Juremi Profar

Juremi Gregorius Profar (born January 30, 1996) is a Curaçaoan professional baseball infielder who is currently a free agent.

Juremi Profar
Profar with the Nashville Sounds in 2019
Infielder
Born: (1996-01-30) January 30, 1996
Willemstad, Curaçao
Bats: Right Throws: Right

Career

Profar signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent in 2012.[1] He made his professional debut in 2013 with the DSL Rangers and spent the whole season there, batting .281/.361/.350 with 44 RBIs in 63 games. In 2014, he played for the Spokane Indians where he batted .247 with one home run and 36 RBIs in 67 games. He also played in seven games for the Hickory Crawdads and two games for the Round Rock Express. Profar spent 2015 with the High Desert Mavericks and Hickory where he compiled a .266 batting average with four home runs and 33 RBIS in 77 games between both teams, 2016 with High Desert where he slashed .300/.355/.473 with 13 home runs, 58 RBIs, and an .827 OPS in 103 games, and 2017 with the Frisco RoughRiders where he batted .263 with ten home runs and forty RBIs in 109 games.[2] Profar spent the 2018 season with Frisco, hitting .232/.283/.352/.636 with 10 home runs and 51 RBI. Profar split the 2019 season between Frisco and the Nashville Sounds,[3] hitting a combined .265/.324/.394/.718 with 10 home runs and 60 RBI. Profar played for the Netherlands national baseball team at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.[4] He became a free agent following the 2019 season.[5]

In December 2019, Profar signed a minor league deal with the Boston Red Sox.[6] He was released by the Red Sox on May 29, 2020.[7]

Personal

Profar is the younger brother of infielder Jurickson Profar.[8]

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References
  1. Zak Schmoll (September 6, 2012). "Texas Rangers: Juremi Profar Signs a Minor-League Contract". Bleacher Report. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
  2. "Juremi Profar Stats, Highlights, Bio". MiLB.com. Retrieved May 29, 2018.
  3. "Trio of star starters part of Riders initial roster". MiLB.com. March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  4. "Netherlands aims to finish among Top 6 in the baseball world as roster revealed for WBSC Premier12". WBSC. October 14, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2019.
  5. Matt Eddy (November 7, 2019). "Minor League Free Agents 2019". Baseball America. Retrieved November 8, 2019.
  6. Hilburn-Trenkle, Chris (January 3, 2019). "Minor League Transactions: Nov 3 - Dec 17". Baseball America. Retrieved January 3, 2019.
  7. @guerinaustin (May 29, 2020). "#RedSox announce they have released 22 minor league players:" (Tweet). Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via Twitter.
  8. Bradford Doolittle (August 15, 2019). "Jurickson, Juremi and now Jurdrick: There's another Profar ready to rock Williamsport". ESPN.com. Retrieved September 11, 2019.
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