JP Sears (baseball)

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27+2⁄3 innings.

New York Yankees

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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  2. ↑ Hartsell, Jeff (June 14, 2017). "Citadel's JP Sears, taken by Mariners, heads Palmetto State's third-day MLB Draft picks". Post and Courier. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  3. ↑ Oas, Erik (November 20, 2017). "JP Sears traded to Yankees". Milb.com. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Yankees Announce Three Promotions Including Josh Breaux to Somerset". Milb.com. August 3, 2021. Retrieved April 17, 2022.
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JP Sears
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Sears with the New York Yankees in 2022
Athletics – No. 38
Pitcher
Born: (1996-02-19) February 19, 1996 (age 28)
Sumter, South Carolina, U.S.
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
MLB debut
April 13, 2022, for the New York Yankees
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