"The portent of the 2025 Atlanta Braves season being... really dumb and no fun was Jurickson Profar eating a PED suspension after the first series of the season. By the time Profar came back, his new team was more or less dead in the water as far as playoff potential. Profar also didn't really do anything to revive them - his 1.3 fWAR in 371 PAs, which was only achieved due to a fair bit of xwOBA overperformance, was basically a bog-standard rate. It was better than Alex Verdugo, but it wasn't actually good."
"Because he made his MLB debut at age 19, Profar has been around foooreeeeeveeeeer, though his career was largely nondescript. He didn't start sticking as a regular until 2018 (at age 25); he was replacement level in over 700 career PAs before that point. After getting regular playing time, he largely oscillated between being an average regular and something worse. His aggregate hitting was fine, but he played poor defense at an already-low skill position, which tanked his value."
"Fortunately for Profar, he had a renaissance of sorts in 2024, as he broke out offensively (139 wRC+ without outhitting his xwOBA by any meaningful amount) and even went back to just plain bad defensively relative to his 2023. That, and potentially a lack of anything else to spend moolah on, led the Braves to sign him to a three-year, $42 million contract ahead"
Jurickson Profar served a PED suspension early in the 2025 season, which coincided with the Braves losing playoff traction. Upon returning, Profar produced 1.3 fWAR in 371 plate appearances, a modest output helped by xwOBA overperformance and not markedly impactful. Profar debuted in MLB at 19 and remained largely replacement level until securing regular playing time in 2018. Offensive flashes were offset by persistent defensive deficiencies at a low-value position, culminating in a -1.6 fWAR season in 2023. A 2024 offensive rebound (139 wRC+) preceded Atlanta signing him to a three-year, $42 million contract.
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