JP Sears

JP Sears

29-Year-Old PitcherSP
Sacramento Athletics
2025 Fantasy Outlook
The A's spent on a new ace in Luis Severino and traded for Jeffrey Springs from Tampa Bay, but before that, Sears looked like the de facto 2025 Opening Day starter. After all, he led the team in innings and wins among other categories last season. Sears is a lefty with five different pitches, but he's never shown much of a strikeout punch against big-league hitters. To his credit he rarely shoots himself in the foot with walks, and he's been a workhorse in recent years with 353 total innings over the past two seasons. Complicating matters is the move to West Sacramento. Pitching in a PCL park will likely be tough, dinging the home streaming appeal. Read Past Outlooks
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#403
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$Signed a one-year contract with the Athletics in March of 2025.
Suffers seventh loss
PSacramento Athletics
June 22, 2025
Sears (5-7) took the loss in Sunday's game against Cleveland. He allowed three runs on seven hits and two walks over five innings with five strikeouts.
ANALYSIS
The 29-year-old southpaw generated a solid 13 whiffs in this 92-pitch outing, as he bounced back after getting shelled by Houston in his last appearance. Sears managed to post his sixth start of the season without conceding a homer out of 16 total games started. Through 81 frames, Sears now sports a 5.44 ERA, 1.33 WHIP and 63:19 K:BB while allowing 18 long balls. He currently lines up to make his next start versus his former club, the Yankees, on the road next weekend.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
89
Last 10 Games
84
Last 5 Games
84
How many pitches does JP Sears generally throw?
 
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What part of the game does JP Sears generally pitch?
 
 
 
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-7%
BAA vs RHP
2025
 
 
-4%
BAA vs RHP
2024
 
 
-15%
BAA vs LHP
2023
 
 
-28%
BAA vs RHP
BAA Batters K BB H 2B 3B HR
Since 2023vs Left .270 339 69 19 84 16 3 13
Since 2023vs Right .251 1505 292 102 342 78 4 67
2025vs Left .283 48 12 1 13 3 0 2
2025vs Right .272 303 51 18 76 19 0 16
2024vs Left .220 152 33 5 31 5 2 5
2024vs Right .259 606 104 44 141 34 1 23
2023vs Left .323 139 24 13 40 8 1 6
2023vs Right .232 596 137 40 125 25 3 28
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
 
 
-23%
ERA on Road
2025
 
 
-31%
ERA on Road
2024
 
 
-31%
ERA on Road
2023
 
 
-10%
ERA on Road
ERA WHIP IP W L SV K/9 BB/9 HR/9
Since 2023Home 5.32 1.35 193.0 10 18 0 7.6 2.4 1.9
Since 2023Away 4.11 1.19 241.0 11 16 0 7.4 2.6 1.5
2025Home 6.68 1.55 32.1 2 4 0 7.8 3.1 3.3
2025Away 4.62 1.19 48.2 3 3 0 6.5 1.5 1.1
2024Home 5.29 1.29 80.0 6 7 0 7.1 1.8 1.2
2024Away 3.67 1.17 100.2 5 6 0 6.6 3.0 1.5
2023Home 4.80 1.34 80.2 2 7 0 8.0 2.7 1.9
2023Away 4.32 1.20 91.2 3 7 0 8.7 2.8 1.7
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Stat Review
How does JP Sears compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • K/BB
    Strikeout to walk ratio.
  • K/9
    Average strikeouts per nine innings.
  • BB/9
    Average walks per nine innings.
  • HR/9
    Average home runs allowed per nine innings.
  • Fastball
    Average fastball velocity.
  • ERA
    Earned run average. The average earned runs allowed per nine innings.
  • WHIP
    Walks plus hits per inning pitched.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many balls in play against a pitcher go for hits.
  • GB/FB
    Groundball to flyball ratio. The higher the number, the more likely a pitcher is to induce groundballs.
  • Left On Base
    The percentage of base runners that a pitcher strands on base over the course of a season.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Barrels/BBE
    The percentage of batted ball events resulting in a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Spin Rate
    Spin Rate is the rate of spin on a baseball after it is released. It is measured in revolutions per minute (rpm).
  • Balls Hit 95+ MPH
    The percentage of batted balls hit that met or exceeded the 95 MPH threshold.
  • Swinging Strike
    The percentage of pitches that result in a swing and a miss.
K/BB
3.32
 
K/9
7.0
 
BB/9
2.1
 
HR/9
2.0
 
Fastball
92.0 mph
 
ERA
5.44
 
WHIP
1.33
 
BABIP
.300
 
GB/FB
0.68
 
Left On Base
71.3%
 
Exit Velocity
83.5 mph
 
Barrels/BBE
6.2%
 
Spin Rate
2040 rpm
 
Balls Hit 95+ MPH
26.1%
 
Swinging Strike
8.3%
 
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2024
2023
Acquired from the Yankees in August of 2022 as part of the Frankie Montas trade, Sears led the Oakland clubhouse in innings last year by a significant margin and was the only A's pitcher trusted to make more than 22 starts. That isn't saying much given the company he kept in what was the worst rotation in the American League, but Sears averaged nearly a strikeout per inning and would seem to have the arsenal to generate even more swing-and-misses moving forward. His four-seamer, slider and changeup all rated as better-than-average offerings in 2023, and his sweeper had a whiff rate of 30.0 percent. Somewhat surprisingly, it was left-handed hitters who did the most damage against him, even as a southpaw. Call that an aberration and see if he can take another leap forward in 2024 as a late-round fantasy flier.
Sears came into 2022 near the back end of the Yankees top 30 prospect and finished it as one of the pieces sent to Oakland in the Frankie Montas trade. Sears had worked as a starter throughout his minor league career as a strike-thrower whose command makes his stuff look better than it really is to get batters out. The league had little trouble with his fastball (.318 BA, .298 xBA), but his slider was rather unhittable as the league hit .130 off the pitch while swinging and missing at it one third of the time. The lack of velocity limits the fantasy upside Sears brings to the table as much as pitching for a terrible Oakland club does to him. His fantasy value would be tied up in his ability to get wins with good ratios, and all three of those areas are tough to project for this still-developing sophomore.
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Falters against Astros
PSacramento Athletics
June 17, 2025
Sears (5-6) allowed five runs on five hits and three walks while failing to record a strikeout over 3.1 innings, taking the loss Tuesday versus the Astros.
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Strikes out nine in no-decision
PSacramento Athletics
June 11, 2025
Sears allowed two runs on four hits over 5.1 innings in a no-decision Wednesday against the Angels. He struck out nine.
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Evens record at 5-5
PSacramento Athletics
June 6, 2025
Sears (5-5) allowed four runs on four hits and three walks while striking out three over five innings to earn the win over the Orioles on Friday.
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Rebounds against Blue Jays
PSacramento Athletics
June 1, 2025
Sears did not factor in the decision during Sunday's loss to Toronto. He allowed two runs on seven hits while striking out three over five frames.
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Struggles mightily in fifth loss
PSacramento Athletics
May 27, 2025
Sears (4-5) took the loss Tuesday, allowing nine runs on 10 hits and one walk over 3.1 innings in an 11-1 loss to the Astros. He struck out one.
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Athletics could listen to offers
PSacramento Athletics
June 7, 2025
Jim Bowden of The Athletic speculates that Sears could be a candidate to leave the Athletics via trade before the deadline,
ANALYSIS
Sears has failed to pitch more than five innings in each of his last six starts, going 1-3 with an 8.56 ERA and a 1.72 WHIP over that span, so he isn't exactly setting the world on fire every time he takes the mound. However, Sears has multiple years of team control and could be an appealing trade candidate in the right scenario.
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