Jurickson Profar had a career season last year. He received a 3 year/ $42 million contract as a result. His career line through 2023, which was .238 AVG/ .322 OBP/ .383 SLG with a 92 wRC+ and bad corner outfield defense was pretty uninspiring. Alex Anthopoulos was adamant he had in figured out and the changes were here to stay. well, he didn’t have the whole following-the-rules thing figured out, but Profar has blossomed after 2023 with a .274/.375/.463 line with 137 wRC+ overall.
It was fair to ask which version of Jurickson Profar that the Braves were getting though. I looked at this question in June and spotted some changes from the pre-2023 period and after. They were basically: • Swings outside the strike zone were down and inside the zone were up, and also swung less at inside bal