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Royals To Promote Kris Bubic

By Jeff Todd | July 30, 2020 at 10:44am CDT

The Royals will promote lefty Kris Bubic to make his MLB debut, manager Mike Matheny tells reporters including Jeffrey Flanagan of MLB.com (via Twitter). He’ll take the ball on Friday.

Bubic, who’ll soon turn 23, was selected with the 40th overall pick of the 2018 draft. He followed Brady Singer in that draft and will now join him in vaulting quickly to the majors.

At the time, the Royals made clear they hoped their slate of incoming college arms would move swiftly through the system and help launch a rapid return to contention. The first prong has come to pass. Now we’ll see what kind of near-term and long-term output the team will get from its promising hurlers.

Bubic, a Stanford product, cracked the Baseball Prospectus top-100 prospect list entering the 2020 season. He earned that placement with an excellent showing at the High-A level in his first full season as a profession, racking up 101 2/3 innings of 2.30 ERA ball with 9.7 K/9 and 2.4 BB/9 over 17 starts.

Impressive though that was, Bubic still hasn’t been exposed even to upper-minors bats. The Royals obviously saw enough from him in camp to make the bold move to bring him up. Though he won’t spend enough time on the active roster to accrue a full year of service, even if he stays up for all of 2020, Bubic now profiles as a potential Super Two player.

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  1. oaklandfan22

    3 years ago

    Lets go Bubic!!!

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  2. PapiElf

    3 years ago

    Alec Lewis of The Athletic hit .476 at Henderson State this year?

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    • racosun

      3 years ago

      So damn good he was born without a middle name. All business, HR’s nearly as often as he strikes out.

      Reply
  3. DarkSide830

    3 years ago

    the future is now

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  4. One Bite

    3 years ago

    Are we going to see a clean shaved Bubic on Friday?

    Reply
  5. SplitFingeredPujol

    3 years ago

    I can see him mowing through a lineup one time. But the white sox lineup twice? Good luck, young man.

    Reply
  6. Royalsfan12

    3 years ago

    Yes!

    Reply
  7. bobtillman

    3 years ago

    Indicative of a couple of major changes coming to MLB. The arbitration system will undergo some drastic changes with the new CBA; Moore’s not afraid of “starting the clock” because the c!ock is about to change.

    And the entire scructure of the minors will change. A-ball (hi and low) , AA leagues are essentially unneeded, and likely counterproductive. A “system” of AAA leagues ( basically taxi squads) and Complex leagues will be all that’s left. Independent leagues will fill the gap, and the brunt of player development costs will be transferred there.

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    • DarkSide830

      3 years ago

      i think you couldn’t be farther off with those assumptions

      Reply
    • TLB2001

      3 years ago

      And you clearly know nothing about Dayton Moore. He’s publicly spoken out against service time as a consideration in player promotions for years and there’s no indication it was ever a factor with Hosmer, Moustakas, Duffy, Mondesi, Nicky Lopez or any other Royals prospects during his tenure. To the point that many royals fans have criticized him for costing years of control. Also, he has a pretty good track record of signing young players to extensions (I understand service time still plays a role here, but the impact of the consideration is significantly less)

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      • DarkSide830

        3 years ago

        not sure how it works, but did Mondesi get service time for his WS appearance?

        Reply

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