C. J. Stubbs

Cameron J. Stubbs (born November 12, 1996) is an American professional baseball catcher in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals, making his major league debut in 2025. He has also played for Team Israel in the World Baseball Classic.

Early life Stubbs was born to parents T. Pat and Marti, and grew up in San Diego and Del Mar, California. C. J. is Jewish.

He played for the Torrey Pines High School baseball team for two years, graduating in 2015. In his high school career, Stubbs batted .323 with a .432 on base percentage, and 29 walks against 20 strikeouts in 195 at bats. On defense at catcher, he caught 53% of attempted basestealers. As a pitcher, he had an 8–4 win–loss record with a 1.42 earned run average in 84 innings pitched across 14 games. He was named the 2015 Palomar League Pitcher of the Year. He pitched in 26 games (18 as a starter), and also appeared at catcher (50 games), in left field (8), and in right field (1). He majored in business administration, and graduated from the USC Marshall School of Business in 2019. In 2019 he played for the Low-A Tri-City ValleyCats in the New York-Pennsylvania League, batting .213/.327/.386; he also played for the Single-A Quad Cities River Bandits in the Midwest League, batting .328/.371/.621, playing catcher, first base, and corner outfield for the two affiliates.

Stubbs returned to action in 2021 with the Asheville Tourists of the High-A East and the Corpus Christi Hooks of the Double-A Central, batting a combined .220/.297/.398, playing primarily catcher and first base. He began the 2024 season with Corpus Christi and Sugar Land, but experienced offensive struggles with both affiliates. Stubbs was released by the Astros organization on May 7, 2024.

During the 2025 season, Stubbs played for Harrisburg and Rochester again, and between the two affiliates he was batting a combined .148/.279/.240, and had played 53 games at catcher (throwing out 37% of attempted base stealers; second-best in the Nationals organization), seven games as a designated hitter, and three games at first base when the Nationals called him up to the major leagues on August 29, 2025.

Stubbs made his MLB debut on the afternoon of September 1, 2025, starting against the Miami Marlins at Nationals Park in Washington, D.C. Nationals starting pitcher Andrew Alvarez also made his major league debut that day, making Stubbs and Alvarez the first battery-mates to make their MLB debuts together since 2023, and the first Nationals catcher and pitcher to do so since 2008. The Nationals optioned Stubbs to Rochester the next day, following the signing of Jorge Alfaro. On October 29, Stubbs was removed from the 40-man roster and sent outright to Rochester. He elected free agency on November 6.

Toronto Blue Jays On January 20, 2026, Stubbs signed a minor league contract with the Toronto Blue Jays.

International career Stubbs played for Team Israel in the 2023 World Baseball Classic. He played again for Team Israel alongside his brother Garrett Stubbs in the 2026 World Baseball Classic.