One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .439 expected average against them, against .246 on his offspeed pitches.
211 of his breaking balls thrown.
The home runs are what is undoing his season
Bubic has given up 4 tracked home runs, 3 of them to left field, the longest 439 feet.
4 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 90.8 mph off the bat against Bubic and left-handers 84.0.
97 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 31 from left-handers.
Both sides hit him about the same
42.3% of the contact right-handers make against Bubic is hit hard, against 32.3% of what left-handers make.
620 pitches to right-handed hitters, 191 to left-handed hitters.
There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Bubic's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.7 mph, against 87.1 off his changeup.
336 and 163 of them thrown.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
48.1% of the balls put in play against Bubic have gone to centre field.
62 of 129 located batted balls allowed.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
43.5% of the contact against Bubic is on the ground and 30.6% of it is in the air.
124 tracked batted balls allowed.
He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Bubic averages 88.3 mph across his arsenal, 30th percentile in the league.
811 pitches in 2026. 30th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 377th in MLB.
He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Bubic lives in the strike zone: 44.4% of his pitches are in it, 67th percentile.
811 pitches in 2026. 67th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 176th in MLB.
The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Bubic projects a .337 average, 39th percentile.
811 pitches in 2026. 39th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 327th in MLB.
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One type of hitter does all the damage against him
Hitters do their damage on his breaking balls: a .439 expected average against them, against .246 on his offspeed pitches.
211 of his breaking balls thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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The home runs are what is undoing his season
Bubic has given up 4 tracked home runs, 3 of them to left field, the longest 439 feet.
4 tracked home runs allowed in 2026.
One side of the plate does most of the damage against him
Right-handed hitters average 90.8 mph off the bat against Bubic and left-handers 84.0.
97 tracked batted balls from right-handers, 31 from left-handers.
Hitters tend to hit him to one part of the field
48.1% of the balls put in play against Bubic have gone to centre field.
62 of 129 located batted balls allowed.
The shape of the contact off him says how he gets outs
43.5% of the contact against Bubic is on the ground and 30.6% of it is in the air.
124 tracked batted balls allowed.
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Both sides hit him about the same
42.3% of the contact right-handers make against Bubic is hit hard, against 32.3% of what left-handers make.
620 pitches to right-handed hitters, 191 to left-handed hitters.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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There is one pitch of his that keeps getting hit
Contact off Bubic's 4-seam fastball leaves the bat at 90.7 mph, against 87.1 off his changeup.
336 and 163 of them thrown.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He gets by without much velocity, and it costs him
Bubic averages 88.3 mph across his arsenal, 30th percentile in the league.
811 pitches in 2026. 30th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 377th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Pitch Data.
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He fills the strike zone and makes hitters beat him
Bubic lives in the strike zone: 44.4% of his pitches are in it, 67th percentile.
811 pitches in 2026. 67th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 176th in MLB.
The numbers behind these live in Spray Chart.
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The contact he allows is the kind that finds grass
The quality of contact against Bubic projects a .337 average, 39th percentile.
811 pitches in 2026. 39th percentile among qualified pitchers in 2026, 327th in MLB.
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