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JP Sears

Age: 30
B/T: R/L
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 180 lb
Number: #39

Born: February 19, 1996 in Sumter, SC, United States
MLB debut: April 13, 2022
Drafted: 2017, round 11
College: The Citadel
Salary, 2026: $2.75M

dbWAR: 1.7
IP: 32.2
ERA: 4.68
FIP: 5.15
K/9: 6.9
FIP−: 123

JP Sears is a starting pitcher for the San Diego Padres. In 2026 he struck out 25 batters over 32.2 innings across 8 appearances, 6 of them starts, going 3-4. His ERA of 4.68 is 12.1% higher than the league average of 4.18 — 13th of 19 on his team, and 368th of 538 among MLB pitchers with 20+ innings. Stripping out defence, his 5.15 FIP suggests that his ERA had some help behind him. He missed bats on 20.7% of swings (9.8% of every pitch he threw), walked 7.7% of the batters he faced and struck out 17.5%. His -0.1 dbWAR is built from that FIP rather than runs allowed, so it credits him for what he controls and not for the defence behind him.

League context

Percentile among qualified pitchers, 2026.

FIP5.15

K/96.9

WHIP1.35

WAR-.1

WAR by season

Pitching

Standard and advanced, by season.


2026	SD	8	6	32.2	3	4	33	17	25	11	4.68	5.15	1.35	6.9	3.0	112	123	-0.1
2025	ATH/SD	27	27	135.2	9	11	143	76	117	36	5.04	5.21	1.32	7.8	2.4	121	125	0.1
2024	OAK	32	32	180.2	11	13	172	88	137	49	4.38	4.71	1.22	6.8	2.4	107	115	0.8
2023	OAK	32	32	172.1	5	14	165	87	161	53	4.54	5.15	1.26	8.4	2.8	105	119	0.4
2022	OAK/NYY	17	11	70.0	6	3	67	30	51	23	3.86	4.21	1.29	6.6	3.0	97	106	0.5

Platoon splits

How left- and right-handed hitters fare against him.

Season

Opponent batting by the side the hitter bats from, 2026. Counted from play-by-play, so totals can differ from the box-score season line by a plate appearance or two.
Split	PA	AB	H	HR	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	wOBA	K%
vs LHB	47	40	8	2	4	8	.200	.298	.350	.294	17.0%
vs RHB	96	88	25	4	7	17	.284	.337	.455	.348	17.7%

Pitch sequencing

What JP Sears throws in each count, and what he follows each pitch with. Select any cell for the breakdown.

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Pitch arsenal

What he throws, how hard, how often it misses, and what hitters do with it.

Season


Four-Seam Fastball	34.4%	182	93.0	1,950	46.2%	18.9%	52	.231	.632
Changeup	20.8%	110	85.0	1,718	30.9%	24.5%	28	.321	.887
Sinker	14.7%	78	91.8	1,985	56.4%	12.5%	15	.333	.807
Sweeper	14.4%	76	79.7	2,217	42.1%	39.1%	12	—	—
Slider	14.0%	74	81.2	2,279	35.1%	16.7%	19	.105	.248

JP Sears's arsenal by usage. Velocity is average release speed in mph, spin in rpm, and whiff rate is misses per swing — the cleanest single measure of whether a pitch beats hitters. BAA and OPS are what hitters did against each pitch, credited to the one that ended the plate appearance, and are left blank under 15 at-bats.

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Nearest 2026 seasons by command, run prevention and role, on rate statistics rather than totals.

Colin ReaCHC

ERA: 4.40
FIP: 4.84
SO: 100
WAR: 0.3

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Ryan JohnsonLAA

ERA: 4.93
FIP: 5.39
SO: 76
WAR: -0.4

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Ryne NelsonAZ

ERA: 4.80
FIP: 5.34
SO: 64
WAR: -0.2

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Jose CabreraAZ

ERA: 4.33
FIP: 5.14
SO: 18
WAR: -0.0

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How these are computed

wOBA uses linear weights measured from this season's own play-by-play rather than published constants, and wRC+ is park-adjusted against that same league. dbWAR is our own open implementation — not fWAR or bWAR — and the full derivation, including its simplifications, is on the methodology page.