{"id":164801,"date":"2021-01-28T06:44:17","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T03:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/jurickson-profar-signs-three-year-21m-deal-to-return-to-padres\/"},"modified":"2021-01-28T06:44:17","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T03:44:17","slug":"jurickson-profar-signs-three-year-21m-deal-to-return-to-padres","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/jurickson-profar-signs-three-year-21m-deal-to-return-to-padres\/","title":{"rendered":"#Jurickson Profar signs three-year, $21M deal to return to Padres"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Jurickson Profar signs three-year, $21M deal to return to Padres<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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SAN DIEGO \u2014 Jurickson Profar, who played five positions for San Diego last season, signed a $21 million, three-year contract Wednesday to remain with the Padres.<\/p>\n

Profar had been a free agent. He chose to return to San Diego, which improved significantly this offseason with the additions of starting pitchers Yu Darvish, Blake Snell and Joe Musgrove, and South Korea slugger Kim Ha-seong.<\/p>\n

The versatile Profar likely will be coming off the bench. He started last season as the second baseman but was supplanted by rookie Jake Cronenworth and moved to left field, where he filled in for injured Tommy Pham. He also played two game<\/a>s in right field and one each in center and at first base. Kim is expected to compete with Cronenworth at second base.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think it matters anymore,\u201d Profar said. \u201cI\u2019m ready to help the team win a World Series<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Profar said he wasn\u2019t surprised the Padres still had money and the desire to bring him back after making the other moves this offseason.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think I did a good job last year. My teammates wanted me here and here I am,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The Padres ended a 13-year playoff drought last year and beat the St. Louis Cardinals in a wild-card series before being swept by the NL West rival Los Angeles Dodgers in the Division Series.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think last year we made the first step. This year we\u2019ve gotten even better,\u201d Profar said. \u201cI\u2019m real excited to start going in the direction we want to go, and that\u2019s winning the World Series.\u201d<\/p>\n

Profar and Darvish are teammates again after making their big league debuts with the Texas Rangers in 2012.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very excited. I\u2019m going to learn more Japanese,\u201d Profar said. \u201cWhen I was with him with the Rangers, he taught me a lot of words. I\u2019m excited to keep improving on my Japanese.\u201d<\/p>\n

Profar, who turns 28 on Feb. 20, was acquired by San Diego from Oakland in December 2019 and hit a career-best .278 in the pandemic-shortened season with seven homers and 25 RBIs.<\/p>\n

He\u2019ll earn $7 million in 2021, $6.5 million in 2022 and $7.5 million in 2023. He also has the right to opt out after 2021 and 2022, becoming a free agent again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\u2019s good for my motivation,\u201d he said about the opt-out years. \u201cI don\u2019t just want to be here, I want to get better every year. That\u2019s what we push for. Help the team any way I can.\u201d<\/p>\n

He earned $2,111,111 in prorated pay from a $5.7 million salary.<\/p>\n

Profar has a .238 average with 59 homers and 222 RBIs in seven major league seasons with Texas (2012-13, 2016-18), Oakland (2019) and San Diego. He missed 2014 and 2015 due to a shoulder injury.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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