At the end of the 2022 season, Kris Bubic was searching for answers. Bubic’s ERA ballooned to 5.58 that season on a 97-loss team. As the Royals went through organizational changes, Bubic knew he had to change,

The Cubs have now won four of their last six following a weekend series win over the Red Sox. Chicago was denied a sweep of Boston yesterday as the Sox salvaged the series with a 6-1 win at Wrigley. Pete Crow-Armstrong and Dansby Swanson each collected a couple of hits in the loss. Lets dive into the matchup and find a sweat or two.

Bubic (8-6) allowed three hits and a walk over five scoreless innings Sunday, striking out two and earning a win over the Marlins.

"From what I was the first couple years I was here to what I am now," Bubic says, "... I don't consider myself the same person or same pitcher as I was then."

This article was originally published on www.si.com/mlb/red-sox as Red Sox Linked To Royals All-Star Starting Pitcher In Potential Game-Changer. As Boston Red Sox chief baseball officer Craig Breslow emphasizes the need for "impact" starting pitchers, it's worth noting that those pitchers are in extremely short supply.

One year ago to the day, the Royals activated Kris Bubic from the 60-day injured list, adding the lefty to their bullpen after a year-plus of recovery from Tommy John surgery. They didn’t know what to expect following the elbow surgery,

Pete Alonso hadn’t ever homered in the All-Star Game — until Tuesday. The Mets slugger crushed a three-run homer the opposite way off Royals lefty Kris Bubic on Tuesday night in Atlanta to give the National League a 5-0 lead in the bottom of the sixth inning.

Now that the All-Star game is over, the second half of the regular season will begin on Friday, with playoff pushes intensifying. The Trade Deadline is also looming at the end of this month, which will reset the landscape for the league ahead of the postseason.