OAKLAND >> Jurickson Profar sat at his locker with a task at hand and a smirk on his face.
As he intently unspooled a roll of yellow bat wrap around some fresh lumber, the A’s second baseman pondered the evolution of his game this season.
It’s been a topsy turvy couple of months for Profar — not long ago one of the Texas Rangers’ top prospects — in his transition to Oakland. A rough first two months in which Profar hit below .200 and committed eight errors flipped suddenly. Over the past month; Profar is batting .