Properly, this offseason retains getting worse…
It was Blake Snell, Roki Sasaki and Tanner Scott going to the Dodgers. It was Willy Adames and Justin Verlander going to the Giants. Juan Soto to the Mets. Corbin Burnes and Josh Naylor to the D-Backs.
And now it’s Jurickson Profar to a different NL contender: the Atlanta Braves. Profar is signing for 3 years, $42 million based on Robert Murray. An unimaginable deal for a man who signed for $1 million previous to the 2024 season.
BREAKING: Free-agent outfielder Jurickson Profar and the Atlanta Braves are in settlement on a contract, based on sources conversant in the deal.
— Robert Murray (@ByRobertMurray) January 23, 2025
I used to be at all times holding out hope that the Padres would be capable of convey him again someway since we hadn’t heard something about his market elsewhere however perhaps followers like myself shouldn’t have gotten our hopes up contemplating the entrance workplace didn’t retain Kyle Higashioka and are going to combat with Michael King over lower than $2 million.
The 2024 Padres don’t accomplish what they did with out Profar. The previous #1 prospect lastly had himself an All-Star season, hitting 24 homers and posting an OPS+ 34% above league common.
Just like the outfielder to his left, Jackson Merrill, Profar was in a position to come via within the clutch within the common season to assist the membership get to 93 wins. When groups got here at him, he went proper again at them. A type of guys we label as the guts of the group.
How will A.J. Preller substitute 85 RBI, 94 R and an .839 OPS?
Who is aware of nevertheless it’ll be tough to take action.
