John Patrick Sears (born February 19, 1996) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the

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of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022 with the New York Yankees.

Career

Seattle Mariners

Sears graduated from Wilson Hall, a private school in

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, and then attended The Citadel, where he played college baseball for The Citadel Bulldogs. He was selected by the Seattle Mariners in the 11th round of the

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. He signed and spent his first professional season with the Everett AquaSox and the Clinton LumberKings, going 1–2 with a 0.65 ERA over innings.

New York Yankees

On November 18, 2017, Sears along with

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were traded to the New York Yankees for Nick Rumbelow. 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. In 2019, he pitched for the Tampa Tarpons and went 4–4 with a 4.07 ERA over innings. He did not play a minor league game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the season. 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. The Yankees added Sears to their 40-man roster after the 2021 season. He made the Yankees Opening Day roster in 2022 and made his major league debut on April 13. Sears earned his first major league win on April 16, but was option (baseball), optioned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre after the game.

Oakland Athletics

The Yankees traded Sears, Luis Medina (pitcher), Luis Medina, Ken Waldichuk, and Cooper Bowman to the

for Frankie Montas and Lou Trivino on August 1, 2022. The Athletics assigned Sears to the Las Vegas Aviators.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sears, JP Living people 1996 births People from Sumter, South Carolina Baseball players from South Carolina Major League Baseball pitchers New York Yankees players Oakland Athletics players The Citadel Bulldogs baseball players Everett AquaSox players Clinton LumberKings players Charleston RiverDogs players Tampa Tarpons players Somerset Patriots players Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders players Las Vegas Aviators players