"The Braves didn't make many notable changes to their roster between 2024 and 2025 - what they changed was largely under the hood, so to speak, with some pretty awful results. That said, the one guy they did add, Jurickson Profar, could've been read as a portent of those under-the-hood changes. Profar was suspended for PED use shortly after the season began; when he returned, he had an okay half-season that was marked by weirdness as much as anything else."
"From 2018 through 2024, the team ranked 20th in overall fWAR from left field, and slipped firmly into the bottom ten afterwards, with a nearly-unbroken downward trend of one ranking spot per year moved forward. As much of the team moved towards a consistent-slash-ossified-depending-on-your-point-of-view relationship towards position player usage, the Braves opted to give Profar a $42 million, three-year deal on January 23, 2025."
"He made his MLB debut in 2012 as a 19-year-old, but was up and down and unproductive for years until a solid season in 2018 that was largely solid only because he outhit his xwOBA. When that didn't happen for the next three years, he ranged from below average to awful, until he had a nice defensive year in 2022 that gave him a then-career-high 2.5 fWAR."
Braves roster changes between 2024 and 2025 were minimal, mostly under-the-hood with poor results. Atlanta signed Jurickson Profar to a three-year, $42 million contract to address a long-running left-field deficiency; left field had ranked 20th in fWAR from 2018–2024 and then slipped into the bottom ten. Profar missed time early in the season due to a PED suspension, then produced an uneven, odd half-season upon return. Profar’s career has been inconsistent: debuting in 2012, fluctuating performance, a defensive rebound in 2022 (2.5 fWAR), a disastrous Rockies stint, and a 2024 rebound on a $1 million deal.
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