{"id":633396,"date":"2026-03-20T12:00:28","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/633396\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T12:00:28","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T12:00:28","slug":"atlanta-braves-news-jurickson-profar-out-didier-fuentes-and-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/633396\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlanta Braves News: Jurickson Profar out, Didier Fuentes, and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Major League Baseball announced earlier this month that Profar tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. This marks his second violation, as he previously served an 80-game suspension for a similar offense in 2025.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Major League Baseball Players Association filed an appeal on Profar\u2019s behalf, but the decision ultimately stood. With the suspension now finalized, the Braves have some added financial flexibility, clearing several million dollars from the payroll.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Profar was expected to be in the Braves\u2019 outfield mix this season, so his absence leaves the club with additional questions as they finalize roster decisions heading into Opening Day.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">All eyes are on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.batterypower.com\/atlanta-braves-analysis\/127655\/spring-training-prospects-didier-fuentes-starting-pitching-opening-day-roster\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Didier Fuentes<\/a> after his performance this spring, but does he have a shot at the Opening Day roster?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Major League Baseball announced earlier this month that Profar tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs. This marks his second&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":633397,"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-633396","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\/116261397146942041","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633396","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=633396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/633396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/633397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=633396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=633396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=633396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}