The range has lastly heated up in Atlanta.
After a comparatively quiet begin to the offseason, the Braves agreed to a three-year, $42 million cope with outfielder Jurickson Profar.
He’ll make $12 million in 2025 and $15 million in every of the next two seasons.
Profar, one among baseball’s high prospects when he was referred to as as much as the majors with the Rangers in 2012, had suits and begins all through his massive league profession however got here into his personal in 2024 with the Padres.
He collected career-bests in dwelling runs (24) OPS (.839) and RBIs (85) in what was his first season as an All-Star.
His 4.3 WAR, in line with Fangraphs, additionally represented the excessive watermark of his profession.
Profar, 31, has had the flexibility to play each the infield and outfield, however final yr he performed the whole lot of the yr in left, save for 2 video games at first base.
If he does certainly slot into left area, he’ll be becoming a member of an outfield with Michael Harris in middle and 2023 Nationwide League MVP Ronald Acuna Jr., as soon as he’s good to return from the ACL tear he suffered final Could.
