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Jurickson Profar needs shoulder surgery, may miss 2015 season
Two years ago at this time, Jurickson Profar was the No. 1 prospect in all of baseball, something that seems so far off in the distance now.
It will seem even more ancient by the time Profar is ready to play for the Texas Rangers again.
The club announced Thursday that Profar will have shoulder surgery next week to repair a long-standing injury that he hasn't been able to beat with rest and rehabilitation.
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The Rangers haven't announced a timetable for his return, but there's a good chance he misses the entire 2015 season as a result.
Best-case scenario for Jurickson Profar's return from shoulder surgery is late summer. Likelihood: Out all of 2015 after missing 2014, too.
— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) February 19, 2015
Profar was part of the Rangers' nightmare season of injuries a year ago. He tore a shoulder muscle in a spring training game last March. Profar was expected to be out three months, but re-aggravated the injury by rolling over in bed. In December, Profar rejected the notion of surgery to fix his shoulder, opting for more rest and rehab.
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That turned out to be a bad move, because now it's February and an MRI is showing that his shoulder is getting worse again. From the Dallas Morning News:
According to the Rangers, Profar had been throwing out to 105 feet with no major discomfort. He has been having MRIs every 3 weeks to monitor his situation. The Rangers report that an MRI taken on Tuesday in Arlington showed increased strain on the subscapularis muscle in his right shoulder from a previous MRI.
Profar wasn't necessarily in the Rangers' major-league plans to start the season. Because he'd missed so much time, he was likely to start in the minors. The team has Rougned Odor penciled in as their starting second baseman. They can probably put that in ink now.
If there's anything hopeful to take away from the Profar saga: He turns 22 on Thursday. If surgery can help him finally get right, he has plenty of time in which to live up to that No. 1-prospect billing.
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