# Jurickson Profar
**Jurickson Profar** (full name Jurickson Barthelomeus Profar, nickname "El Patron"; born 1993 in [Willemstad](https://www.edgepedia.org/willemstad), Curaçao) is a Curaçaoan professional baseball outfielder and switch hitter who has played in [Major League Baseball](https://www.edgepedia.org/major-league-baseball) for the Texas Rangers, Oakland Athletics, San Diego Padres, Colorado Rockies, and [Atlanta Braves](https://www.edgepedia.org/atlanta-braves) since his debut on September 2, 2012.[1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777) • [2](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/bio/_/id/31117/jurickson-profar) Once the consensus No. 1 overall prospect in baseball, his career was reshaped by shoulder injuries, revived with a 2024 All-Star season in San Diego, and twice interrupted by performance-enhancing drug suspensions with Atlanta.[3](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-free-agent-analysis) • [4](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-suspended-162-games)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Born | 1993, Willemstad, Curaçao; bats left and right, throws right; 5'11", 184 lb[1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777) |
| Debut | September 2, 2012, with the Texas Rangers at age 19; homered in his first career at-bat[1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777) • [5](https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jurickson_Profar) |
| Prospect status | Baseball's consensus No. 1 overall prospect in 2013; signed by Texas for $1.55 million, then a franchise record for an international signee[3](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-free-agent-analysis) • [6](https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/6482-jurickson-profar/) |
| 2024 season | .280/.380/.459 with 24 home runs, 85 RBI, and 94 runs in 158 games; NL All-Star starter, Silver Slugger, 14th in NL MVP voting[1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777) |
| Braves contract | Three years, $42 million signed in January 2025[4](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-suspended-162-games) |
| Suspensions | 80 games in 2025 (first positive test); 162 games in March 2026 (second positive test, for Exogenous Testosterone and its metabolites), forfeiting his $15 million salary[4](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-suspended-162-games) |
| Career line (through 2025) | .245 average, 125 home runs, 487 RBI, 66 stolen bases, .731 OPS in 4,065 at-bats[1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777) |
## Early life and signing
Profar grew up in Curaçao and starred internationally as a child, leading Curaçao to the [Little League World Series](https://www.edgepedia.org/little-league-world-series) championship as an 11-year-old and back to the title game as a 12-year-old.[6](https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/6482-jurickson-profar/) The Texas Rangers signed him as a shortstop for $1.55 million, a franchise record for an international signee, and he ranked as the No. 1 prospect in the short-season Northwest League as a 17-year-old.[6](https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/6482-jurickson-profar/) By 2013 he was baseball's consensus No. 1 overall prospect.[3](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-free-agent-analysis)
## Rangers years and injuries
Profar reached the majors with Texas in 2012 while still 19, and hit a home run in his first big league at-bat, taking Zach McAllister deep in the third inning. He became the first player in Rangers franchise history to homer in his first career at-bat, and only two players in major league history, Whitey Lockman and Ted Tappe, had done so as teenagers before him.[5](https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jurickson_Profar) At 19 years, 228 days old, he also became the sixth teenager in MLB history to record a hit in a postseason game.[7](https://library.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/publications/baseball/yearbooks/BATLBMG-2025-atlanta-braves-media-guide.pdf)
**Injuries derailed his rise.** Shoulder problems cost him the entirety of his age-21 and age-22 seasons: he was on the disabled list for all of 2014 with a torn [teres major muscle](https://www.edgepedia.org/teres-major-muscle) in his right shoulder, and spent the entire 2015 season on the 60-day disabled list after right shoulder surgery on February 23, 2015, to repair a torn labrum.[3](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-free-agent-analysis) • [1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777) He returned in 2016 as a utility player, starting at least five games at five different positions, one of just two major leaguers to do so that season along with Marwin Gonzalez.[1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777) In 2018 he batted .254 with 20 home runs and 77 RBI in 146 games, one of only five [American League](https://www.edgepedia.org/american-league) players with at least 35 doubles, 20 home runs, 75 RBI, and 10 stolen bases, though he also led the majors with 25 errors.[1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777)
## Athletics, Padres, and Rockies
Texas traded Profar to Oakland in a three-team deal completed December 21, 2018.[8](https://pressbox.athletics.com/Publications/MLB%20Media%20Guides/Archives/2020%20Media%20Guides/2020%20San%20Diego%20Padres%20Media%20Guide.pdf) He hit a career-high-tying 20 home runs in 2019 while starting a team-leading 115 games at second base.[1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777) Acquired by San Diego on December 2, 2019, he set career highs in average (.278) and on-base percentage (.343) in the shortened 2020 season, then re-signed on a three-year, $21 million deal in January 2021.[1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777) • [9](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-value-to-padres-roster-in-future) His 2021 and 2022 seasons were modest, and in 2023 he batted a combined .242/.321/.368 between Colorado and San Diego before the Rockies released him on August 27, 2023.[1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777)
## The 2024 breakout
Profar remained available until February 2024, when he signed a one-year, $1 million contract with the Padres on February 12 with incentives built in.[1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777) • [10](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-jackson-merrill-s-path-to-2024-all-star) At age 32 he completed his 11th major league season with a .280/.380/.459 slash line in 158 games, hitting 24 home runs with 85 RBI and 94 runs, and setting career highs in games played, hits, home runs, RBI, runs, on-base percentage, and OPS.[1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777) He was elected the [National League](https://www.edgepedia.org/national-league)'s starting left fielder for the 2024 All-Star Game at [Globe Life Field](https://www.edgepedia.org/globe-life-field), his first career selection, and went 1-for-2 with a run scored in the game.[11](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-fernando-tatis-jr-elected-all-star-starters) • [1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777) He won the NL Silver Slugger award for outfielders and placed 14th in NL MVP voting.[1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777) In NLDS Game 2 against Los Angeles, he robbed a would-be [Mookie Betts](https://www.edgepedia.org/mookie-betts) home run by reaching into the left field bleachers, preserving a 1-0 San Diego lead.[1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777) Going from released by the Rockies in August 2023 to starting in the All-Star Game less than a year later was, as MLB.com put it, an unusual career path.[3](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-free-agent-analysis)
## Braves and PED suspensions
Profar signed a three-year, $42 million contract with the Atlanta Braves in January 2025, less than a year after his $1 million deal with San Diego.[4](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-suspended-162-games) • [12](https://eta.creativecirclecdn.com/sumter/files/20250124-144234-bdb-0125Binder1.pdf) He played four games for Atlanta before receiving an 80-game suspension for a positive performance-enhancing drug test, his first. Activated on July 2, he finished the season hitting .245/.353/.434 over 80 games.[4](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-suspended-162-games)
**A second positive test ended his 2026 season before it began.** On March 3, 2026, MLB suspended Profar for 162 games without pay for a second violation of the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program, after a positive test for Exogenous Testosterone and its metabolites. As a second-time offender he was also barred from postseason and [World Baseball Classic](https://www.edgepedia.org/world-baseball-classic) play, and the Braves did not owe him his $15 million salary for the year. The suspension took effect that Friday, and the Players Association filed an expedited appeal.[4](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-suspended-162-games) The suspension cost him a planned appearance for the Netherlands in the World Baseball Classic, for which he had already left Braves camp.[4](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-suspended-162-games) The Spanish-language account of the 2025 case reported that the first positive test was for human chorionic gonadotropin, a hormone that raises testosterone levels.[13](https://as.com/us/mlb/castigo-ejemplar-para-jurickson-profar-f202603-n/)
## Playing style
Profar is a switch hitter with defensive versatility across the infield and outfield; he has played four infield positions and all three outfield spots in the majors, with his best defensive work in the corner outfield.[9](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-value-to-padres-roster-in-future) • [1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777) During the 2018 season, he joined an exclusive group: only four players before him had ever logged at least 10 games apiece at first base, second base, third base, and shortstop in a year in which they also hit 20 home runs.[1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777) His 2024 season paired elite plate discipline, ranking in the 90th percentile or better in both whiff rate (17.0%) and chase rate (21.9%), with hard contact, a 44.4% hard-hit rate.[1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777) He has represented the Netherlands internationally, playing in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, where he batted .464 with a 1.266 OPS.[1](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777)
## References
1. [Jurickson Profar Stats, Age, Position, Height, Weight, Fantasy & News, MLB.com](https://www.mlb.com/player/jurickson-profar-595777)
2. [Jurickson Profar Biography, ESPN](https://www.espn.com/mlb/player/bio/_/id/31117/jurickson-profar)
3. [Jurickson Profar free agent breakdown analysis, MLB.com](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-free-agent-analysis)
4. [MLB suspends Braves outfielder Profar for 162 games, MLB.com](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-suspended-162-games)
5. [Jurickson Profar, BR Bullpen, Baseball-Reference](https://www.baseball-reference.com/bullpen/Jurickson_Profar)
6. [Jurickson Profar Stats & Scouting Report, Baseball America](https://www.baseballamerica.com/players/6482-jurickson-profar/)
7. [Atlanta Braves Media Guide (2025)](https://library.sfo2.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/publications/baseball/yearbooks/BATLBMG-2025-atlanta-braves-media-guide.pdf)
8. [2020 San Diego Padres Media Guide](https://pressbox.athletics.com/Publications/MLB%20Media%20Guides/Archives/2020%20Media%20Guides/2020%20San%20Diego%20Padres%20Media%20Guide.pdf)
9. [Here's why Profar is a great fit for SD's roster, MLB.com](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-value-to-padres-roster-in-future)
10. [Jurickson Profar, Jackson Merrill's path to 2024 All-Star, MLB.com](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-jackson-merrill-s-path-to-2024-all-star)
11. [Jurickson Profar, Fernando Tatis Jr. elected All-Star starters, MLB.com](https://www.mlb.com/news/jurickson-profar-fernando-tatis-jr-elected-all-star-starters)
12. [The Sumter Item, January 25-28, 2025](https://eta.creativecirclecdn.com/sumter/files/20250124-144234-bdb-0125Binder1.pdf)
13. [Castigo ejemplar para Jurickson Profar tras dar positivo en dopaje, AS](https://as.com/us/mlb/castigo-ejemplar-para-jurickson-profar-f202603-n/)
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