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Atlanta Braves designated hitter Jurickson Profar received a 162-game suspension after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug for the second time in the past year, Major League Baseball said Tuesday night.
Profar tested positive for "exogenous testosterone and its metabolites," the league said, adding that the suspension would take effect Friday.
Profar, 33, is the sixth player to receive a 162-game ban for PED use since MLB increased the penalty for two-time offenders to a full season in 2014. He will forfeit the entirety of his $15 million salary and will be ineligible for the postseason. Profar also will be ineligible for the upcoming World Baseball Classic, where he was set to represent the Netherlands, whose team includes players from his native Curacao.
The Atlanta Braves won't have designated hitter Jurickson Profar for the 2026 season. The 33-year-old was suspended 162 games after testing positive for exogenous testosterone and its metabolites, the league announced Tuesday.
The suspension, for Profar's second offense, is effective Friday. The Braves voiced their disappointment in a statement:
We were incredibly disappointed to learn that Jurickson tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance and is in violation of MLB's Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. Our players are consistently educated about the Program and the consequences if they are found to be in violation. The Atlanta Braves fully support the Program.
Last year, on March 31, Profar tested positive for a banned substance called human chorionic gonadotropin, a hormone normally produced during pregnancy that, in males, can stimulate the production of testosterone. As a result, MLB suspended him for 80 games and ruled him ineligible for the postseason, which the Braves missed for the first time in eight years.
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Jurickson Profar, who was expected to be a key component of the Braves' offense in 2026, tested positive for exogenous testosterone, the league said. Brett Davis / Getty Images
Major League Baseball announced a 162-game suspension for Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar on Tuesday, but the Players Association is pressing forward with an appeal, according to people briefed on the union’s plans.
The league said Profar’s suspension will begin on Friday. Penalties for first-time offenders under baseball’s Joint Drug Agreement are “stayed” until the appeal is heard. Profar as a second-time offender is permitted to appeal, but without a stay. His appeal will now be expedited, one source said.
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