{"id":2155373,"date":"2025-11-14T00:57:09","date_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2155373"},"modified":"2025-11-14T00:57:09","modified_gmt":"2025-11-14T00:57:09","slug":"royals-open-to-trading-lefty-starter-multiple-teams-interested","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/royals-open-to-trading-lefty-starter-multiple-teams-interested\/","title":{"rendered":"Royals Open To Trading Lefty Starter, Multiple Teams Interested"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-analytics-datalayer-category=\"ArticleContentDetails\" wp_automatic_readability=\"62.301291248207\">\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ????><\/p>\n<p>For MLB teams looking for a quality starting pitcher, news out of Kansas City should be of interest. <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/nesn.com\/teams\/mlb\/kansas-city-royals\/\">The Royals<\/a> are reportedly open to trading left-hander Kris Bubic this offseason, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WillSammon\/status\/1989081033946628462?s=20\">per <em>The Athletic<\/em>\u2018s Will Hammon<\/a>. Multiple teams are reportedly already interested in acquiring Bubic.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.7543252595156\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.477508650519\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At a time when club executives are doubting whether some top-of-the-rotation pitchers get moved, Royals starter Kris Bubic, an All-Star last season, is garnering trade interest from multiple teams, league sources said: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SDkgThsNJp\">https:\/\/t.co\/SDkgThsNJp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Will Sammon (@WillSammon) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillSammon\/status\/1989081033946628462?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Bubic, 28, is a former No. 40 overall pick who had a breakout season in 2025, making his first All-Star team along the way. The southpaw went 8-7 with an ERA of 2.55 and 116 strikeouts in 20 appearances for the Royals. Bubic made $3 million in 2025 and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/mlb\/royals\/onsi\/news\/royals-face-payroll-dilemma-with-3-stars-projected-for-major-salary-bumps-jackson3\">is projected<\/a> to demand around double that for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Bubic is underrated as a starting pitcher asset, at least compared with Kansas City\u2019s other, bigger name starters in Cole Ragans and Seth Lugo<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"embed-twitter\" wp_automatic_readability=\"7.8699551569507\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" wp_automatic_readability=\"9.6188340807175\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kris Bubic garnering trade interest from multiple teams, per <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WillSammon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WillSammon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Royals open to possibility of trading Bubic; unlikely to trade Cole Ragans, Seth Lugo, Michael Wacha.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Underdog MLB (@UnderdogMLB) <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/UnderdogMLB\/status\/1989082524950450530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>The Royals aren\u2019t reportedly interested in moving Ragans, Lugo, or Michael Wacha. It sounds like they are looking to cash in on Bubic while his value is at an all-time high.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nesn-in-content-ad\" wp_automatic_readability=\"32\">\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Kansas City is reportedly looking to add an outfielder this offseason, which might influence which offers they field for Bubic. With lefty slugger Jac Caglianone expected to play every day in right field in 2026, the Royals would prefer to add a left fielder with a righty bat.<\/p>\n<p>While Bubic hasn\u2019t proven that his 2025 quality can or will be sustained, there\u2019s a reason he has suitors. At his best, Bubic can be a difference-maker in the middle of a rotation, something that most contenders are interested in.<\/p>\n<div class=\"nesn-in-content-ad\" wp_automatic_readability=\"32\">\n<p class=\"nesn-in-content-ad__copy\">Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source nesn.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For MLB teams looking for a quality starting pitcher, news out of Kansas City should be of interest. The Royals are reportedly open to trading left-hander Kris Bubic this offseason, per The Athletic\u2018s Will Hammon. Multiple teams are reportedly already interested in acquiring Bubic. At a time when club executives are doubting whether some top-of-the-rotation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2155374,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2155373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Royals-Open-To-Trading-Lefty-Starter-Multiple-Teams-Interested.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2155373"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155373\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2155375,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2155373\/revisions\/2155375"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2155374"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2155373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2155373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2155373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}