Major League Baseball has issued an 80-game suspension to Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar after he tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug, the league announced Monday. The 32-year-old left fielder tested positive for Chorionic Gonadotrophin (hCG), a hormone typically involved in fertility and the production of testosterone.
It’s crushing news for both Profar and the Braves, who commenced their 2025 season with four punchless losses to the San Diego Padres, Profar’s former team.
Universally considered the sport’s top prospect upon his debut with the Texas Rangers in 2012, Profar never lived up to the hype as a franchise-changing force.