Jurickson Profar

Profar went 2-for-5 with a pair of two-run homers in Friday's 6-4 win over the Orioles.

The 24-year-old hurler struck out two batters on the night and didn't issue a base on balls. He shut the Padres out completely through the first five frames, but he returned for the sixth where he allowed a single to Luis Arraez and a two-run homer to Jurickson Profar before turning the ball over to the bullpen. Rodriguez got nine whiffs on 96 at-bats on the night, registering a CSW of 28 percent. He'll look to get back in the win column as he brings a 12-4 record, 3.82 ERA, 1.23 WHIP and a 122/33 K/BB ratio (110 2/3 innings) into Wednesday's battle against the Blue Jays.

Profar got the Padres on the board and chased Orioles' starter Grayson Rodriguez with a game-tying 395-foot (103.3-mph EV) two-run shot in the sixth inning. He then crushed a go-ahead 431-foot (106.0-mph EV) two-run bomb off of Craig Kimbrel in the 9th that proved to be the difference in the ballgame. The 31-year-old slugger slumped for a couple of weeks going into and coming out of the All-Star break, but he has really picked it up again over the past few days. He finished the night 2-for-5 on Friday and is now slashing .301/.387/.493 with 18 homers and 66 RBI on the season.

The home run was Profar's 16th of the season and fourth in July, but while his power production remains solid, his overall offensive numbers have been slipping. Profar is now just 13-for-59 in 15 games in July (.220), and is hitting just .240 over his last 25 games. He continues to make a good amount of contact and hit high in the order for the Padres, but he'll need to pick up the production if he wants to remain on rosters in shallower formats.

Chicago pitchers Garrett Crochet and Shota Imanaga each made their first career All-Star appearances in Texas on Tuesday night. And they pitched in back-to-back innings in the fourth. Crochet got Jurickson Profar to ground out. He struck out Home Run Derby champion Teoscar Hernandez with a 98-mile-per-hour fastball. Aaron Bohm notched a single off Crochet in the ensuing at-bat. But...