5
2023 53.1 24.5 18.4 4.1 34.7 44.9 20.4 6.1 26.5 28.6 28.6 4.1 6.1 4.4
2024 50.0 8.3 33.3 8.3 33.3 41.7 25.0 16.7 33.3 16.7 16.7 16.7 0.0 0.0
Player 45.4 22.5 26.6 5.5 38.7 37.8 23.6 5.7 31.8 21.1 26.8 6.3 8.1 5.6
MLB 44.5 23.7 24.8 7.0 37.1 37.5 25.3 3.9 32.7 24.8 24.4 5.8 7.0 4.8
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Pitch Movement

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How this works: Every pitch is affected by the forces of gravity, which means that every pitch drops on its way from the mound to the plate. These numbers are reported with gravity, which makes them larger and different than other pitch movement numbers you may have seen. Since gravity requires time, and slower pitches aren’t ‘better’ just because they have more time to move, the movement of a pitch is compared to ‘average’ movement by comparing it to other MLB pitch types within +/- 2 MPH and from within +/- 0.5 feet of extension and release.
Vertical Movement (inches) Horizontal Movement (inches)
Year Pitch Team Hand # MPH Inches of Drop vs Avg % vs Avg Inches of Break vs Avg % Break vs Avg
2024 Changeup KC L 12 84.7 32.9 0.2 1 14.9 0.9 7
2024 4-Seam Fastball KC L 40 93.9 13.9 1.2 8 3.4 -3.9 -53
2024 Slider KC L 24 85.1 43.1 7.0 19 11.1 5.6 104
2024 Sinker KC L 4 92.9 20.7 -2.6 -11 11.9 -2.9 -20
2024 Cutter KC L 3 86.3 36.2 -6.3 -21 3.3 0.0 -1
2023 4-Seam Fastball KC L 112 91.7 16.8 0.1 1 6.0 -1.2 -17
2023 Curveball KC L 48 80.9 48.7 -2.1 -4 7.7 -1.0 -12
2023 Changeup KC L 64 82.1 36.0 0.5 1 14.8 0.5 4
2023 Slider KC L 39 83.6 39.5 1.6 4 6.8 1.0 18
2022 Curveball KC L 491 79.4 56.4 3.2 6 7.6 -1.6 -18
2022 4-Seam Fastball KC L 1,143 91.9 15.9 0.2 1 7.7 0.5 6
2022 Changeup KC L 628 80.7 33.2 -2.2 -6 14.3 -0.4 -3
2021 Changeup KC L 675 80.0 35.0 -0.2 -1 12.7 -1.2 -9
2021 Curveball KC L 378 78.5 59.5 4.9 9 8.3 -1.3 -13
2021 4-Seam Fastball KC L 1,138 90.9 17.7 -1.1 -6 6.2 -0.8 -12
2020 Changeup KC L 278 79.6 32.7 -1.9 -6 12.6 -0.8 -6
2020 Curveball KC L 148 78.5 56.3 2.1 4 10.1 0.2 2
2020 4-Seam Fastball KC L 505 91.4 16.3 0.0 0 6.0 -0.9 -13
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
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Run Values by Pitch Type

Year Pitch Type Team RV/100 Run Value Pitches % PA BA SLG wOBA Whiff% K% PutAway % xBA xSLG xwOBA Hard Hit %
2024 4-Seam Fastball 0.4 0 40 48.2 6 .200 .600 .383 40.9 33.3 13.3 .277 .330 .335 33.3
2024 Slider 5.6 1 24 28.9 8 .125 .125 .113 28.6 37.5 25.0 .137 .210 .149 20.0
2024 Changeup 9.4 1 12 14.5 6 .000 .000 .000 44.4 33.3 40.0 .176 .288 .192 50.0
2024 Sinker 3.1 0 4 4.8 -- -- -- 0.0 -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2024 Cutter -0.2 0 3 3.6 -- -- -- -- -- 0.0 -- -- -- --
2023 4-Seam Fastball -0.3 0 112 42.4 23 .476 .619 .498 22.8 8.7 6.9 .333 .500 .387 36.8
2023 Changeup 1.2 1 65 24.6 19 .263 .263 .237 41.7 26.3 21.7 .230 .269 .219 35.7
2023 Curveball 2.2 1 48 18.2 15 .143 .357 .240 25.0 26.7 30.8 .259 .616 .384 60.0
2023 Slider 0.6 0 39 14.8 11 .182 .182 .164 26.9 45.5 22.7 .212 .260 .204 66.7
2022 4-Seam Fastball -1.8 -20 1,143 50.5 277 .348 .587 .441 20.1 20.2 18.9 .296 .498 .391 48.6
2022 Changeup -0.3 -2 628 27.8 202 .258 .399 .340 26.1 19.3 18.8 .274 .448 .354 38.6
2022 Curveball -1.0 -5 491 21.7 108 .294 .353 .304 15.9 13.9 14.7 .283 .368 .309 47.2
2021 4-Seam Fastball 0.6 7 1,144 52.0 262 .217 .355 .318 20.8 20.6 19.1 .244 .411 .347 39.8
2021 Changeup -1.1 -7 679 30.8 219 .251 .503 .365 28.0 23.7 23.3 .261 .500 .357 40.1
2021 Curveball -2.3 -9 379 17.2 75 .338 .549 .397 20.1 10.7 8.9 .273 .467 .337 38.1
2020 4-Seam Fastball -0.9 -4 505 54.2 111 .299 .464 .392 23.4 27.9 25.8 .293 .487 .378 40.9
2020 Changeup -0.9 -2 278 29.8 86 .244 .474 .350 31.1 16.3 15.7 .264 .472 .347 37.5
2020 Curveball 1.4 2 148 15.9 24 .174 .174 .179 11.6 16.7 6.9 .204 .235 .218 15.8
! Note: Years are in reverse order.
! Note: To better align with other values, positive numbers (red) are good, and negative numbers (blue) are poor.
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Spin Direction

Year Pitch Type Pitches MPH Active Spin % Total Movement (In.) Spin-Based Observed Deviation
2024 Changeup 11 84.6 88 16.2 10:15 9:30 45
2024 4-Seam Fastball 38 94.0 86 16.8 11:15 11:30 -15
2024 Slider 23 85.2 41 14.1 4:45 4:00 45
2023 Changeup 48 81.8 87 15.4 10:00 9:15 45
2023 Curveball 33 80.4 55 12.3 4:30 4:45 -15
2023 4-Seam Fastball 83 91.2 86 16.2 10:45 11:15 -30
2023 Slider 29 83.2 20 7.2 3:30 3:15 15
2022 Changeup 627 80.7 99 16.9 9:45 9:45 0
2022 Curveball 491 79.4 73 17.5 5:15 5:00 15
2022 4-Seam Fastball 1,140 91.9 94 17.8 11:00 11:00 0
2021 Changeup 677 80.0 97 14.8 10:00 9:45 15
2021 Curveball 379 78.5 83 19.7 5:00 5:15 -15
2021 4-Seam Fastball 1,134 90.9 91 16.1 11:00 11:15 -15
2020 Changeup 237 79.7 99 16.1 10:00 10:00 0
2020 Curveball 132 78.4 75 18.0 5:00 4:45 15
2020 4-Seam Fastball 425 91.4 91 16.9 11:00 11:15 -15
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Swing/Take

Runs
Year Team PA Pitches Heart Shadow Chase Waste All
2020 221 931 0 8 -8 -4 -5
2021 556 2,202 -3 21 -17 -10 -9
2022 587 2,262 -4 1 -15 -9 -27
2023 68 264 2 2 -1 -1 2
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Plate Discipline

Season Pitches Zone % Zone Swing % Zone Contact % Chase % Chase Contact % Edge % 1st Pitch Strike % Swing % Whiff % Meatball % Meatball Swing %
2020 932 49.2 68.6 77.4 21.8 66.0 38.0 47.7 44.8 24.6 8.9 79.5
2021 2,202 49.7 65.4 83.1 24.4 58.1 43.7 55.4 44.8 23.4 7.3 81.9
2022 2,262 51.1 69.1 83.6 23.9 62.5 43.7 58.9 47.0 21.3 8.8 77.4
2023 264 56.4 76.5 75.4 25.2 51.7 39.4 63.2 54.2 28.7 11.7 80.6
2024 83 60.2 68.0 73.5 39.4 38.5 49.4 55.0 56.6 36.2 8.4 100.0
Player 5,743 50.7 68.0 81.8 24.0 60.4 42.7 56.0 46.3 23.3 8.4 79.8
MLB 48.6 67.0 82.0 28.4 57.9 42.6 61.0 47.2 24.8 7.3 76.2
! Note: All figures in this table cover the period 2015-present.

Percentile Rankings

Year xwOBA /
xERA 		xBA xSLG xISO xOBP Brl Brl% EV Hard
Hit% 		K% BB% Whiff% Chase
Rate 		FB
Velo 		FB
Spin 		CB
Spin 		Extension
2020 21 21 25 36 21 13 35 71 55 42 35 35 9 21 34 54 84
2021 14 27 19 15 16 13 29 51 41 28 21 28 13 15 18 71 75
2022 3 2 9 22 1 18 39 13 7 22 13 17 4 20 26 68 72
2023 16 34 87
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Expected Home Runs

Year Team Avg HR Trot Actual HR xHR HR-xHR Doubters Mostly Gone No Doubters No Doubter %

Expected Home Runs by Park

Year HR

Year to Year Changes

Metric 2020 2021 +/-   2022 +/-   2023 +/-   2024 +/-  
Fastball Velocity 91.4 90.9 -0.5 ↓ 91.9 1.0 ↑ 91.7 -0.2 ↓ 93.4 1.7 ↑
Offspeed Velocity 79.6 80.0 0.4 ↑ 80.7 0.7 ↑ 82.2 1.5 ↑ 84.7 2.5 ↑
Breaking Velocity 78.5 78.5 0.0 79.4 0.9 ↑ 82.1 2.7 ↑ 85.1 3.0 ↑
Exit Velocity 87.1 88.8 1.7 ↑ 90.0 1.2 ↑ 91.7 1.7 ↑ 87.3 -4.4 ↓
Launch Angle 11.5 9.1 -2.4 ↓ 10.7 1.6 ↑ 8.8 -1.9 ↓ 11.8 3.0 ↑
Barrel % 8.1 9.0 0.9 ↑ 7.8 -1.2 ↓ 6.1 -1.7 ↓ 0.0 -6.1 ↓
Hard Hit % 36.2 39.6 3.4 ↑ 44.9 5.3 ↑ 44.9 0.0 33.3 -11.6 ↓
LA Sweet-Spot % 35.6 34.8 -0.8 ↓ 41.0 6.2 ↑ 26.5 -14.5 ↓ 41.7 15.2 ↑
xBA .271 .255 -0.016 ↓ .286 0.031 ↑ .266 -0.020 ↓ .186 -0.080 ↓
BA .263 .248 -0.015 ↓ .306 0.058 ↑ .292 -0.014 ↓ .105 -0.187 ↓
xwOBA .349 .349 0.000 .362 0.013 ↑ .310 -0.052 ↓ .217 -0.093 ↓
wOBA .336 .337 0.001 ↑ .371 0.034 ↑ .310 -0.061 ↓ .158 -0.152 ↓
xSLG .452 .456 0.004 ↑ .455 -0.001 ↓ .417 -0.038 ↓ .266 -0.151 ↓
SLG .434 .444 0.010 ↑ .475 0.031 ↑ .385 -0.090 ↓ .211 -0.174 ↓
K% 22.1 20.5 -1.6 ↓ 18.7 -1.8 ↓ 23.5 4.8 ↑ 35.0 11.5 ↑
BB% 9.9 10.6 0.7 ↑ 10.7 0.1 ↑ 2.9 -7.8 ↓ 5.0 2.1 ↑
Swing % 44.8 44.8 0.0 47.0 2.2 ↑ 54.2 7.2 ↑ 56.6 2.4 ↑
Whiff% 24.6 23.4 -1.2 ↓ 21.3 -2.1 ↓ 28.7 7.4 ↑ 36.2 7.5 ↑
In Zone % 49.2 49.7 0.5 ↑ 51.1 1.4 ↑ 56.4 5.3 ↑ 60.2 3.8 ↑
Out of Zone % 50.8 50.3 -0.5 ↓ 48.9 -1.4 ↓ 43.6 -5.3 ↓ 39.8 -3.8 ↓
Out of Zone Swing % 21.8 24.4 2.6 ↑ 23.9 -0.5 ↓ 25.2 1.3 ↑ 39.4 14.2 ↑
First Pitch Swing % 21.2 24.5 3.3 ↑ 29.6 5.1 ↑ 39.7 10.1 ↑ 25.0 -14.7 ↓
First Pitch Strike % 47.7 55.4 7.7 ↑ 58.9 3.5 ↑ 63.2 4.3 ↑ 55.0 -8.2 ↓
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Statcast Fielder Positioning

vs RHHvs LHH
YearAlignment TypePAwOBAPATotal%PATotal%
2020 Shifts 221 .336 190 44 23.2 31 23 74.2
2021 Shifts 534 .337 442 149 33.7 92 35 38.0
2022 Shifts 587 .371 453 118 26.0 134 60 44.8
2023 Shades 68 .310 56 16 28.6 12 0 0.0
2024 Shades 20 .158 11 0 0.0 9 4 44.4
! Note: Shifts are through the 2022 season, Shaded starting from the 2023 season, Shift: three or more infielders are on the same side of second base, Shade: positioned outside of their typical responsible slices of the field.
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Pitch Tempo

Bases EmptyRunners On Base
SeasonTeamPitchesTempoFast %Slow %PitchesTempoFast %Slow %
2020 288 16.5 33.0% 1.0% 169 24.0 0.0% 5.9%
2021 718 17.7 14.8% 1.0% 333 25.3 0.0% 12.9%
2022 615 17.6 19.8% 1.1% 425 23.8 0.7% 6.8%
2023 71 16.4 22.5% 0.0% 37 19.3 0.0% 0.0%
2024 19 17.2 10.5% 0.0% 0 -- -- --
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Pitch Distribution

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