| Juremi Profar | |
| Team: | Free agent |
| Position: | Infielder |
| Birth Date: | 30 January 1996 |
| Birth Place: | Willemstad, Curaçao |
| Bats: | Right |
| Throws: | Right |
| Debutleague: | MLB |
| Statleague: | MLB |
Juremi Gregorius Profar (born January 30, 1996) is a Dutch-Curaçaoan professional baseball infielder who is a free agent.
Profar represented Willemstad, Curaçao and Pabao Little League at the 2007 and 2008 Little League World Series. His brothers, Jurickson and Jurdrick, have also represented the same Little League in the finals, doing so in 2004/2005 and 2019, respectively.
Profar signed with the Texas Rangers as an international free agent on September 4, 2012.[1] He made his professional debut in 2013 with the DSL Rangers and spent the whole season there, batting .281/.361/.350 with 44 RBI in 63 games. In 2014, he played for the Spokane Indians where he batted .247 with one home run and 36 RBI in 67 games. He also played in seven games for the Hickory Crawdads and two games for the Round Rock Express. Profar spent 2015 with the High Desert Mavericks and Hickory where he compiled a .266 batting average with four home runs and 33 RBI in 77 games between both teams, 2016 with High Desert where he slashed .300/.355/.473 with 13 home runs, 58 RBI, and an .827 OPS in 103 games, and 2017 with the Frisco RoughRiders where he batted .263 with 10 home runs and 40 RBI in 109 games.[2] Profar spent the 2018 season with Frisco, hitting .232/.283/.352 with 10 home runs and 51 RBI. Profar split the 2019 season between Frisco and the Nashville Sounds,[3] hitting a combined .265/.324/.394 with 10 home runs and 60 RBI. Profar played for the Netherlands national baseball team at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.[4] He elected free agency following the season on November 4, 2019.[5]
On November 22, 2019, Profar signed a minor league contract with the Boston Red Sox.[6] Profar did not play in a game in 2020 due to the cancellation of the minor league season because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[7] He was released by the Red Sox on May 29, 2020.[8]
On February 17, 2022, Profar signed with the Bravos de León of the Mexican League.[9] He appeared in 6 games for León, going 6-for-23 with 2 RBI. Profar was released by the club on May 23.[2]
Profar signed with the Marineros de Ensenada for the 2022 Liga Norte de México (LNM) season.[10] He left the team towards the end of the regular season due to a commitment with the Netherlands national team, though he returned to the Marineros ahead of the championship series against the Freseros de San Quintín.[11] Profar helped them win the LNM title after beating the Freseros in five games.[12]
On February 14, 2023, Profar signed with the Québec Capitales of the Frontier League.[13]
On October 23, 2023, Profar was selected in the sixth round by the Karachi Monarchs, with the 48th overall pick, of the 2023 Baseball United inaugural draft.[14]
On April 23, 2024, Profar re–signed with the Québec Capitales of the Frontier League.[15] In 14 games for Québec, he hit .263/.312/.333 with 0 home runs and 6 RBI. On May 29, 2024, Profar was released by the Capitales.
Profar represented the Netherlands national baseball team at the 2023 World Baseball Classic.[16]
Profar played third base and batted .609 with a .643 on base percentage with 14 hits (all leading the championship) in 23 at bats for Team Netherlands in the 2023 European Baseball Championship in September 2023 in the Czech Republic.[17]
Profar is the younger brother of infielder Jurickson Profar.[18]