{"id":605219,"date":"2026-03-04T06:28:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:28:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/605219\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T06:28:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T06:28:17","slug":"atlantabravesnews-jurickson-profar-suspended-outfield-questions-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/605219\/","title":{"rendered":"AtlantaBravesNews: Jurickson Profar suspended, outfield questions, more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 _16w9vov6 _16w9vov5 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/atlanta-braves-news\/126862\/atlanta-braves-issue-official-statement-on-jurickson-profar\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlanta Braves<\/a> outfielder <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/atlanta-braves-news\/126842\/jurickson-profar-reportedly-set-to-receive-162-game-suspension-for-ped-usage\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jurickson Profar has been hit with a 162-game suspension<\/a> after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug. The penalty, which goes into effect Friday, would sideline him for the entire 2026 season, including any potential postseason games, and cost him his annual salary if upheld. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Ken_Rosenthal\/status\/2028896158861672612\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ken Rosenthal<\/a> of The Athletic reported that the Players Association plans to challenge the suspension and the union will file a grievance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">If imposed, the suspension would leave the Braves without an important piece of the outfield. However, the grievance process could delay the start of any ban while the case moves through MLB\u2019s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/atlanta-braves-analysis\/126851\/jurickson-profar-ped-suspension-appeal-challenge-future\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">For the Braves<\/a>, the news creates immediate roster questions as they adjust plans heading into the season. Profar was projected to play a significant role in the lineup, and the club will now need to explore internal and external options to fill the gap.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Another outfielder has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/athletic\/7081294\/2026\/03\/03\/johan-rojas-mlb-ped-suspension-appeal-phillies\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">violated the league\u2019s policy<\/a>, as Johan Rojas of the Philadelphia Phillies failed a performance-enhancing drug test. He received an 80-game suspension.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar has been hit with a 162-game suspension after testing positive for a performance-enhancing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":605220,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2394],"tags":[191,46,4206,4166,5,192,4],"class_list":{"0":"post-605219","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-atlanta-braves","8":"tag-atlanta","9":"tag-atlanta-braves","10":"tag-atlanta-braves-news","11":"tag-atlantabraves","12":"tag-baseball","13":"tag-braves","14":"tag-mlb"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116169494050472781","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=605219"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/605219\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/605220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=605219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=605219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=605219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}