Jurickson Profar’s wrist injury diagnosed as bone bruise
NORTH PORT, Fla. — The left-wrist injury that Braves left fielder Jurickson Profar suffered on Saturday has been revealed to be a bone bruise. Profar underwent a CT scan Sunday in Atlanta after the initial x-ray taken Saturday at the Braves complex was negative.
The team expects Profar to be ready for opening day March 27 in San Diego. Profar sustained the injury in a spring-training game Saturday at CoolToday Park while attempting to make a diving catch. Profar, the team’s most significant offseason acquisition, writhed in pain on the outfield grass, sending a scare into the team and fan base. He was taken out of the game immediately.
Said manager Brian Snitker on Saturday of injuries like Profar’s, “It’s usually never a good ending.”
Profar will miss time getting ready for the season, but it certainly could have been worse.
Profar, 32, signed as a free agent in January to a three-year, $42 million contract to play left field. He had a career year in 2024, hitting .280 with 24 home runs and 85 RBIs for the San Diego Padres, all career highs.
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Ken Sugiura is a sports columnist at the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Formerly the Georgia Tech beat reporter, Sugiura started at the AJC in 1998 and has covered a variety of beats, mostly within sports.
