2025 Stats
W-L
0-2
ERA
15.43
WHIP
3.00
K
5
SV
0
Rest-of-Season Projections
2025 Fantasy Outlook
Estes opened the 2024 season with Triple-A Las Vegas. He was called up in early May, then spent the rest of the season in the bigs. He experienced the ups and downs of most rookie hurlers, finishing with a 5.01 ERA, corroborated by his 5.29 xFIP and 5.04 SIERA. Estes 5.0 percent walk rate was excellent, but his 16.9 percent strikeout rate was the sixth lowest among pitchers tossing at least 120 innings. Home runs were a bigger problem. Estes fly-ball rate was 55.5 percent, so even with a below average 10.1 percent HR/FB mark, Estes 1.62 HR/9 was sixth highest among pitchers compiling 120 frames. Easier said than done, but perhaps a change in pitch would help induce more grounders and swinging strikes. Based on his pitch performance, lowering his 51.7 percent four-seam usage while upping his 33.2 percent slider deployment could be the elixir. For now, Estes is a risky streamer with a low strikeout rate. Read Past Outlooks
Optioned to Triple-A
The Athletics optioned Estes to Triple-A Las Vegas on Monday.
ANALYSIS
Estes was pummeled for 12 runs over seven innings of work in his two starts, and it has cost him his spot in the rotation and on the roster. The Athletics have not revealed who will replace Estes in the rotation, but Mitch Spence is an obvious candidate.
Estes was pummeled for 12 runs over seven innings of work in his two starts, and it has cost him his spot in the rotation and on the roster. The Athletics have not revealed who will replace Estes in the rotation, but Mitch Spence is an obvious candidate.
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Pitching Appearances Breakdown
Average Pitch Count
73
Last 10 Games
73
Last 5 Games
73
How many pitches does Joey Estes generally throw?
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11-20
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101-110
111-120
121+
What part of the game does Joey Estes generally pitch?
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% Games Reaching Innings Threshold
% Games By Number of Innings Pitched
Left/Right Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-18%
BAA vs LHP
2025
-66%
BAA vs LHP
| BAA | K | BB | H | HR | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023vs Left | .243 | 48 | 25 | 65 | 15 | |||
| Since 2023vs Right | .298 | 56 | 10 | 92 | 16 | |||
| 2025vs Left | .214 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | |||
| 2025vs Right | .632 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 3 | |||
| 2024vs Left | .239 | 41 | 18 | 55 | 11 | |||
| 2024vs Right | .277 | 51 | 9 | 75 | 12 | |||
| 2023vs Left | .304 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | |||
| 2023vs Right | .263 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 1 | |||
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Home/Away Pitching Splits
Since 2023
-42%
ERA at Home
2025
-25%
ERA at Home
| ERA | WHIP | IP | K/9 | BB/9 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Since 2023Home | 4.20 | 1.08 | 75.0 | 5.8 | 1.7 | ||||
| Since 2023Away | 7.23 | 1.59 | 69.2 | 7.2 | 2.7 | ||||
| 2025Home | 13.50 | 3.25 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 9.0 | ||||
| 2025Away | 18.00 | 2.67 | 3.0 | 9.0 | 6.0 | ||||
| 2024Home | 3.26 | 0.92 | 66.1 | 6.0 | 1.2 | ||||
| 2024Away | 6.90 | 1.57 | 61.1 | 7.0 | 2.6 | ||||
| 2023Home | 9.64 | 1.50 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 1.9 | ||||
| 2023Away | 5.06 | 1.31 | 5.1 | 8.4 | 1.7 | ||||
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Stat Review
How does Joey Estes compare to other starting pitchers?
This section compares his stats with all starting pitcher seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 120 innings)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
* Exit Velocity, Barrels/BBE %, Balls Hit 95+ MPH %, and Spin Rate are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 120 IP). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
K/BB
0.83K/9
6.4BB/9
7.7HR/9
5.1Fastball
90.6 mphERA
15.43WHIP
3.00BABIP
.427GB/FB
0.35Left On Base
58.4%Exit Velocity
83.4 mphBarrels/BBE
7.7%Spin Rate
2295 rpmBalls Hit 95+ MPH
23.1%Swinging Strike
7.5%Prospect Rankings History
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2024 Fantasy Outlook
Estes was traded to Oakland in the Matt Olson trade before the 2022 season, and he's gone from 16th round pick back in 2019 to a player that made two starts for the A's in 2023 that has a chance to win a spot in the A's rotation to start 2024. The 22-year-old can get his fastball up to 96 mph, and he complements that heater with a slider that gets above-average grades along with a change that continues to make progress. He generally throws strikes with all three pitches, but his command is slightly behind his control. Estes is a name to monitor in the coming years in dynasty leagues, but there's very little chance of him being a viable fantasy option in 2024 even if he does earn a starting gig.
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Another ugly outing
Estes (0-2) allowed six runs on six hits and two walks while striking out three over three innings Sunday to take the loss against the Rockies.
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Ambushed in home opener
Estes (0-1) allowed six runs on nine hits and four walks while striking out two batters over four innings Monday to take the loss against the Cubs.
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Wins final spot in rotation
Estes will open the season as the fifth starter in the Athletics rotation, Martin Gallegos of MLB.com reports.
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Making weak case for rotation spot
Estes gave up two runs over 3.2 innings with two strikeouts and one walk in Sunday's win over the Dodgers. He has a 5.87 ERA with a 5:1 K:BB in 7.2 innings this spring.
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Solid showing in final start
Estes did not factor into the decision in the Athletics' extra-inning loss to the Mariners on Saturday, allowing three earned runs on five hits and two walks over five innings. He struck out two and also hit a batter.
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