2025 Stats
W-L
1-0
ERA
2.25
WHIP
1.00
K
5
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
France dealt with a shoulder injury last spring training, and while he managed to avoid the injured list to start the season, it seemed like he was never healthy. The 30-year-old made five ineffective starts with the big club and another poor one after being optioned to Triple-A Round Rock before eventually having surgery in July to repair a torn capsule in his shoulder. France managed a 3.83 ERA in 2023 with Houston, but a 4.66 FIP told a better picture of his performance and now he's got a major surgery to come back from, which might not happen until 2026. Read Past Outlooks
Signed a one-year contract with the Astros in March of 2025.
Recalled from Triple-A
The Astros recalled France from Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday.
Analysis
France allowed one run over five innings in his last start at Sugar Land. He had pitched in relief in his three appearances prior to that, and the Astros plan to deploy him as a multi-inning reliever.
France allowed one run over five innings in his last start at Sugar Land. He had pitched in relief in his three appearances prior to that, and the Astros plan to deploy him as a multi-inning reliever.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
38
Last 10 Games
38
Last 5 Games
38
How many pitches does J.P. France 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 J.P. France generally pitch?
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7th
8th
9th
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-5%
BAA vs LHP
2025
-100%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .258 | 72 | 32 | 80 | 10 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .272 | 56 | 29 | 91 | 14 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .167 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .305 | 15 | 8 | 18 | 3 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .271 | 7 | 4 | 13 | 2 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .249 | 57 | 24 | 62 | 7 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .276 | 44 | 23 | 76 | 12 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-31%
ERA on Road
2025
-100%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 5.12 | 1.42 | 84.1 | 7.0 | 3.0 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 3.54 | 1.38 | 81.1 | 6.9 | 3.7 | ||||
| 2025Home | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 2.25 | 1.00 | 4.0 | 11.3 | 4.5 | ||||
| 2024Home | 7.98 | 1.64 | 14.2 | 7.4 | 3.7 | ||||
| 2024Away | 6.75 | 1.78 | 10.2 | 8.4 | 5.1 | ||||
| 2023Home | 4.52 | 1.38 | 69.2 | 7.0 | 2.8 | ||||
| 2023Away | 3.11 | 1.34 | 66.2 | 6.3 | 3.4 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does J.P. France compare to other relievers?
This section compares his stats with all relief pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 30 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 30 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 30 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
2.50K/9
11.3BB/9
4.5HR/9
0.0Fastball
92.5 mphERA
2.25WHIP
1.00BABIP
.242GB/FB
0.20Left On Base
75.0%Exit Velocity
82.3 mphBarrels/BBE
11.1%Spin Rate
2628 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
27.8%Swinging Strike
10.5%Advanced Pitching Stats
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
France was called up for his major-league debut in early May and gave the Astros quite a boost in collecting a 2.75 ERA across 18 appearances (17 starts) through mid-August. A lack of swing and miss pointed to regression coming, though, and it hit hard in France's final six outings with a 7.94 ERA and 21:16 K:BB over 28.1 frames. In the minors, France fanned batters at a 29 percent rate but also walked batters at an alarming 11.1 percent rate. With the Astros, he cut the walks to a respectable 8.1 percent but saw his strikeout rate plummet to 17.4 percent. It's possible France could get those strikeouts up if he threw his changeup (.217 xwoBA) and curveball (.242 xwOBA) more, but his fastball was easily his most-used pitch and it got hammered (.421 xwOBA). The 28-year-old wouldn't seem to be guaranteed a rotation spot for 2024 and standard mixed-league value is unlikely even if he gets one.
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Poised for recall
The Astros are expected to recall France from Triple-A Sugar Land during their series in Toronto that runs through Thursday, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
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Activated and optioned
The Astros activated France (shoulder) from the 60-day injured list and optioned him to Triple-A Sugar Land on Thursday, Matt Kawahara of the Houston Chronicle reports.
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Covers four innings in rehab start
France (shoulder) struck out seven and allowed three earned runs on four hits and four walks across four innings in his rehab start Thursday with Triple-A Sugar Land.
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Reaches fourth inning in rehab start
France (shoulder) struck out three batters and surrendered two earned runs on two hits and three walks over 3.2 innings in his rehab start Friday for Triple-A Sugar Land.
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Stumbles in third rehab start
France (shoulder) allowed four earned runs on two hits and four walks over two innings in his rehab start Saturday with Triple-A Sugar Land. He also hit a batter.
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Set to make MLB debut Saturday
France will make his MLB debut Saturday against the Mariners, Chandler Rome of The Athletic reports.
Analysis
The Astros are calling up the right-hander to bolster a rotation decimated by injuries. The latest blow is the season-ending injury of Luis Garcia, who is expected to undergo Tommy John surgery. A pitcher with experience both as a starter and reliever in the minors, France made 18 starts and 21 relief appearances at the Triple-A level since the start of the 2022 season. It's unclear if he'll stay in the active roster past Saturday.
The Astros are calling up the right-hander to bolster a rotation decimated by injuries. The latest blow is the season-ending injury of Luis Garcia, who is expected to undergo Tommy John surgery. A pitcher with experience both as a starter and reliever in the minors, France made 18 starts and 21 relief appearances at the Triple-A level since the start of the 2022 season. It's unclear if he'll stay in the active roster past Saturday.