Padres Outfielder Could Return Friday

 

Jurickson Profar has a chance to be activated Friday for the Padres' series opener against Arizona. 

Potential Returns:

- Ozzie Albies is aiming for a mid-August return.

- Mike Trout is expected to be back in the lineup today.

- Jurickson Profar played in a rehab game yesterday and could be activated today.

- Steven Matz is aiming to return Sunday.

— Dave L Funnell (@sportz_nutt51) July 15, 2022

Profar has not played since July 07, after an ugly collision with CJ Abrams where both players were chasing a shallow fly ball. He was diagnosed with a concussion following the collision, but it looks like it could be a minimum stay on the injured list for Profar. 

CJ Abrams and Jurickson Profar with a serious collision in the outfield #Padres pic.twitter.com/R1GmP6YHLO

— James E. Clark 3 (@EVT_JClark) July 8, 2022

The twenty-nine year old played a rehab game Thursday for Single-A Lake Elisinore, going hitless in four at-bats with two strikeouts.

Profar is enjoying a decent season thus far, hitting .242, with eight home runs, 38 RBIs and four stolen bases.

Since Profar went down, Padres' prospect Esteury Ruiz has been filling in, quite nicely too. In three games played, Ruiz has batted .333/.583/.916, with one RBI and a stolen base. A small sample size of course, however, the twenty-three year old has put up phenomenal stats in the minors this season and it would be foolish for the team not to see what the youngster can provide at the major league level. 

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