Kansas City Royals
Although they have not thrown an MLB pitch in 2026, Kris Bubic threw 8,894 pitches that were tracked by the PITCHf/x system between 2020 and 2025, including pitches thrown in the MLB Regular Season and Spring Training. In 2025, they relied primarily on their Fourseam Fastball (92mph), Slider (84mph) and Change (86mph), also mixing in a Sinker (92mph).
In 2025, compared to other LHP:
Their fourseam fastball generates an extremely high number of swings & misses compared to other pitchers' fourseamers, has much less armside movement than typical, results in somewhat more flyballs compared to other pitchers' fourseamers and has slightly above average velo. Their slider has exceptional depth and has short glove-side cut. Their change is a real worm killer that generates an extreme number of groundballs compared to other pitchers' changeups, dives down out of the zone, generates more whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' changeups, is much firmer than usual and has slight cut action. Their sinker generates a very high amount of groundballs compared to other pitchers' sinkers, generates fewer whiffs/swing compared to other pitchers' sinkers, has less armside run than typical, has slightly above average velo and has some natural sinking action.