John Blake, the executive vice president of communications for the Texas Rangers, announced tonight?on his personal Twitter feed that shortstop prospect Jurickson Profar will join up with Team Netherlands for the four-team, single-elimination Championship Round of the World Baseball Classic.
Profar stayed back in Rangers camp when the 2013 WBC began because he wanted to focus on winning a spot on the Opening Day roster. It didn?t help that Netherlands has had to play its games in Asia.
But now that there?s a real shot at the title, Profar has decided ? with the?encouragement?of Rangers manager Ron Washington ? to head to San Francisco. That?s where the four finalists will face off in a true semifinal. Profar is batting .222 with a .654 OPS in the Cactus League, and the Rangers are probably thinking that a change of scenery might help his psyche.
Widely considered the best prospect in baseball, Profar hit .281/.368/.452 with 14 home runs, 62 RBI and 16 stolen bases over 126 games last year at Double-A. He is also a strong defender at shortstop and could certainly have an impact on the remaining games of this tournament. The 20-year-old is a native of Curacao,?an island off the coast of Venezuela. It?s a constituent country of the Netherlands.
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