{"id":513128,"date":"2026-03-04T05:37:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T05:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/513128\/"},"modified":"2026-03-04T05:37:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T05:37:20","slug":"braves-jurickson-profar-suspended-162-games-by-mlb-for-second-ped-violation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/513128\/","title":{"rendered":"Braves\u2019 Jurickson Profar suspended 162 games by MLB for second PED violation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u2019s plans.<\/p>\n

The league said Profar\u2019s suspension will begin on Friday. Penalties for first-time offenders under baseball\u2019s Joint Drug Agreement are \u201cstayed\u201d 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.<\/p>\n

Profar tested positive for exogenous testosterone and its metabolites, Major League Baseball announced Tuesday night.\u00a0This is Profar\u2019s second performance-enhancing drug violation in a year, and with it comes an automatic full-season suspension.<\/p>\n

Profar missed 80 games<\/a> during the 2025 season after he was suspended after the fourth game following a positive test for the performance-enhancing substance human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG). It\u2019s a fertility drug often taken after steroids<\/a>, and it\u2019s the same drug Manny Ramirez was suspended 50 games for using in 2009.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were incredibly disappointed to learn that Jurickson tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance and is in violation of MLB\u2019s Drug Prevention and Treatment Program,\u201d the Braves said Tuesday in a statement<\/a>. \u201cOur 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.\u201d<\/p>\n

The 33-year-old, who signed a three-year, $42 million contract with Atlanta in January 2025, appeared in 76 games after returning from his suspension on July 2, putting together a .245\/.353\/.434 statline with 14 home runs and 43 RBIs on the season. He was expected to play a pivotal role for a Braves team that is already facing a depth issue on the pitching side with the loss of starters Spencer Schwellenbach and Hurston Waldrep to long-term injuries.<\/p>\n

Profar was due to earn $15 million in salary, but the Braves would save $18 million as they were over the luxury tax threshold, paying 20 percent on every dollar they were over.<\/p>\n

In a statement following his positive test in 2025, Profar noted, \u201cI would never willingly take a banned substance, but I take full responsibility and accept MLB\u2019s decision. I am devastated that I won\u2019t be on the field with my teammates for the next 80 games. I look forward to competing again at the highest level this season upon my return.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Major League Baseball announced a 162-game suspension for Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar on Tuesday, but the Players…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":513129,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[435],"tags":[3960,49,48,462,82],"class_list":["post-513128","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-atlanta-braves","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513128","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=513128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/513128\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/513129"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=513128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=513128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=513128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}