TODAY: Profar’s CT scan revealed a bone bruise on his left wrist, Bowman reports. While a painful injury, the team expects Profar should be ready for Opening Day.
MARCH 8: Braves left fielder Jurickson Profar suffered what the club described as a jammed left wrist during today’s Grapefruit League game with the Pirates. Profar suffered the injury while trying to make a diving catch of a line drive in the fourth inning, and the outfielder was in obvious discomfort in the aftermath of the play.
X-rays were negative on Profar’s wrist, and Braves team trainer George Poulis told reporters (including MLB.com’s Mark Bowman) that there is hope that Profar has avoided any more serious injury. The final diagnosis won’t be known for certain, however, until Profar undergoes an MRI to check for structural damage.
Profar was the Braves’ biggest offseason acquisition, as his huge 2024 season with the Padres resulted in a three-year, $42MM free agent deal from Atlanta. Profar has been rather notoriously inconsistent during his MLB career, but he delivered his best numbers at age 31 and in his 11th season in the Show. Signed to just a $1MM guaranteed last winter, Profar exploded for 24 home runs and a .280/.380/.459 slash line over 668 plate appearances with the Padres, earning All-Star and Silver Slugger recognition.
Since Ronald Acuna Jr. will miss some time at the start of the season recovering from his torn ACL, signing Profar was a logical way for the Braves to bolster their outfield ranks. The plan was to have Profar and Michael Harris II play every day in left and center field, with Jarred Kelenic and Bryan De La Cruz platooning in right field until Acuna is healthy, though if Profar now has to miss any time, Kelenic and De La Cruz could be bumped up to regular status in the corner outfield slots. Eli White could get more playing time in this scenario, and non-roster invitees Jake Marisnick or Conner Capel might have a path to the Opening Day roster if Profar winds up on the injured list.
Losing Profar to the IL would be another blow to Atlanta’s everyday lineup. Beyond Acuna still being on the mend, Sean Murphy broke a rib after hit by a pitch last week, leaving the starting catcher out of action for the next 4-6 weeks. Top catching prospect Drake Baldwin is available as Murphy’s likely fill-in, but filling a hole in the outfield is trickier since the Braves were already lacking depth on the grass with Acuna out.
I thought we were in the 2025 season not still in 2024 smh 🙁
I like Pro hopefully it isn’t too serious.
Hopefully nothing, or a minor sprain. Go Pro, all love from SD!!
Not a great way to start 2025 for him. Thats a signigicant injury.
He’s getting an MRI. You don’t know that.
I do, have you jammed your wrist.
Jammed wrists are terrible. Have pain in mine for over two weeks now after falling. Swinging anything let alone a bat isn’t fun. Opening the peanut butter jar without pain doesn’t happen. It can definitely effect offensive output. Dylan Carlson knows
@VegasSDfan I actually have and got hurt running the bases back in high school. Took some Advil and taped up my wrist real good and went back to playing in a few days. Took months to finally heal though.
I jammed my wrist at 16. Sometimes in certain conditions I can feel the injury in my mid-60s.
Maybe you should look into his injury history first.
Spring Training Rules: No dune buggy riding, no surfing, no diving for balls in the outfield
Great dude, hope he’s fine
How is he a great dude?
If he doesn’t answer does that mean he’s not?
What’s a dude to you? While I don’t know him personally, he does seem like a good guy, unless you’re on the opposite team. Great with fans – and extremely loyal to the team in general. Great teammate – most players on Padre roster last year said he was the Pad’s heart and soul.. Good friend – Tatis, Darvish, Kim, Musgrove and others were amazed how supportive he was to them when they were dealing with hardships. Engaging father figure (young son always on the field before games playing around with dad).
Excellent summary and agree completely.
Hope he is in the opening day lineup when the Braves are at Petco.
As a mariners fan I’ll admit I don’t watch him every day. But from what I’ve seen he seems like a massive punk. He talks an insane amount of trash for someone who isn’t a top talent and has never won anything. Starts fights with fans and players and disrespects guys who have been around forever. Usually “great dudes” don’t have a track record of having multiple fan bases throwing trash at them
NO WORRIES
It’s that this morning he brushed the wrist against the jam on his toast.
RESULT = Jammed Wrist.
Don’t quit your day job.
Braves are gonna be a dumpster fire this season.
I truly hope so but their team has a pretty good lineup and decent pitching, i dont ever discount them, tho it should be concerning to people what happened to them at the end of the year and into the playoffs, they looked like S H T and did not look like a playoff team at all
I won’t knock them on letting Fried go. I think that was a smart decision by them and an unwise one by the Yankees
I pull for my Pads, but as a pseudo-GM I follow all teams. I am concerned for the Braves’ rotation. Keeping my mind open though… and sure hoping Profar is uninjured!
They definitely needed to add another starter, especially with Strider coming back from injury and Sale always being uncertain. They’ve traded away a fair amount of depth the past few years and it’s bound to catch up sooner or later
They’ve traded some depth, but a lot of the guys they traded were out of options and weren’t in line to make the 26-man roster.
Thanks for the insightful commentary Lou.
It’s obvious to me once healthy , and perhaps even 80 to 90% healthy, that the Braves are the best team in the NL East. And if it’s obvious to me (who is just an ignorant SOB after all) it should be obvious to you.
Okay. Well, as long as you say so. Wouldn’t want you to make any factual arguments to support your conclusion. We’ll all take what you’re saying on faith, Mr. Manson.
Kinda dumb trying to make a diving catch in ST.
Can it just Fricken STOP!!!!!!!!!! It’s 2025, I wanted to bury the memory of 24 in a pine box.
Wasn’t really a diving stop. It just sorta looked like a clumsy play.
Just gonna draft no one tomorrow night, better strategy than the alternative to draft anyone since everyone is gonna be injured.
That is the drawback to having an especially early draft.
“Profar’s has been rather notoriously inconsistent…” His golf swing? Ability to play a believeable air guitar? Or…? Hahahaha
So happy he got paid and it wasn’t the padres.
Blah
The last 3 Braves teams have been better than the World Series team.
And yet
Playoff baseball
That’s how it usually goes for yearly contenders. Look at the Dodgers, won with arguably their weakest team over the last few years or so.
Snit and Double A will find a way to win.
This injury isn’t the issue—the real mistake was assuming Profar’s 2024 was repeatable. Betting on regression-prone players as key pieces of a contending roster is bad process, and the Braves are about to learn that the hard way.
Tough luck really, can’t write off Profar’s ’25 season expecting him to regress, if anything, he has improved his play steadily.
Braves need him healthy though, OF was soft last season too, they don’t have a lot of depth. Who knows where Ronald Acuna is at, I think he’s upset with his contract, and he’s not going to get a new one either until he puts in a couple more good seasons.
@Old York For one to be “regression-prone” more often than not they would have to regress. In Profar’s case more often than not he has provided more value than not season over season.
Presenting assumptions as facts does not make them a reality.
Tigers – I don’t really know what “regression prone” is myself and I rarely find myself supporting Oldyork but as a Padres fan (and Pro fan), the facts are that he had his career year in age 31 season (by a lot) immediately after his career worst year in 2023 at age 30.
To say he is on a path to regress to the mean is fair – more so than expecting him to maintain or improve upon 2024 in age 32-34 seasons. This is a former No. 1 overall prospect that has been around for 12 years. He has 8.4 WAR and got 3.6 of that last year (it’s a fair stat for comparison of same player year over year – or use any that you prefer). 2024 was an extreme outlier. And a huge blessing for SD at 1 million!
As most Padres fans (who have enjoyed Pro as a Padre) seem to agree on here, signing Pro to that contract is something we are all glad SD did not do. Having him back – sure. But not on that deal.
I wish him a speedy recovery and was looking forward to opening day in SD with his visit.
@Longtime I’d say he’s a candidate for regression in 2025. I’d also say he’s been wildly inconsistent throughout his career. As for “regression prone”, that I would absolutely not say. That is basically stating a pattern or chronic condition which neither of has been the case.
Could not agree more. This is BJ Upton 2.0
An injury might actually be doing them a favor
Hoping Profar is ok. He was such a vital part of the 2024 Padres and just because he got his big contract doesn’t mean that I will not still cheer for him when he is not playing the Padres.
Turns out only a bruise and he’ll be ready OD. Good for Pro
Yes it is. I hope he does well. He was such a fun player to watch and to be around.
Braves look like a 90 win team with or without profar.
Braves pitching depth is a little questionable but Waldrop, Elder and Smith Schawver all could progress and prove serviceable.
Two Aces with Sale and Strider healthy. Schwellenbach and Lopez are a very nice 3/4. I like Grant Holmes in the rotation, like him more in the bullpen. Ian Anderson getting one last look before Strider returns. He was real good a few years back.
A healthy Sale and the return of Strider, they could win 100, certainly no guarantee that either are fully healthy late in the season. The commitment of Ronald Acuna also a question mark. Catcher too, but I think Drake Baldwin fills in nicely.
Braves should extend Orlando Arcia and Ozzie Albies. Arcia was hitting late last season, great team player, heart of the team.
Given games to be played v Fish, Nats, and underwhelming Mets pitching, this can be a 100 win team.
Have to like the Nats this season, former Brave Michael Soroka going to be a solid 3. I like their lineup with Crews, Abrams and Wood at the top, going to see Andres Chapparo take that third base job soon too. He’s legit, Yanks dropped the ball on Chapparo.
Glad Profar was able to avoid a serious injury, now lets keep the rest of the team healthy.
Braves will need to be lucky to win even 85 games with their weak offense and starters
Never Remember has me muted. I probably called out his idiotic opinions in the past. He hasn’t improved, apparently.
He muted me too. He must be a Mets or Phillies fan. Maybe even a Dodgers fan.
Has me muted too bham. This might be blackpink/BITO/youjustmadethatup/Joel P’s new screen name. His take here is on par w/the ignorant garbage BITA posts. Only thing is he has a TR badge so it’s probably not BITA. He posts a lot of rants about never paying for the site because it’s a “shill for Cub fans.”
Glad to hear this may not be too serious, he’s a good ballplayer.
We need him, that’s good news. You know Kelenic won’t it when season starts.
Kelenic still has 3 arb years before free agency in 2029. Have to think 2025 will be a make or break year for him already. Reminds me a lot of Profar who spent most of his 20s in mediocrity before finally turning the corner.
Kelenic was good last season, numbers don’t tell the whole story, when Harris went down Kelenic moved into leadoff and put together some good games. Good defensive CF, an all around solid option at all three spots in the OF.
Profar is a good player not great and last season was an outlier…I think he will revert back to his normal stats…..240-.250 average with 13-15 HR.
I’m really happy for him, what’s not to like from his standpoint…3 years at 42 million and if he stays healthy he will help the Braves.
Last season. Profar increased his exit velocity by 4 MPH and hard hit rate by 10% from his career averages. That’s not by accident and his success from ’24 can carry over.
Sure it can carry over and I hope it does but I’ll stick to my projection that he reverts back to his normal
Profar is the ultimate every other season player. His last 6 seasons were 3.6 WAR, -1.3, 3.0, 0.0, 1.3, -0.1.
He doesn’t need to be a hero. They have All-Stars at every other position.
At least he’s scheduled for opening day. DL was a bear for the Braves last year, so let’s start strong this year!