Edouard Julien is the French-Canadian God of Walks

[nicksaviking]

3 minutes ago, ashbury said:

Never trust Google Translate, or you'll end up telling a Hungarian his hovercraft is full of eels.

I checked with a genuine Canadian (admittedly from Toronto, but he's not an uneducated boor like me) and he says "walk" is ""but sur balles".  Only now do I realize I should have asked for the plural, so I'm not sure if it should be "de" or "des" in your version, but he'll really wonder what's wrong with me if I go back and ask again.

Yes, in Canada it's considered rude should you inquire about balles more than once. 

[Squirrel]

Let’s stay focussed … perhaps the next time someone here interviews Julien and asks us to give our questions, we can ask him the translation.

[Riverbrian]

11 hours ago, ashbury said:

Never trust Google Translate, or you'll end up telling a Hungarian his hovercraft is full of eels.

I checked with a genuine Canadian (admittedly from Toronto, but he's not an uneducated boor like me) and he says "walk" is ""but sur balles".  Only now do I realize I should have asked for the plural, "walks", so I'm not sure if it should be "de" or "des" in your version, but he'll really wonder what's wrong with me if I go back and ask again.

I'd be careful here... The Ontarioan language is a bit tricky. 

In my version... I believe Edourdo Julien is the God of the Sidewalk.  

[ashbury]

4 hours ago, Riverbrian said:

I'd be careful here... The Ontarioan language is a bit tricky. 

In my version... I believe Edourdo Julien is the God of the Sidewalk.  

Precisement.

[Linus]

I like Julien but would not be surprised if he regressed some next year. His bapip was 335 or so. That is likely to come down some. His second half numbers were clearly not as good as his first half. That may suggest teams adjusted to him. Now we can see if he adjusts back. Regarding the missed called strike three I think people are exaggerating that. He did get screwed on some but the box on tv isn’t the same as the umps get graded on - I think it is human nature to remember the missed ones and forget about all the called strike outs where the pitch was clearly a strike. Having said all that his at bats are fun to watch as it’s always a battle. At the end of the day I still believe in what TK always said: you really don’t know what you have in a hitter until they have 1000-1500 at bats. 

[tony&rodney]

For no particular reason I side with any of those who feel that Julien feels he can do quite a bit better the next time around. His discomfort early was clear, particularly in the field, and he took some time to get comfortable on the big stage. I think we saw what Julien can do in the playoffs. I feel he will work his arse off to improve his fielding and judgments at the plate. I believe he will improve all three of his triple slash numbers in the coming season. 

[MGM4706]

The offset to his offense is his very poor range at 2nd. He has limited range and poor footwork and an average arm on double plays. With the pitching staff taking a step back with losses of pitchers that defense will be critical. Plus at the plate the last 6 weeks raised red flags that he may be another Jose Miranda and that means the league may have caught on to him and started throwing cutters in on his hands. His strikeouts skyrocketed. Just like happened to Miranda. So, he is definitely not a lock as some may think. We all thought Miranda who be at third for years to come. Same could happen to Julien.