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Baseball Primer Newsblog — The Best News Links from the Baseball Newsstand Friday, March 03, 2023Why Has No One Signed Jurickson Profar Yet?
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Posted: March 03, 2023 at 05:31 PM | 17 comment(s)
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1. Starring Bradley Scotchman as RMc Posted: March 03, 2023 at 08:01 PM (#6119437)So what's his nickname anyway? Rick? Pro? Profie?
Many moons ago, Loyola (Chicago) made the tourney with star scorer Alfredrick Hughes. A teammate was asked what they called him. "Some of the guys call him Al, some call him Rick. Nobody has the guts to call him Fred."
and yet Rougned Odor signed a deal with the Padres just 3 days ago (yes, really - only the paperwork remains).
Rick Porcello's full name is Frederick Alfred Porcello, and no one calls him Fred either. What's wrong with "Fred"?
Of course he did have a career year last year, so it's worth a flier, the Royals or someone like that would be smart to make the signing, the issue might be that his agent is asking for too much.
Edit: note it wouldn't surprise me at all that Profar has a second half resurgence in his career, he's a well touted young player who hasn't exactly stunk up the place, just didn't realize his potential. He might end up becoming the next good full time surprise player like Jose Bautista (yes I get that it's a stretch, but look at Bautista 2004 to 2009 years and compare it to Profar career so far---obviously that is a best case scenario, but my point is that it's not out of the range of possibility)
Speaking of journeymen, the Rangers just DFA'd Mark Mathias, in a move that seems odd. Mathias hit for an OPS of .940 in AAA last year and then .919 in 24 games for the Rangers; he is younger than either Grossman or Profar. Maybe there is some injury issue with Mathias that hasn't been publicized.
I was there, too, but his underlying numbers weren’t good in 2022. Despite the pedigree, the smart money is betting that last year was more fluke than breakthrough.
Even? Even? :-)
But yes. I looked the other day and the Cubs currently have 20 position players on the 40-man which is a lot these days. In addition to the starters Happ, Bellinger and Suzuki and DH/1B/OF Trey Mancini and IF/maybe OF Christopher Morel, the Cubs have Brennen Davis, Kevin Alcantara, Nick Velazquez and Alexander Canario (just 19, not sure he needed to be on the 40-man but there he is). No guarantee any of them are as good as Profar but they're gonna find out.
Jose Guillen might be a more realistic version of Profar's "upside" but yes, you never know when one of these guys is going to put it together to be a solid everyday player (or much, much better a la Edwin Encarnacion, J Turner, Donaldson to go with Bautista). As to contenders needing him .... the Dodgers ended up using Trayce Thompson for 240 PA and he seems to be locked in for a substantial role this year. He's been around forever, is 32 and was arb-eligible for the first time this year ($1.45).
EDIT: And double d'oh, it's Alcantara who's 19, Canario is 22. I can't keep all these guys straight.
per mlb website
Per the net, Alcantara was signed in 2018 after turning 16 in July that year. So maybe 2018 counts as his first "season" even though he didn't play.
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