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Atlanta Braves outfielder and designated hitter Jurickson Profar will be sidelined for an entire season following his second positive drug test for banned performance-enhancing substances, according to a Tuesday report from ESPN.<\/p>

The 33-year-old veteran will lose his complete $15 million earnings for the 2026 campaign and cannot participate in playoff games or this month’s World Baseball Classic, where the Curacao-born player was scheduled to represent the Netherlands.<\/p>

This makes Profar only the sixth major league player to receive a complete season ban for PED violations since baseball officials strengthened penalties for repeat offenders in 2014, ESPN noted.<\/p>

Following his first All-Star selection with San Diego in 2024, Profar inked a three-year deal worth $42 million with Atlanta this past January. During his debut season with the Braves, he posted a .245 batting average along with 14 home runs and 43 RBIs across 80 contests, after completing an 80-game ban that ran from March 31 through July 1.<\/p>

His original punishment resulted from a positive test for human chorionic gonadotropin, a pregnancy hormone that can elevate testosterone levels in the body.<\/p>

After undergoing sports hernia surgery during the off-season, Profar was slated to transition from left field duties to designated hitter for the upcoming campaign.<\/p>

Once ranked as baseball’s top prospect when he joined the Texas Rangers as a 19-year-old in 2012, Profar holds career statistics of .245 batting average with 125 home runs and 487 RBIs spanning 1,199 games across multiple teams including Texas (2012-13, 2016-18), Oakland (2019), San Diego (2020-24), Colorado (2023), and Atlanta.<\/p>

Throughout his career, injuries have limited Profar to playing more than 150 games in just two seasons, including missing both the 2014 and 2015 seasons entirely due to shoulder problems.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar will miss the entire 2026 season after testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs for the second time. The 33-year-old player will lose his $15 million salary and become just the sixth MLB player to receive a full-season PED suspension since penalties increased in 2014.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":36923,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[836],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36924","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/news-1773484532819.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-9By","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":31164,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/atlanta-braves-star-profar-could-miss-entire-season-over-drug-test\/","url_meta":{"origin":36924,"position":0},"title":"Atlanta Braves Star Profar Could Miss Entire Season Over Drug Test","author":"Admin","date":"March 3, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar is looking at a full season suspension after allegedly testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs for the second time. 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