Out
Injury Back
Est. Return 2/1/2026
2025 Stats
W-L
0-2
ERA
9.82
WHIP
2.00
K
6
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Estes opened the 2024 season with Triple-A Las Vegas. He was called up in early May, then spent the rest of the season in the bigs. He experienced the ups and downs of most rookie hurlers, finishing with a 5.01 ERA, corroborated by his 5.29 xFIP and 5.04 SIERA. Estes 5.0 percent walk rate was excellent, but his 16.9 percent strikeout rate was the sixth lowest among pitchers tossing at least 120 innings. Home runs were a bigger problem. Estes fly-ball rate was 55.5 percent, so even with a below average 10.1 percent HR/FB mark, Estes 1.62 HR/9 was sixth highest among pitchers compiling 120 frames. Easier said than done, but perhaps a change in pitch would help induce more grounders and swinging strikes. Based on his pitch performance, lowering his 51.7 percent four-seam usage while upping his 33.2 percent slider deployment could be the elixir. For now, Estes is a risky streamer with a low strikeout rate. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year contract with the Athletics in March of 2025.
Goes on IL with disc issue
The Athletics placed Estes on the 15-day injured list Wednesday due to a herniated disc in his lower back.
Analysis
Estes performed well Sunday during his return to the majors, firing four shutout innings of relief while allowing one hit and striking out one batter in a loss to the Mariners. After emerging from that appearance with a herniated disc, however, Estes won't be eligible to rejoin the Athletics until Sept. 9. Brady Basso was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas to replace Estes on the 26-man active roster.
Estes performed well Sunday during his return to the majors, firing four shutout innings of relief while allowing one hit and striking out one batter in a loss to the Mariners. After emerging from that appearance with a herniated disc, however, Estes won't be eligible to rejoin the Athletics until Sept. 9. Brady Basso was recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas to replace Estes on the 26-man active roster.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
62
Last 10 Games
62
Last 5 Games
57
How many pitches does Joey Estes generally throw?
1-10
11-20
21-30
31-40
41-50
51-60
61-70
71-80
81-90
91-100
101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Joey Estes generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-17%
BAA vs LHP
2025
-57%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .242 | 48 | 25 | 66 | 15 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .291 | 57 | 10 | 92 | 16 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .200 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .462 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 3 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .239 | 41 | 18 | 55 | 11 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .277 | 51 | 9 | 75 | 12 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .304 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .263 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-39%
ERA at Home
2025
-43%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 4.20 | 1.08 | 75.0 | 5.8 | 1.7 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 6.84 | 1.52 | 73.2 | 7.0 | 2.6 | ||||
| 2025Home | 13.50 | 3.25 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 9.0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 7.71 | 1.29 | 7.0 | 5.1 | 2.6 | ||||
| 2024Home | 3.26 | 0.92 | 66.1 | 6.0 | 1.2 | ||||
| 2024Away | 6.90 | 1.57 | 61.1 | 7.0 | 2.6 | ||||
| 2023Home | 9.64 | 1.50 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 1.9 | ||||
| 2023Away | 5.06 | 1.31 | 5.1 | 8.4 | 1.7 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Joey Estes 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.
* 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
1.00K/9
4.9BB/9
4.9HR/9
3.3Fastball
91.0 mphERA
9.82WHIP
2.00BABIP
.324GB/FB
0.46Left On Base
61.0%Exit Velocity
83.4 mphBarrels/BBE
7.7%Spin Rate
2295 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
23.1%Swinging Strike
8.6%Prospect Rankings History
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Estes was traded to Oakland in the Matt Olson trade before the 2022 season, and he's gone from 16th round pick back in 2019 to a player that made two starts for the A's in 2023 that has a chance to win a spot in the A's rotation to start 2024. The 22-year-old can get his fastball up to 96 mph, and he complements that heater with a slider that gets above-average grades along with a change that continues to make progress. He generally throws strikes with all three pitches, but his command is slightly behind his control. Estes is a name to monitor in the coming years in dynasty leagues, but there's very little chance of him being a viable fantasy option in 2024 even if he does earn a starting gig.
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Strong relief outing
Estes allowed a hit and no walks with a strikeout over four scoreless innings in Sunday's 11-4 loss to the Mariners.
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Back in majors
The Athletics recalled Estes from Triple-A Las Vegas on Friday.
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Back in action
Estes (undisclosed) allowed no hits and one walk while striking out three over three scoreless innings Saturday for Triple-A Las Vegas after being reinstated from the 7-day injured list.
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Shut down at Triple-A
Triple-A Las Vegas placed Estes on its 7-day injured list May 20 due to an undisclosed injury.
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Optioned to Triple-A
The Athletics optioned Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas on Monday.
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