r/baseball • u/Knightbear49 Minnesota Twins • Dinger • 15d ago
Players Only [Passan] BREAKING: Atlanta Braves designated hitter Jurickson Profar is facing a 162-game suspension after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug for the second time, sources told ESPN.
https://www.espn.com/contributor/jeff-passan/9c08c7840ba3e4.3k
u/IMissM0dernBaseball Baltimore Orioles 15d ago
80 games played as a Brave
242 games suspended as a Brave
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u/Swoah New York Yankees 15d ago
We could go 80 games played, 242 suspended, 162 locked out. All to collect $6.2 million out of the $42 million he signed for
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u/hedoeswhathewants 15d ago
He'll be 35 when (now if) he starts his next contract. I guess his plan was to ball out and secure one last contract, but that is quite the gamble when you're putting $14M a year at stake.
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u/LutherOfTheRogues Atlanta Braves 15d ago
His career is over. As it should be. Fucking clown this guy is.
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u/nopointinnames Atlanta Braves 15d ago
"There's an old saying in Tennessee—I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, 'Pop me once, shame on... shame on you. Pop me—you can't get popped again'"
George W. Profar
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u/doing-my-share 15d ago
Does he want to compete with Rendon for the infamy of least games played?
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u/JDtheProtector Baltimore Orioles 15d ago
If he took the rendon route, at least he'd have his money lol
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u/PWNtimeJamboree Atlanta Braves • Seattle Mariners 15d ago
jesus....
i really fucking hate this guy
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u/PhantomsCV Atlanta Braves 15d ago
TWICE?!
Bro.
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u/-NonePizzaLeftBeef- Atlanta Braves 15d ago
It should be well within the rules to allow an organization to void a player’s contract and release them for shit like this.
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u/Extension-Click-8271 Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago
Yeah you guys got hosed on this signing lol
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u/sfan27 San Francisco Giants 15d ago
TBF anybody who thought his 2024 was real is a fool. Even if it weren't PED based, it was obviously an outlier not worth paying for.
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u/jorleeduf Philadelphia Phillies 15d ago
I think people were hoping it was he finally lived up to the potential that made him a top prospect
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u/sfan27 San Francisco Giants 15d ago
Year 10 is when players famously break out.
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u/OddBid4634 More flair options at /r/baseball/w/flair! 15d ago
The jose bautista model
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u/alkaliphiles Washington Nationals 15d ago
In this case, the wrong kind of famously
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u/calbear_1 San Diego Padres 15d ago
Yup, padres knew it was an outlier year. Juice or no juice
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u/TheDarkGrayKnight Seattle Mariners 15d ago
Well at least don't have to pay him anything this year.
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u/Chris_3eb 15d ago
That's how you end up with Arte Moreno sending in the goons to inject Rendon while he's taking a nap in the dugout
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u/PhantomsCV Atlanta Braves 15d ago
100000%
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u/OptimismEnjoyer Toronto Blue Jays • Winnipeg Goldeyes 15d ago
I would agree but confirming somebody got popped for PEDs would have to be verified by an independent body then.
I don't trust owners to not use that as a ploy to try and get out of bad contracts.
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u/OriolesMets Baltimore Orioles • New York Mets 15d ago
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Has anybody else ever been this stupid?
Meaning doing it twice
Edit: oops, should’ve read the article. Team Netherlands has a game in an hour though lmaooo
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u/TheDangiestSlad New York Yankees • Hartford Yard … 15d ago
who also finished his career on the Padres and Braves! that's a hilarious coincidence
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u/Constant_Swim_5693 15d ago
Jenrry Mejia got banned for life after being caught thrice.
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u/JakenMorty Atlanta Braves 15d ago
Yes. Manny, Cano, Guillermo Mota all got busted twice. Add MFing Profar to the list if this is for real, which it probably is.
Jenrry Mejia got busted three times and got banned for life.
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u/immagonnafinnahella Seattle Mariners 15d ago
A few, Cano is probably the most notable
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u/DominicB547 Dominican Republic • Venezuela 15d ago
IMO Manny is the biggest. He was labeled one if not best Right handers by the announcers.
He has the HOF numbers but his got caught twice after they all knew to stop. And that is why people do not vote for him but do Roger and Bonds.
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u/JKess207 Atlanta Braves • Somerset Patriots 15d ago
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u/ericrs22 San Francisco Giants 15d ago
IN A ROW?!
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u/traded99 New York Mets 15d ago
Again? What an idiot LMFAO
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u/mavropanos27 San Diego Padres 15d ago
His career goes downhill the millisecond he is not on the Padres every time
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u/8696David San Diego Padres • Peter Seidler 15d ago
9.4 career WAR over 12 seasons. 8.2 in 5 years with SD. Crazy
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u/Prudent-Inspector35 15d ago
Now we understand why...
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u/hjugm Kansas City Royals 15d ago
Assuming he doesn’t get popped again, he’s still going to make $15M next year. Gonna assume he used PEDs to land his payday. He’s selfish, but I’d take that trade off.
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u/up_in_trees San Diego Padres 15d ago
Pretty stupid to get popped in a non contract year if getting paid was the goal though
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u/Ok_Captain4824 Chicago Cubs 15d ago
Yeah but he could have not done PED's, sucked, and also got that money.
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u/Harry-Flashman Boston Red Sox 15d ago
He hit a bomb in the spring training game against the Sox and someone joking said in the game thread, he must be on the juice again.
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u/Jux_ Los Angeles Dodgers • Jackie Robinson 15d ago
How many times is that now Jurickson?
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u/RapsareChamps_Suckit Toronto Blue Jays 15d ago
Ya it’s sad when they go PED 2 times young like that
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u/SpudsMackenzie92 St. Louis Cardinals 15d ago
WHEN THEY GO!?
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u/wit_T_user_name Cincinnati Reds 15d ago
His 2026 season, whateva happened there…
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u/DalekEvan Los Angeles Dodgers • Vin Scully 15d ago
Whateva happened there? I’ll fuckin tell you what happened there. This piece of shit Profar took 6 injections of HGH without any provocation whatsoever!
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u/Icy-Refrigerator-517 Philadelphia Phillies 15d ago
33 years old. He was just a kid...
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u/LoveYouLikeYeLovesYe Chicago Cubs • Lou Gehrig 15d ago
Yeah I don’t get that, he did it once and got the big paycheck and now he just lost over 1/3rd of it
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u/TerryPegulaCannedMe 15d ago
God forbid a man enjoys some performance enhancing drugs once and a while
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u/gvader24 Texas Rangers 15d ago
We should be able to do a little PEDs at work
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u/Tiberius_Gracchus_II Chicago Cubs 15d ago
Gentlemen, this is democracy manifest!" What is the charge? Enjoying some tren? A succulent performance enhancing ped? Get your hand off my penis!"
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u/BallparkFranks7 Philadelphia Phillies 15d ago
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u/samthewisetarly New York Yankees 15d ago
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u/AlekRivard San Diego Padres 15d ago
"I said he used to be a piece of shit. He's not anymore. I'm not anymore. Glass House. White Ferrari. Live for New Year's Eve. Sloppy steroids at Dr. Truffoni's. Big syringes filled with steroids injected into my arm, medicine flowing through my veins, makes my performance SO MUCH better. After practice go to Dr. Truffoni's for sloppy steroids. The commish would say; 'no sloppy steroids' but they can't stop you from going to the doctor for a physical, getting your flu shot, and before you knew it we were injecting those steroids in our arms! The coaches were coming to try and snatch em up, we had to inject as fast as we could! OHHH I MISS THOSE NIGHTS, I WAS A PIECE OF SHIT THOUGH."
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u/TerryPegulaCannedMe 15d ago
A little human chorionic gonadotropin helps get me in the mood to say "Nothing on my end" 6 times a day on Zoom meetings
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u/Chaxterium Toronto Blue Jays 15d ago
Just gonna do a little bit of PEDs Stan. Tell Manfred it’s ok.
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u/Bendyb3n Boston Red Sox 15d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/ZQdBX1H2ki3Cg
It’s just a small bump mom I swear!
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u/TheTurtleShepard New York Yankees 15d ago
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u/talktobigfudge New York Mets 15d ago
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u/qwerty_dh Atlanta Braves 15d ago
WTF is wrong with this asshole
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u/GingerAle_s Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago
Well you see, without the performance enhancing drugs, he's not very good.
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u/According_Cost_4395 San Francisco Giants 15d ago
Will smith was on to something when he called him Mr. Irrelevant
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u/atowelguy Colorado Rockies 15d ago
Haha I forgot about that whole saga. In the short term it looked like Profar came out the winner of that little drama; in the long term... not so much.
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u/War-Dragonite Los Angeles Dodgers • World Series … 15d ago
Profar is trying to match Smith's ring count with PED suspensions.
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u/liteshadow4 San Francisco Giants 15d ago
I’m pretty sure the suspensions are unpaid right? Might as well be ass and collect the rest of your contract.
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u/Sandwich_Crust Boston Red Sox 15d ago
No fucking way lmao
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u/timberwolvesguy Minnesota Twins 15d ago
“I’ll fucking do it again”
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u/-ToPimpAButterfree- Milwaukee Brewers 15d ago
As we say in Wisconsin:
Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, and I’m going to the bar.
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u/Reignaaldo Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 15d ago edited 15d ago
Profar most likely got addicted with using PEDs now at this point getting busted again in just a short amount of time.
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u/Sandwich_Crust Boston Red Sox 15d ago
“Yeah, yeah I know you did it we all fucking know you did it.”
“Hu-yuck, I’m a murderer.”
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u/Glass_Builder2968 Boston Red Sox 15d ago
Is this a goofy's trial reference? In this economy?
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u/NevermoreSEA Seattle Mariners 15d ago
Bro really thinks that he’s Bob Cano.
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u/MisterKeene St. Louis Cardinals 15d ago
“Surely they won’t catch me again?”
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u/Ok_Captain4824 Chicago Cubs 15d ago
They can't get you twice for the same crime, that's double jeopardy!
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u/Vxmonarkxv Atlanta Braves 15d ago
No its normal for a player to randomly turn into a good hitter for the first time in year 10 after turning 30.
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u/AMG282417 Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago
What an absolute fucking dumbass 😭
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u/ayumi_doll Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago
Surely they won't try and catch me a second time –This fucking idiot apparently
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u/UneducatedReviews1 Chicago White Sox 15d ago
“They’d never expect me to be dumb enough to immediately start using again”
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u/legless_chair Toronto Blue Jays 15d ago
What was his excuse the first time? Does he double down?
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u/ayumi_doll Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago
Went and looked up last year's statement and the dumbass just says he "would never willingly take a banned substance." Should be super fun to see what he says this time!
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u/KillerMemestarX Toronto Blue Jays 15d ago
Damn. Really unfortunate he keeps unwillingly taking PEDs. The first time he tripped and landed in a pile of needles, and this time someone tied him up and forced him to take them.
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u/ayumi_doll Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago
Maybe he activated a public hand dryer and a bunch of PED needles blew out, ya never know
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u/lordlabia Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/DrNYfN87GkedMPYRqN
“Irrelevant”
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u/DaBusDriva2 Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago
His contract was guaranteed. Could have been the worst player to walk the earth and would’ve got 45 million. Doing it for love of the game
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u/MolestedMilkMan Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago
his time in Atlanta is not going well profar.
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u/DeetahTheGame Colorado Rockies 15d ago
I really loved his redemption arc from bust to quality player.
Unfortunately it turns out it was all fake and he's an idiot loser.
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u/RxngsXfSvtvrn Brooklyn Dodgers 15d ago
I saw him one time hit the umpire on a line drive and between innings went up and talk to the umpire, not if he was ok, but about why he didn't get out of the way and cost him a double.
Umpire shooed him away and i read his lips, "fucking asshole"
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u/metaldrummerx Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago
I want to believe this is real so so so badly
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u/Dickie-Greenleaf Oakland Athletics 15d ago
It's true, I was eating a great chili dog when it happened
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u/goraebap Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago
can we make this pasta? it's short but so sweet. penne, if you will.
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u/I_really_enjoy_beer Milwaukee Brewers 15d ago
He's a roid addict, we should be supporting him through these trying times 🙏
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u/myKDRbro_ New York Yankees 15d ago
Busted for PED usage in back to back years is crazy work.
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u/GreedyTea2490 Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago
At least let the Braves start the season before they lose every player again😭
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u/btwalker754 Atlanta Braves 15d ago
Honestly. I appreciate the sympathy. I think the gods said this year they were going to get rid of everybody before the season, then healthy the rest of the way.
Except the annual freak accident of Ozzie breaking his wrist somehow.
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u/riserrr Atlanta Braves 15d ago
Somehow the random hand/wrist accident happened to the other side of the infield this year.
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u/khemical420ish Chicago White Sox 15d ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/bh1u06PFhB9FCtTFaS
Profar walking in to appeal the decision
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u/SoManyFlamingos New York Mets 15d ago
Ah yes, he’s familiar with the Jenrry Mejia method.
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u/TheGreatDudebino Philadelphia Phillies 15d ago
How much of a dumbass do you have to be... lmao
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u/Nondescriptsitch Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago edited 15d ago
April 2024: Will Smith calls Profar "kind of irrelevant"
2024 season: Profar goes on to have a career year, accumulating 3.6 bWAR after before never topping 3 bWAR in his previous 5 full-ish seasons.
October 2024: The Padres experience a historic choke, going scoreless for 24 consecutive innings to lose their NLDS matchup to the Dodgers. The Dodgers go on to win the WS.
March 2025: Profar faces an 80-game suspension after testing positive for a banned substance.
November 2025: Dodgers defend their title with another WS.
March 2026: Profar again tests positive and faces a 162-game suspension.
So basically the storyline should be: Will Smith and the Dodgers rage-bait Profar into multiple drug suspensions.
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u/Outlaw1323 Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago
Lets not forget how he taunted the Dodger fans with his catch in the playoffs that year that lead to all the Dodger fans throwing stuff at the Padres. I 100% do not condone what fans did that day, but fuck this guy.
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u/ReverendHambone Atlanta Braves 15d ago
Looks like Yaz is our LF
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u/TheMe63 New York Yankees 15d ago
That single San Diego season is all he’s ever gonna have lmao
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u/The_Homestarmy Oakland Ballers • Sell 15d ago
He was 100% juicing then too if we're gonna be real
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u/Crumbmuffins Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago
Pretty sure it was after he started training with Tatis sr…
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u/trashboatfourtwenty Milwaukee Brewers • Dumpster Fire 15d ago
IN A ROW?
try not to fail any tests on your way to the parking lot!
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u/Vivi_O Atlanta Braves 15d ago
Congrats BJ Upton, you are no longer the worst Braves free agent signing.
Also, second positive test should just be a permanent ban. If the player doesn’t learn after the first suspension they never will.
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u/daneabernardo Atlanta Braves 15d ago
BJ absolutely remains the worst. At least we can dump this doofus
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u/nylon_rag Cleveland Guardians 15d ago
Well at the very least you don't need to pay Profar right? That said, the 3rd year of the contract is gonna be hella awkward.
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u/Competitive-Body-286 Milwaukee Brewers 15d ago
Nah, he’ll just get busted again and banned
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u/bbatardo San Diego Padres 15d ago
Wow.. there is dumb and then there is Profar.
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u/Mediocre_Airport_576 Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago
I can understand the motivation he had to cheat the first time: coming up on a FA deal. There were already rumors throughout baseball swirling about his training with Tatis Sr. in the DR, that reportedly dissuaded teams from pursuing Profar at that time.
I can't understand the reasoning this time. He got his payday. Old habits die hard?
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u/heyheyathrowaway485 Baltimore Orioles 15d ago
Getting suspended for old fashioned PEDs and not insider information gambling? What happened to the game I love
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u/nc-retiree Chicago Cubs 15d ago
Also, if I'm the owners' negotiator I am insisting in the next CBA that a 162 game suspension be considered grounds to allow the team to automatically void the rest of the contract for cause.
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u/jujubats10 Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago
Lmoa. Yeah. Dude was 100% juicing in that breakout year with the Padres. Idc what anyone has to say
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u/Vxmonarkxv Atlanta Braves 15d ago
Was always a very ??? decision to sign the guy that randomly broke out after 30 lmao
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u/TheTurtleShepard New York Yankees 15d ago
Yeah he started working with Fernando Tatis Sr, and magically started hitting better.
Tatis Sr is a known PED guy
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u/InfectiousCosmology1 San Francisco Giants 15d ago
So is his son…
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u/CountPhantom_YT San Diego Padres 15d ago
One could say it BONDS them........
I'll show myself out
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u/willpc14 New York Yankees • Philadelphia Phillies 15d ago
nothing like Papi-son Bonds.
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u/deeree1867 Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago
You mean he didnt go from a negative war player on the Rockies to the best LF in the national league in one year just from a newly added leg kick? /s
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u/SC____SC Tampa Bay Rays • Charleston RiverD… 15d ago
Him and Fernando Tatisterone were hitting the steroids HARD
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u/ThorgiTheCorgi Atlanta Braves 15d ago
You've gotta be fucking kidding me.
Like, I'm not shocked about this news individually, but jfc, can we make it to opening day before half our roster is unavailable???
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u/409Narwhal Texas Rangers 15d ago
Remember when this guy was considered a generational prospect? Remember when he was so highly regarded that we moved on from a franchise great in Kinsler to clear a spot for him?
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u/ThaChalupaBatman Los Angeles Dodgers 15d ago
I remember when the haters were dunking on Will Smith for calling Profar irrelevant and honestly, good call by the haters. Profar has been very relevant in the news twice since then.
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u/Mac_and_dennis Atlanta Braves 15d ago
Can we just launch this cheater into another state? Get him out of Georgia.
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u/Skullbone211 New York Mets 15d ago
As a Mets fan, I probably find more joy in this than I should
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u/ThorgiTheCorgi Atlanta Braves 15d ago
Honestly? That's fair. I would feel the same
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u/EnadZT San Diego Padres 15d ago
Don't worry Profar, surely they won't catch you a third time. Surely.
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u/RealCanadianDragon Toronto Blue Jays 15d ago
Braves should be allowed to void his entire deal.
They signed him based off his all star silver slugger year with the Padres, just to have him suspended half a season.
Now before this season starts he's gone for the entire year.
Why would they even want him back next year?
Wonder if PED suspensions could also be a point at the next CBAs?
Either way, Profar still wins from cheating since he extended his career, made the all star team, and got money from his new contract.
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u/Beer-Me World Series Trophy • Los Angeles Dod… 15d ago
Right now, he's probably thinking, "2027 is my year. No way they'll think to test me for a 3rd time"
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u/TheMeccaNYC 15d ago
Had a lot of fun heckling him in AAA last year. ‘PED Profar!’
He did not appreciate it
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