SURPRISE, Ariz. —
Jurickson Profar was answering a question about the curtailing of his playing time last summer when he was with the Oakland A’s.
“I think my defense hurt everything last year,” he said one morning last week. “I was going to the plate trying to do too much to forget the errors.”
Suddenly, as if the word “forget” was a trigger, Profar remembered he had to stop referring to what was.
“But this year it’s all in the past,” he said quickly. “I’m ready to go and help this team.”
It was as if he heard infield coach Bobby Dickerson’s voice.