Jurickson Profar to miss the 2026 MLB season as he fails to overturn doping ban

[p]The 33-year-old from Curacao, who was banned 80 games last year after testing positive for a performance-enhancing drug, was issued a full-season and playoffs ban earlier this month after testing positive for "[b]exogenous testosterone and its metabolites[/b]."[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/profar-jurickson/zZuZJ9hL/"]Profar[/a] had appealed the ban, only the sixth issued for a second performance-enhancing drug positive test since 2014 when MLB made a full-season suspension the penalty for second-time offenders.[/p][embed guid="fb8accfa-74bf-49be-99e3-da6de75f89d7" url="https://x.com/JeffPassan/status/2034663591073476878?s=20" social-type="twitter" /][p]As a result of the ban, Profar loses his $15 million salary for 2026 under the three-year deal worth $42 million he signed last year with the [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/atlanta-braves/0UPxbDYA/"]Braves[/a].[/p][p]Profar has an MLB career average of .245 with 995 hits, 125 home runs and 487 runs batted in over 13 MLB seasons with [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/texas-rangers/f3GcHO7j/"]Texas[/a], Oakland, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/san-diego-padres/8poQN9Ud/"]San Diego[/a], Colorado and Atlanta.[/p]