Atlanta Braves outfielder Jurickson Profar, one of the prized free-agent additions of the 2025 MLB offseason, has been suspended 80 games by Major League Baseball for testing positive for a banned substance. The suspension began Monday and will run through late June, with the first game he is eligible to return coming on June 29 versus the Philadelphia Phillies.
Per MLB, Profar, 32, tested positive for chorionic gonadotropin (hCG), a performance-enhancing substance (PEDs) that violates the league’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program. While some MLB suspensions are punitive only for the length of the ban, this one carries more weight due to it involving PEDs. Profar will not only miss the 80 games, but he’s also ineligible for the 2025 MLB postseason, even though the ban will end several months before the playoffs begin.
