Who is Jurickson Profar, the free agent linked to the Yankees?

With spring training set to start in less than a month, the Yankees are reportedly looking for a free agent to man their left field. MLB insider Jon Morosi says that the Yankees are “keeping an eye” on Jurickson Profar, who is arguably the best free-agent outfielder left. All that they want is the right price to make a move.

Yankees fans, what are your thoughts on Jurickson Profar? He sure beats Aaron Hicks, and won’t require the Yankees to give up the farm. Switch hitter, athletic, not a star …but a solid player. pic.twitter.com/GxtQvSe69a

— NYY Recaps (@NYYRecapsDerek) January 18, 2023

Jurickson Profar is a nine-year veteran, who turns 30 next month. He hits both left-handed and right-handed and has played every position on defense except pitcher and catcher. The former top prospect for the Rangers just had a great season in San Diego, hitting .243/.331/.391 with a 110 wRC+ and a career-high 2.5 fWAR. Last year, Jurickson Profar played in 152 games, which was a career-high, and hit 15 home runs and scored 82 runs.

Jurickson Profar would be a step up for the Yankees, but he would also cost them something. Morosi claims that Profar wants a two-year deal that will ensure around $15 million per season. Based on how the market for outfielders has changed over the last few months, that seems to be the case. Jurickson Profar is also a client of sports agent Scott Boras, who represents several outfielders assuring them big contracts. This included Brandon Nimmo, who got an eight-year, $162 million deal from the Mets.

Another MLB insider Jon Heyman also made a similar claim linking Jurickson Profar to the Yankees.

According to Jon Heyman, the Yankees have checked in on both Jurickson Profar and Josh Harrison.

— Nick (@NYYNick_) January 20, 2023

According to him:

“The Yankees have talked about signing Jurickson Profar, who is a free agent. But the Yankees are determined (at least for now) to stay under the $293 million “Steve Cohen tax” limit. They have about $290 million. They, too, asked how Josh Harrison was doing.”

If Jurickson Profar agrees to a deal with the Yankees, he would almost certainly be expected to play left field. He has played every position in the infield and outfield over the course of his nine-year career.

Having a player who can play more than one position is a big plus, as Yankees fans saw when Oswaldo Cabrera became a star last season. Jurickson Profar could add to the team’s depth because, even if he plays left field every day, he might need to fill in at shortstop or another infield position sometimes.

Is Jurickson Profar suitable for the Yankees?

At the plate, Jurickson Profar is by no means a power hitter, but he has a lot of potential. As a member of the Texas Rangers, he hit 20 home runs in both 2018 and 2019.

Even though his power numbers went down in 2020 and 2021, he was able to get back on track last year with 15 home runs for the San Diego Padres.

Baseball Savant predicts that Jurickson Profar has the potential to hit 20 homers if he plays at Yankee Stadium. Profar’s sneaky ability to hit home runs could be a plus. With both Profar and Cabrera on the team, the Yankees would look more versatile.

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Standard Batting

Year	Tm	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
2012	TEX	9	17	17	2	3	2	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	0.176	0.176	0.471	0.647	63	8	1	0	0	0	0	/46H
2013	TEX	85	324	286	30	67	11	0	6	26	2	4	26	63	0.234	0.308	0.336	0.644	77	96	1	5	6	1	0	4D65/H7
2016	TEX	90	307	272	35	65	6	3	5	20	2	1	30	61	0.239	0.321	0.338	0.66	75	92	7	3	2	0	0	543H76/D
2017	TEX	22	70	58	8	10	2	0	0	5	1	1	9	14	0.172	0.294	0.207	0.501	33	12	0	1	2	0	0	7/65H34
2018	TEX	146	594	524	82	133	35	6	20	77	10	0	54	88	0.254	0.335	0.458	0.793	107	240	9	12	0	4	1	6534/HD7
2019	OAK	139	518	459	65	100	24	2	20	67	9	1	48	75	0.218	0.301	0.41	0.711	91	188	12	8	0	3	2	*4H/D73
2020	SDP	56	202	180	28	50	6	0	7	25	7	1	15	28	0.278	0.343	0.428	0.771	114	77	1	4	1	2	0	74/H938D
2021	SDP	137	412	353	47	80	17	2	4	33	10	5	49	65	0.227	0.329	0.32	0.649	83	113	12	6	1	2	1	7H9384
2022	SDP	152	658	575	82	140	36	2	15	58	5	1	73	103	0.243	0.331	0.391	0.723	109	225	12	4	3	3	0	*7/DH
2023	TOT	125	521	459	55	111	27	2	9	46	1	0	50	90	0.242	0.321	0.368	0.689	80	169	11	6	0	5	0	7DH/394
2023	COL	111	472	415	51	98	25	2	8	39	1	0	45	86	0.236	0.316	0.364	0.68	76	151	9	6	0	5	0	7D/H
2023	SDP	14	49	44	4	13	2	0	1	7	0	0	5	4	0.295	0.367	0.409	0.776	117	18	2	0	0	0	0	/73H94D
		G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
10 Yrs		961	3623	3183	434	759	166	17	87	359	47	14	354	591	0.238	0.322	0.383	0.706	92	1220	66	49	15	20	4
162 Game Avg.		162	611	537	73	128	28	3	15	61	8	2	60	100	0.238	0.322	0.383	0.706	92	206	11	8	3	3	1

Postseason Batting

Year	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	WPA	cWPA
2012	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.03	0.50%
2019	1	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.5	0.5	0.5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	-0.03	-0.40%
2020	3	7	7	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.571	0.571	0.571	1.143	4	0	0	0	0	0	0.08	0.60%
2020	3	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-0.28	-2.60%
2022	3	14	12	3	4	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	1	0.333	0.429	0.583	1.012	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.11	0.30%
2022	4	16	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0.231	0.375	0.231	0.606	3	0	0	0	0	0	0.04	0.60%
2022	5	22	19	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0.211	0.318	0.211	0.529	4	0	0	0	0	0	-0.06	-0.80%
	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	WPA	cWPA
4 Yrs (7 Series)	20	72	64	7	18	0	0	1	5	0	0	8	11	0.281	0.361	0.328	0.689	21	0	0	0	0	0	-0.12	-1.90%
2 ALWC	2	5	5	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.6	0.6	0.6	1.2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00%
2 NLWC	6	21	19	4	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	2	2	0.421	0.476	0.579	1.055	11	0	0	0	0	0	0.19	0.90%
2 NLDS	7	24	21	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	0.143	0.25	0.143	0.393	3	0	0	0	0	0	-0.24	-2.00%
1 NLCS	5	22	19	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	0.211	0.318	0.211	0.529	4	0	0	0	0	0	-0.06	-0.80%

Career Graph

Futures Games	Triples	Bases on Balls	Hit By Pitch
2011 2012	2018 AL 6 (8th)	2022 NL 73 (9th)	2018 AL 12 (6th)
Sacrifice Hits	SB %	AB per SO	Errors Committed
2022 NL 3 (9th)	2020 NL 87.50 (8th)	2020 NL 6.4 (6th) 2022 NL 5.6 (6th) Active 5.4 (25th)	2018 AL 25 (1st)
Def. Games as 2B	Putouts as 2B	Errors Committed as 2B	Double Plays Turned as 2B
2019 AL 124 (3rd)	2019 AL 221 (3rd)	2019 AL 13 (3rd)	2019 AL 63 (3rd)
Errors Committed as SS	Def. Games as LF (s.1901)	Putouts as LF (s.1901)	Assists as LF (s.1901)
2018 AL 13 (5th)	2022 NL 146 (1st) Active 351 (19th)	2022 NL 229 (2nd) Active 536 (20th)	2020 NL 3 (2nd) 2022 NL 10 (1st) Active 20 (13th)
Errors Committed as LF (s.1901)	Double Plays Turned as LF (s.1901)	Double Plays Turned as CF (s.1901)	Def. Games as OF
2022 NL 4 (1st) 2023 NL 4 (3rd) Active 9 (17th)	2017 AL 1 (5th) 2021 NL 1 (1st) 2022 NL 2 (1st) Active 4 (9th)	2021 NL 1 (5th)	2022 NL 146 (5th)
Assists as OF	Double Plays Turned as OF	Range Factor/9Inn as LF (s.1948)	Range Factor/Game as LF (s.1901)
2020 NL 3 (5th) 2022 NL 10 (3rd)	2021 NL 2 (4th)	2022 NL 1.74 (4th)	2022 NL 1.64 (4th) 2023 NL 1.73 (4th)
Fielding % as LF (s.1901)	Youngest
2022 NL .984 (5th)	2012 AL born 1993-02-20 (1st) 2013 AL born 1993-02-20 (1st)