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Jurickson Profar seems primed to prevent the Braves from doing what they did most of last season, when they struggled to find a suitable replacement for Ronald Acuña Jr. in the leadoff spot. “We kind of had a makeshift-type thing with \[the leadoff spot\],

Starling Marte, who is closing in on playing in spring (knee), has had his Mets role reduced to basically righty part of a DH platoon.

The Braves signed Jurickson Profar to add length to their starting lineup. His bat surprised in 2024 after underperforming his pedigree for most of his major league career.

Despite losing All-Star Jurickson Profar and former Gold Glover Ha-Seong Kim in the offseason, the Padres are still one of the biggest threats to the Dodgers. San Diego had Los Angeles on the ropes with a 2-1 lead in the NLDS before squandering the five-game series. This time around, things could be different.

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Atlanta Braves free-agent signee Jurickson Profar has been dominant out of the leadoff spot in Spring Training.

The Atlanta Braves' third baseman's strong day led the way as the Braves' lineup had its biggest offensive showing of Spring Training thus far

The Atlanta Braves took a few swings this offseason, some of which just might work out. This is doubly true given their general manager is Alex Anthopoulos, who

The Atlanta Braves have to be feeling pretty good about signing Jurickson Profar given how the first pitch he saw in spring training went.

The Atlanta Braves addressed the clear need in their outfield over the offseason by signing Jurickson Profar, but did not make a single notable addition to addr