The Atlanta Braves signed veteran outfielder Jurickson Profar to a three-year, $42 million contract Thursday. The 31-year-old is set to make $12 million in 2025 and $15 million in each of the following two seasons.
Profar batted .280/.380/.459 over 158 games with the San Diego Padres last season, setting career-high totals in all three categories, as well as hits (158), runs (94), home runs (24) and RBIs (85). He started in left field for the National League All-Star team – the first such honor of his career – and garnered his first Silver Slugger award following the season.
The 6-foot, 184-pound Profar has batted .245/.331/.395 over an 11-year major league career, with 111 homers and 444 RBIs over 1,119 games. He is from Curacao, the same Caribbean island that also produced Braves second baseman Ozzie Albies, as well as former Braves Kenley Jansen, Andruw Jones, Jair Jurrjens, Andrelton Simmons and Randall Simon.
Profar has appeared defensively at every position around the diamond except for pitcher and catcher, compiling 549 games in the outfield (499 in left, 33 in right and 21 in center), 219 games at second, 104 at shortstop, 89 at third base and 72 at first. Originally signed by the Texas Rangers as a non-drafted free agent in 2009, Profar was rated as the No. 1 prospect in baseball prior to the 2013 season by Major League Baseball, Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus.
He debuted with the Rangers in 2012 at age 19 and played five years with the club before also appearing in games with the Oakland Athletics (2019), Padres (2020-24) and Colorado Rockies (2023). To make room on the 40-man roster, Atlanta designated right-handed pitcher Connor Gillispie for assignment.
Gillispie was signed by the Braves as a free agent in November after pitching in the Cleveland Guardians’ organization in 2024
