Career
Profar participated in both the 2004 and 2005 Little League World Series. He helped lead the team to the championship game again in 2005, but this time lost to West Oahu Little League from Ewa Beach, Hawaii. Profar signed with the Texas Rangers on July 2, 2009.
Other teams wanted to sign Profar as a pitcher, but the Rangers signed him as a shortstop, his preferred position.
He spent his first professional season in 2010 playing for the Spokane Indians. He hit.250 with four home runs and 23 runs batted in in 63 games.
Prior to the 2011 season Profar was ranked by Baseball America as the Texas Rangers second best overall prospect and the 74th best overall. He played the 2011 season for the Hickory Crawdads.
He was selected to represent the Rangers at the 2011 All-Star Futures Game.
Baseball America ranked him as the 12th best prospect in baseball during their midseason top 50 list. He finished the season hitting.286/.390/.493 with 12 home runs and 65 runs batted in and was named the South Atlantic League Most Valuable Player. He was named the shortstop on Baseball America"s 2011 Minor League All Star team He was named to appear in the 2012 All-Star Futures Game.
On August 31, 2012, Profar was called up to the Rangers as major league rosters expanded and as a possible postseason addition.
He is the first player born in 1993 to play in the majors and the youngest player currently active in the major leagues. In his major league debut, Profar started at second base in place of Ian Kinsler, who was out due to back stiffness, and hit a 388 foot solo home run off of Zach McAllister in his first major league at battalion
He then later doubled in his second at-bat, and went 2 for 4 for the game. Profar started the 2013 season in Triple-A Round Rock.
In May 2013, the Rangers called up Profar while putting Kinsler on the 15-day disabled list.
In a May 26 game at Seattle, he hit his second career home run off Hisashi Iwakuma while batting leadoff for the first time in his major league career. After the 2013 season, the Rangers traded Kinsler, which could allow Profar to become the Rangers" starting second baseman. Profar started the 2014 season on the 60-day disabled list, and wasn"t expected to make a return until mid-June.
On May 22, the Rangers organization announced Profar had reinjured his shoulder, and as a result missed the entire 2014 season.
On February 23, 2015, Profar had surgery on his shoulder that will cause him to miss the entire 2015 season. After Team Netherlands advanced to the semi-finals for the 2013 World Baseball Classic, manager Hensley Meulens made a public plea to have Profar on the Dutch roster since Profar was born in Curacao.
The Rangers gave permission for Profar to be on the roster shortly after.
