Free agent Kris Bubic could be a smart acquisition by the Red Sox

Who is he, and where does he come from?

He’s Kris Bubic, a left-handed pitcher who heads into free agency at 29-years-old, after seven major league seasons with the Kansas City Royals, the last of which saw him sent to the Los Angeles Dodgers at the trade deadline. The Royals drafted him in the first round (pick 40) of the 2018 draft, out of Stanford University. His name is pronounced “BOO-bich,” which, good luck with that.

Is he any good?

When he’s been on the mound in recent years, Bubic has been really good. The problem is that he’s usually not available to be on the mound. Since the start of the 2023 season, Bubic has thrown a total of 217 ⅔ innings (54 per year).