Jurickson Profar

Jurickson Profar
Texas Rangers
Shortstop
Born: February 20, 1993 (1993-02-20) (age 19)
Willemstad, Curaçao
Bats: Switch Throws: Right

Jurickson Profar (born February 20, 1993) is a shortstop in the Texas Rangers organization. He currently plays for the Hickory Crawdads. He is widely considered one of the top 25 prospects in baseball.[1][2][3]

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Early years

Profar participated in both the 2004 and 2005 Little League World Series. He helped the Pabao Little League team from Willemstad, Curaçao beat the Conejo Valley East Little League team from Thousand Oaks, California to win the championship in 2004. He helped lead the team to the championship game again in 2005, but this time lost to West Oahu Little League from Ewa Beach, Hawaii.[4]

Professional career

Profar signed with the Texas Rangers in July 2, 2009.[5][6] He spent his first professional season in 2010 playing for the Spokane Indians. He hit .250 with four home runs and 23 runs batted in in 63 games.

Prior to the 2011 season Profar was ranked by Baseball America as the Texas Rangers second best overall prospect and the 74th best overall.[7][8] He played the 2011 season for the Hickory Crawdads. He was selected to represent the Rangers at the 2011 All-Star Futures Game.[9] Baseball America ranked him as the 12th best prospect in baseball during their midseason top 50 list.[1] He finished the season hitting.286/.390/.493 with 12 home runs and 65 runs batted in and was named the South Atlantic League MVP.[10] He was named the shortstop on Baseball America's 2011 Minor League All Star team.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b "Midseason Top 50 Prospects List". Baseballamerica.com. July 7, 2011. http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2011/07/midseason-top-50-prospects-list/. Retrieved December 15, 2011. 
  2. ^ "Updating the top prospects". Insider.espn.go.com. July 14, 2011. http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/6768361/mlb-keith-law-updated-2011-top-50-prospects. Retrieved December 15, 2011. 
  3. ^ "Out with old, in with new in Top 50 Prospects list". Mlb.mlb.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110728&content_id=22446588&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb. Retrieved December 15, 2011. 
  4. ^ "Former Little League Baseball World Series Standout Jurickson Profar Makes His Mark in First Professional Baseball Season". Littleleague.org. October 1, 2010. http://www.littleleague.org/media/newsarchive/2010/Sep-Dec/FormerLLBBWSStandoutJuricksonProfarHasFirstProBaseballSeason.htm. Retrieved December 15, 2011. 
  5. ^ Friday (July 3, 2009). "The Latin American Talent Market: Financial Shadows Lurk As Rangers Ink Jurickson Profar". Bbtia.com. http://www.bbtia.com/home/2009/7/3/the-latin-american-talent-market-financial-shadows-lurk-as-r.html. Retrieved December 15, 2011. 
  6. ^ "Daily Dish: Jurickson Profar Paying Off For Rangers". Baseballamerica.com. May 26, 2011. http://www.baseballamerica.com/blog/prospects/2011/05/daily-dish-jurickson-profar-paying-off-for-rangers/. Retrieved December 15, 2011. 
  7. ^ Fitt, Aaron (December 1, 2010). "Baseball American Texas Rangers Top 2011 Prospects". Baseballamerica.com. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/organization-top-10-prospects/2011/2610999.html. Retrieved December 15, 2011. 
  8. ^ "2011 Top 100 Prospects: 61-80". Baseballamerica.com. February 23, 2011. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/prospects/rankings/top-100-prospects/2011/2611313.html. Retrieved December 15, 2011. 
  9. ^ "Perez, Profar represent Texas in Futures Game". Mlb.mlb.com. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20110623&content_id=20911890&vkey=news_tex&c_id=tex. Retrieved December 15, 2011. 
  10. ^ Bowman, John (December 8, 2011). "Rangers’ top prospect Jurickson Profar is the Sally League MVP: Fan’s view". Sports.yahoo.com. http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ycn-9052601. Retrieved December 15, 2011. 
  11. ^ J.J. Cooper and Matt Eddy (September 16, 2011). "2011 Minor League All-Star Team". Baseball America. http://www.baseballamerica.com/today/minors/awards/minor-league-all-stars/2011/2612338.html. Retrieved October 2, 2011. 

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