2025 Stats
W-L
9-11
ERA
5.04
WHIP
1.32
K
117
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
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
Signed a one-year, $770,000 contract with the Athletics in March of 2025. Traded to the Padres in July of 2025.
Strong showing in start
Sears (9-11) allowed two runs on seven hits and three walks while striking out four over 5.2 innings to earn the win over the Diamondbacks on Sunday.
Analysis
Sears got a spot start in the regular-season finale to give the rest of the Padres' starters some rest ahead of the playoffs. This was one of his better performances since being acquired from the Athletics at the trade deadline -- he posted a 5.47 ERA over 24.2 innings in five outings following the trade. Overall, Sears closed the regular season at a 5.04 ERA, 1.32 WHIP and 117:36 K:BB across 135.2 innings.
Sears got a spot start in the regular-season finale to give the rest of the Padres' starters some rest ahead of the playoffs. This was one of his better performances since being acquired from the Athletics at the trade deadline -- he posted a 5.47 ERA over 24.2 innings in five outings following the trade. Overall, Sears closed the regular season at a 5.04 ERA, 1.32 WHIP and 117:36 K:BB across 135.2 innings.
Pitching Stats
Loading Pitching Stats...
2025 MLB Game Log
2025
2024
2023
2022
Minor League Game Log
Calculate Stats Over Time
Just click on any two dates.
Loading Minor League Pitching Game Log...
Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
88
Last 10 Games
86
Last 5 Games
86
How many pitches does JP Sears 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 JP Sears generally pitch?
1st
2nd
3rd
4th
5th
6th
7th
8th
9th
Extra
% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-8%
BAA vs RHP
2025
-9%
BAA vs RHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .273 | 78 | 22 | 97 | 15 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .251 | 337 | 116 | 383 | 77 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .289 | 21 | 4 | 26 | 4 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .264 | 96 | 32 | 117 | 26 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .220 | 33 | 5 | 31 | 5 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .259 | 104 | 44 | 141 | 23 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .323 | 24 | 13 | 40 | 6 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .232 | 137 | 40 | 125 | 28 | |||
| More Splits→ | View More Split Stats | |||||||
Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-16%
ERA on Road
2025
-2%
ERA on Road
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 5.05 | 1.33 | 224.1 | 7.8 | 2.4 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 4.26 | 1.21 | 264.1 | 7.5 | 2.6 | ||||
| 2025Home | 5.09 | 1.38 | 63.2 | 8.5 | 3.0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 5.00 | 1.26 | 72.0 | 7.1 | 1.9 | ||||
| 2024Home | 5.29 | 1.29 | 80.0 | 7.1 | 1.8 | ||||
| 2024Away | 3.67 | 1.17 | 100.2 | 6.6 | 3.0 | ||||
| 2023Home | 4.80 | 1.34 | 80.2 | 8.0 | 2.7 | ||||
| 2023Away | 4.32 | 1.20 | 91.2 | 8.7 | 2.8 | ||||
| More Splits→ | View More Split Stats | ||||||||
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.
* 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
3.25K/9
7.8BB/9
2.4HR/9
2.0Fastball
91.9 mphERA
5.04WHIP
1.32BABIP
.298GB/FB
0.65Left On Base
73.0%Exit Velocity
82.4 mphBarrels/BBE
7.0%Spin Rate
2045 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
24.5%Swinging Strike
9.0%Prospect Rankings History
Advanced Pitching Stats
Loading Advanced Pitching Stats...
Defensive Stats
Loading MLB Defensive Stats...
Stats Vs Today's Lineup
Want more matchup stats?
Loading Matchup Stats...
Our full team depth charts are reserved for RotoWire subscribers.
Subscribe Now
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.
More Fantasy News
Recalled ahead of start
The Padres recalled Sears from Triple-A El Paso ahead of his scheduled start Sunday versus the Diamondbacks in San Diego.
Analysis
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
Expected to be called up for start
Sears is expected to be called up from Triple-A El Paso to start Sunday's regular-season finale against Arizona, Jeff Sanders of The San Diego Union-Tribune reports.
Analysis
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
Relegated to Triple-A
The Padres optioned Sears to Triple-A El Paso on Saturday.
Analysis
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
Eight Ks salvage poor outing
Sears (8-11) took the loss Friday against the Rockies, allowing four runs on five hits and one walk in 4.1 innings. He struck out eight.
Analysis
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
Officially called up
The Padres recalled Sears from Triple-A El Paso to start Friday's game against the Rockies.
Analysis
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
Subscribe now to instantly reveal our take on this news.
Latest Fantasy Rumors
Drawing considerable trade interest
The Athletics are receiving "considerable" trade interest in Sears, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic reports.
Analysis
Given his 4.95 ERA this season and 4.48 career ERA, Sears is likely more of a fallback option for contending teams. He has displayed plenty of durability, having made 32 starts each of the previous two seasons and 22 already in 2025. Sears will also reach arbitration eligibility for the first time after this season, so he is affordable and under team control through 2028.
Given his 4.95 ERA this season and 4.48 career ERA, Sears is likely more of a fallback option for contending teams. He has displayed plenty of durability, having made 32 starts each of the previous two seasons and 22 already in 2025. Sears will also reach arbitration eligibility for the first time after this season, so he is affordable and under team control through 2028.