{"id":81028,"date":"2025-08-21T07:42:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T07:42:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81028"},"modified":"2025-08-21T07:42:22","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T07:42:22","slug":"reveals-michael-harris-ii-isnt-the-only-braves-outfielder-giving-atlanta-hope-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=81028","title":{"rendered":"REVEALS: Michael Harris II isn&#8217;t the only Braves outfielder giving Atlanta hope for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"relative z-10\">\n<div class=\"article-intro mb-4 text-black font-group-large md:font-group-normal lg:font-group-large\">The Jurickson Profar we have seen of late is who the Atlanta Braves were hoping to get all along.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex items-center justify-between text-darkGrey font-group-bigger\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"mb-0 md:mb-9 relative md:mx-10 md:mb-9\">\n<figure>\n<div class=\"overflow-hidden bg-lightGrey\"><picture><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4000,h_2250\/c_fill,w_360,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k33sddez4a894ymhy3.jpg 1x,  \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4000,h_2250\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k33sddez4a894ymhy3.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4000,h_2250\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k33sddez4a894ymhy3.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 719px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4000,h_2250\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k33sddez4a894ymhy3.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4000,h_2250\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k33sddez4a894ymhy3.jpg 2x, \n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4000,h_2250\/c_fill,w_1440,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k33sddez4a894ymhy3.jpg 3x\" media=\"(max-width: 1079px)\" \/><source srcset=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4000,h_2250\/c_fill,w_1080,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k33sddez4a894ymhy3.jpg 1x, \nhttps:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4000,h_2250\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k33sddez4a894ymhy3.jpg 2x,\n    https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4000,h_2250\/c_fill,w_2160,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images%2FGettyImages%2Fmmsport%2F229%2F01k33sddez4a894ymhy3.jpg 3x\" media=\"(min-width: 1080px)\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full\" title=\"Jurickson Profar, Atlanta Braves\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_4000,h_2250\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/229\/01k33sddez4a894ymhy3.jpg\" alt=\"Jurickson Profar, Atlanta Braves\" width=\"4000\" height=\"2250\" \/><\/picture><\/div>\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\">\n<div class=\"flex items-center gap-4 ml-1 pb-2 mt-4 md:m-3 text-darkGrey font-group-tiny\"><\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption>Jurickson Profar, Atlanta Braves | Matthew Grimes Jr.\/Atlanta Braves\/GettyImages<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article-body\" class=\"flex flex-wrap justify-center lg:justify-normal\">\n<div class=\"flex lg:mr-4 lg:w-[calc(70%-3em)] max-w-full\"><main class=\"min-w-0 flex-1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"viewablity-block\">\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<p>It took until their season was pretty much over for the\u00a0Atlanta Braves\u00a0to finally get back to their winning ways. The first four months of the 2025\u00a0MLB\u00a0season were varying degrees of eye-gougingly painful. Everything that could go wrong went so horribly wrong \u2014 including their high-profile free-agent acquisition, Jurickson Profar,\u00a0getting popped for PEDs\u00a0immediately after Opening Day.<\/p>\n<p>The former All-Star outfielder of the\u00a0San Diego Padres spent about a week with the big-league roster before violating MLB&#8217;s performance enhancing drug policy. He had to sit out the next 80 games, watching the Braves completely fall apart at the seams in his absence. While he did eventually return in July, it was not until August that his game really took flight. The Braves offense is on fire, partly because of him.<\/p>\n<p>In Atlanta&#8217;s thrilling\u00a011-10\u00a0come-from-behind victory over the\u00a0Chicago White Sox\u00a0on Tuesday night, Profar connected on his fourth home run in three games. That gave him 10 on the season, to go along with 28 runs batted in and a .255 batting average over 46 games. This is the type of player Alex Anthopoulos and the Braves&#8217; front office thought they would have manning left field all season long.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">In conjunction with centerfielder Michael Harris II\u00a0being hotter than Hansel right now, look out, MLB!<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Braves have won eight of their last 10 games, creeping ever closer back to the .500 mark.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"scroll-mt-24 my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">The Atlanta Braves finally getting positive returns from Jurickson Profar<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">When Anthopoulos signed Profar, it came excruciatingly late into a largely uneventful offseason for the Braves. They seemingly did nothing prior to giving Profar a\u00a0three-year deal worth $42 million. While they got essentially goose egg out of Profar this season up until very recently, he is still under contract with Atlanta for the next two years. I would venture to guess his bat will be hot again in 2026.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">What we have seen out of the Braves in recent weeks is a combination of the bats starting to come alive, most notably Harris and Profar, as well as first baseman Matt Olson having been an All-Star-level player all season. We cannot also overlook this starting rotation adopting a never-say-die mentality, despite everyone and their brother being out due to injury. (Spencer Strider is still so lost, but hey, baby steps.)<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Ultimately, this all should come back to the notion that Anthopoulos seems to know what he is doing from a front office perspective. While they same cannot be said for longtime skipper Brian Snitker, who has fallen off Leo Mazzone&#8217;s rocker and cost this middling team games left and right, I see a glimmer of hope for a brighter tomorrow next season. It all comes down to ownership actually caring.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-secondary my-f-1\">Braves Country might be an expansive empire, but it is one that does not tolerate dismal baseball.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/main><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Jurickson Profar we have seen of late is who the Atlanta Braves were hoping to get all along. 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