On November 18, 2017, the Mariners traded Sears and Juan Then to the New York Yankees for Nick Rumbelow.[3] He spent the 2018 season with the Charleston RiverDogs, starting ten games and going 1–5 with a 2.67 ERA with 54 strikeouts over 54 innings.[4] In 2019, he pitched for the Tampa Tarpons and went 4–4 with a 4.07 ERA over 48+2⁄3 innings. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the season.[5] He split the 2021 season between the Somerset Patriots and the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders, going 10–2 with a 3.46 ERA over 25 games (18 starts), striking out 136 batters over 104 innings.[6]
The Yankees added Sears to their 40-man roster after the 2021 season.[7] He made the Yankees Opening Day roster in 2022 and made his major league debut on April 13.[8] Sears earned his first major league win on April 16, but was optioned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after the game.[9]
Oakland Athletics
The Yankees traded Sears, Luis Medina, Ken Waldichuk, and Cooper Bowman to the Oakland Athletics for Frankie Montas and Lou Trivino on August 1, 2022.[10] The Athletics assigned Sears to the Las Vegas Aviators[11] and promoted him to the major leagues to make his first appearance for the Athletics on August 10.[12] In 2023, Sears led the A's pitchers in games started (32), innings pitched (172.1), and strikeouts (161) while posting a 5-14 record and a 4.54 ERA.
After giving up nine runs across 9.1 innings in his first two starts of the 2024 season, Sears took a no-hitter into the 7th inning on April 11 against Texas. He ended up pitching 6.1 innings and striking out 5 batters in a 1-0 win.[13]
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