How Jurickson Profar Became Team MVP and Revitalized His Career

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00:00Something that I thought people were going to adjust to was jerks and profare, and that

00:08has not happened.

00:09I was expecting that hot start to just be that, just be a hot start, but this guy is

00:14the MVP of the team, hands down, leads the team in every statistical major category.

00:20Where did that come from?

00:22And has he basically tied AJ Preller's hands behind his back and making him like, I got

00:26to sign this guy again?

00:28Yeah, I would look to sign him for sure.

00:31I think there's a lot of mutual interest.

00:33I think Pro has felt very comfortable in San Diego.

00:37He went away to Colorado last year and didn't feel as comfortable now he's back.

00:41I think there's a lot of mutual respect there, of course.

00:45But I think, you know, I look back at my career and I feel like profare was having kind of

00:52a similar year to that that I had in 2004, where, you know, I'd been a veteran in the

00:59league, but that year in particular, I knew I was going to play second base every year,

01:03much like profare, I knew I was going to be the starting left fielder.

01:06And he just got off to a good start.

01:08Everything kind of hit hard, fell in early, and that just builds confidence, builds confidence,

01:13it snowballs to the point where, you know, this is his dream year.

01:17And he's been a good player.

01:19Injuries have derailed him in the past.

01:21He was the number one prospect in baseball when he first came up.

01:24So it's in there.

01:25And now I think the comfort level, the health, the confidence, all those things put together

01:31have just enabled him to have a career year.