{"id":2389056,"date":"2026-04-25T17:02:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:02:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2389056"},"modified":"2026-04-25T17:02:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T17:02:04","slug":"mlb-trade-rumors-reporter-predicts-which-kansas-city-royals-star-is-dealt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mlb-trade-rumors-reporter-predicts-which-kansas-city-royals-star-is-dealt\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Trade Rumors: Reporter Predicts Which Kansas City Royals Star is Dealt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/tag\/kansas-city-royals\" type=\"post_tag\" id=\"504\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Kansas City Royals<\/a> entered the 2026 season with aspirations of competing for a playoff spot. Now more than 25 games into the season, they are tied for the second-worst record in the American League and seem destined to be sellers at the MLB trade deadline.<\/p>\n<p>Examing the team\u2019s situation, MLB insider <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fansided.com\/mlb\/jarren-duran-yordan-alvarez-and-more-early-mlb-trade-deadline-buzz\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Robert Murray<\/a> shared his belief that All-Star pitcher Kris Bubic will be traded by the Royals this summer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/mlb\/mlb-power-rankings-week-4-2026\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">MLB Power Rankings Week 4, Royals Keep Falling<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>\u201cThe Royals are struggling. Bubic is in the final season of his contract. All ingredients for a potential deadline trade. Bubic\u2019s track record will have teams intrigued. A left-handed arm, he posted a 2.67 ERA in 27 games in 2024. He posted a 2.55 ERA in 20 starts last season. His numbers have fallen off slightly this season, with a 4.08 ERA in five starts, but he\u2019s allowing fewer hits (six hits per nine innings) and slightly more strikeouts per nine innings (9.1 this season; 9 last season). If the Royals\u2019 slide continues, Bubic is almost a sure thing to be traded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cite>Robert Murray on if the Kansas City Royals will trade Kris Bubic<\/cite><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Kris Bubic contract (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.spotrac.com\/mlb\/player\/_\/id\/26063\/kris-bubic\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" target=\"_blank\" aria-label=\"(opens in a new tab)\">Spotrac<\/a>):<\/strong> $6.15 million salary in 2026, MLB free agent in 2026-27<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bubic, who doesn\u2019t turn 29 until August 19, earned his first All-Star selection this past season with Kansas City. The 6-foot-3 southpaw was excellent on the mound in 2025, registering a 2.55 ERA with a 24.4 percent strikeout rate and holding opponents to a .227 batting average allowed across 116.1 innings.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s only pitched 146.2 innings in the previous two seasons, but he compiled a 2.58 ERA with a 155-44 K-BB ratio and 7.6 H\/9 during that span. Across five starts this season, he sports a career-best 6.0 H\/9 to pair with an improved 25.7 percent strikeout rate. However, he does have a 4.08 ERA across 28.2 innings, having allowed four-plus runs in a pair of starts.<\/p>\n<p>It seems unlikely that Kansas City would be able to sign Bubic to a new deal this offseason, with the California native poised to cash in this winter in MLB free agency. So, barring a dramatic turnaround, it\u2019s reasonable to think that Bubic will be one of the starting pitchers moved by the MLB trade deadline.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author-bio\">\n<div class=\"author-avatar\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"author-description\">Matt  Johnson  is  Senior  Editor  of  NFL  and  College  Football  for  Sportsnaut.  His  work,  including  weekly  NFL  and  college  &#8230; More about <a target=\"_blank\" class=\"more-bio\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsnaut.com\/author\/wisconsinboymakesgoodincali\">Matt Johnson<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\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 sportsnaut.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kansas City Royals entered the 2026 season with aspirations of competing for a playoff spot. Now more than 25 games into the season, they are tied for the second-worst record in the American League and seem destined to be sellers at the MLB trade deadline. Examing the team\u2019s situation, MLB insider Robert Murray shared [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2389057,"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":[43627],"class_list":["post-2389056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-royalty","tag-kansas-city-royals"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/MLB-Trade-Rumors-Reporter-Predicts-Which-Kansas-City-Royals-Star.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389056","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=2389056"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389056\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2389058,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2389056\/revisions\/2389058"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2389057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2389056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2389056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2389056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}