Kris Bubic

Bubic began 2019 with the Lexington Legends. After pitching to a 4-1 record with a 2.08 ERA in nine starts, he was promoted to the Wilmington Blue Rocks. Over 17 starts with Wilmington, he went 7-4 with a 2.30 ERA. Bubic was named to the 2019 All-Star Futures Game.

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

As a freshman at Stanford in 2016, Bubic was 0-3 with a 3.26 ERA in 21 games (six starts). 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. 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 ​32  ⁄3 innings. As a junior in 2018, he went 8-1 with a 2.62 ERA and was named to the Pac-12 All Conference Team.

Bubic attended Archbishop Mitty High School in San Jose, California, where he played football and baseball, and he graduated in 2015. As a junior, he was 8-2 with a 0.89 ERA, and as a senior, he compiled a 1.20 ERA and struck out 82 batters in 70 innings pitched. 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.

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