A number of you have mentioned this free agent in various comments, so I thought I’d address him in a full article.
Jurickson Profar was once thought of as the Next Big Thing.
He played briefly in the big leagues at age 19, despite having played no games above Double-A, then spent about half the next season in the majors with the Rangers.
It was clear, though, that he wasn’t quite ready and then he missed the entire 2014 season with a shoulder injury. He didn’t make it back to the big leagues until 2016.
He was very good with the Rangers in 2018 (2.