After throwing three innings in his Grapefruit League finale Monday, Sears said manager Aaron Boone informed him that he had made the team.
Boone later told reporters that Sears would “likely” be on the Opening Day roster, but wanted to wait a day before making anything final.
“We’ve been impressed with what we’ve seen of JP,” Boone said after a 5-2 win over the Phillies at Steinbrenner Field. “We feel like his ability to throw strikes, his fastball’s going to play. Thought he was really good today mixing his three pitches. Saw the life on the fastball and saw it play, but his secondary was something that was effective today as well. … So there’s a good chance he’s on.”
Sears, 26, was an 11th-round draft pick of the Mariners in 2017 before being traded to the Yankees that year in a deal for Nick Rumbelow. After splitting last year between Double-A Somerset and Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, mostly as a starter, the 5-foot-11 Sears was added to the 40-man roster and came into camp with the goal of making the team. This spring, he gave up six runs in 6 ²/₃ innings, though five of those runs came in one outing against the Blue Jays.
“I struggled with some injuries early on [in my career] and I learned a lot from that, knowing availability is the biggest thing as far as moving up in the minor leagues,” Sears said. “So I used the COVID year, 2020, to really work on cleaning up my arm path and mechanics. That helps with my health in the long run.”
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