ARLINGTON - There was a time when making Jurickson Profar a regular in the Rangers starting lineup would have been a very big deal. He was the game's biggest prospect. The Rangers were the majors' model franchise with a limitless supply of prospects and a long window of opportunity. The moment would have been special.
This is not what "special" looks like.
Profar, who is still only 25, but more than five years removed from his major league debut, moved into the starting lineup to replace an injured Rougned Odor. Isiah Kiner-Falefa was called up from Triple-A Round Rock to take over on the bench.