February 24, 2024: San Diego Padres signed free agent Jurickson Profar.
What was your reaction to that? Probably something like ‘good bench piece and clubhouse guy for $1 million? Can’t hate that move. Now let’s go get a starting left fielder to replace Juan Soto’.
Fast forward a couple months and now we’re saying we LOVE that move. A.J. Preller didn’t go get a Tommy Pham or a David Peralta but nobody has an issue with that right now. Profar isn’t just the starting left fielder but he’s one of the best hitters in all of Major League Baseball following his four-hit game today vs.