{"id":568285,"date":"2026-02-12T14:46:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T14:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/568285\/"},"modified":"2026-02-12T14:46:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-12T14:46:22","slug":"kris-bubic-wins-his-arbitration-case-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/568285\/","title":{"rendered":"Kris Bubic wins his arbitration case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Left-handed pitcher Kris Bubic has won his salary arbitration case against the Royals, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Feinsand\/status\/2021682978951160172\" rel=\"nofollow\">according to MLB.com reporter Mark Feinsand<\/a>, and will receive his requested salary of $6.15 million. The Royals had offered $5.15 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bubic had a breakout season last year, posting a 2.55 ERA in 20 starts, with 116 strikeouts in 116.1 innings, earning his first All-Star appearance. But he suffered a left rotator cuff strain in July, forcing him to miss the last two months of the season. Injuries have impacted much of his career &#8211; he missed nearly the entire 2023 season with an elbow injury that required Tommy John surgery. He returned in 2024, but as a reliever, and was effective with a 2.67 ERA in 30.1 innings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The 28-year-old was originally a first-round pick in 2018 out of Stanford, who had mixed results in his first few years in the big leagues despite a plus change-up. Bubic has thrived under pitching coach Brian Sweeney, adding a sweeper that opponents hit just .194 against last year. He is eligible for free agency after the season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Bubic is the first Royals player to win his arbitration case against the Royals since Andrew Benintendi in 2022. The Royals have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalsreview.com\/royals-history-trivia\/92684\/a-primer-on-arbitration-how-the-royals-have-fared-in-cases\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">12 wins in 24 arbitration cases<\/a> in club history. Vinnie Pasquantino also filed for arbitration, but the Royals avoided a hearing with him by signing him to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.royalsreview.com\/royals-trade-rumors\/93262\/royals-sign-vinnie-pasquantino-to-two-year-deal-avoid-arbitration\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">two-year, $11 million deal<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Left-handed pitcher Kris Bubic has won his salary arbitration case against the Royals, according to MLB.com reporter Mark&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":568286,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2290],"tags":[5,25410],"class_list":["post-568285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-baseball","tag-royals-news"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116058206426707708","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/568286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}