Texas Rangers: Jurickson Profar upset he wasn’t traded
By Jason Evans
Former Texas Rangers top prospect Jurickson Profar was unhappy the club didn’t trade him at the trade deadline.
Just a few years ago, the Texas Rangers had one of the best farm systems in the game. In fact, back in 2012, Jurickson Profar was a huge part of that as the number one prospect in all of baseball according to Baseball America. He was going to be a superstar in this league, no doubt.
Then the doubt kicked in. As did the injuries as he missed the entire 2014 season recovering from Tommy John surgery. Rougned Odor passed him on the pecking order and Profar has turned into a super utility player. He hasn’t quite gotten it together at the major league level in the chances he’s been given. This year, he’s hit just .172 in 58 major league at-bats while hitting .300 in Triple-A.
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Profar is one of those guys who could just need a change of scenery to reach his full potential. Some players just need that. Well, Profar isn’t making things easier on himself and is making it known that he feels like he needs a change of scenery as well.
Jurickson Profar was held out of Round Rock lineup last night. Hearing he's expressed unhappiness over not being dealt today
— Evan Grant (@Evan_P_Grant) July 31, 2017
With the Texas Rangers trading Yu Darvish, Jonathan Lucroy and Jeremy Jeffress at the trade deadline, they are showing that the team is not competing for the playoffs. At this point, it would be in their benefit to bring up Profar and let him play every single day and try and show what he can do to increase his value for a possible trade in the off-season.
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The Rangers really don’t have a spot for him. Elvis Andrus and Odor aren’t going anywhere. Adrian Beltre is signed through next year. Joey Gallo will be a part of the team in some capacity, probably at first with Mike Napoli either gone via free agency after the year or traded before August 31st.
Sometimes, you just have to move. I think for Profar and the Texas Rangers, a parting of the ways is best. However, Profar should have handled not being traded better.