Edouard Julien Returns. What Can We Expect?

2 minutes ago, Patzky said:

Disappointment that Correa is IL but it's smart for the long haul. Imagine a week from now when Royce and Lewis return.. hope we don't slip until then. 

Is that when they will be back?  I can't wait to watch Royce and Lee together.  

Time for the young guns to step up. Correa has been really good this year on both sides of the ball and he cannot be replaced. The only antidote is for multiple players to have consistently strong performances. The time to gain is now with a bunch of home games coming in August. 

Julien is just a part of the group that needs to step forward. 

It's not out of the question that Julien has a good run. He's at second, Lee at short and Castro at 3rd. Miranda back tomorrow.

37 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

Did we clone him? j/k. You mean Lewis and Correa, I presume. 

I thought he meant Lewis and Miranda

Kikuchi gave up 4 runs in 5 innings vs the Tigers. 8K 2BB. Looks like every game is free on MLB.TV again today.

19 hours ago, stringer bell said:

Nit pick here. Julien hit the skids in May, his first month was pretty good (.830 OPS). Julien had only one extra base hit after May 1 (a double).

His Minor League numbers, with very cloe to the same Plate apperences is down in 2024 from 2023, his single and double rate way down.

His fielding preformance is way down from 2023.

He is not back due to playing performance.

49 minutes ago, bean5302 said:

MLBTR is reporting Castro will handle primary SS duties. Austin Martin was activated from the IL so I suspect he'll have primary backup for Buxton.

Julien's swing has produced 3 HRs over the past 10 games so it seems like his power stroke might be returning. I don't think he's going to be as good as his production numbers from last year, but Julien playing well over the next couple weeks probably means a Kyle Farmer DFA.
 

With Kyle Farmer, I can see the Twins trying to include him in a trade to get salary off the books.  Or replace in coming salary.  I doubt they DFA him.  

23 minutes ago, stringer bell said:

According to what? Fielding percentage? Have you been watching Julien play at St. Paul (I haven't). I'll say this one more time, basing someone's defense on small sample sizes and fielding percentages is a fool's errand. 

Wishful thinking is a fools errand; numbers as recorded by MLB are real.

If he sucks in a small sample  by what mystic spell is he going to suddenly get better.😋

32 minutes ago, RpR said:

Wishful thinking is a fools errand; numbers as recorded by MLB are real.

If he sucks in a small sample  by what mystic spell is he going to suddenly get better.😋

Here's a whole discussion about that 

1 hour ago, stringer bell said:

According to what? Fielding percentage? Have you been watching Julien play at St. Paul (I haven't). I'll say this one more time, basing someone's defense on small sample sizes and fielding percentages is a fool's errand. 

How about last season then?

He was below average (some would just say bad, me included) everywhere he played. No "statistics" can make it otherwise. 

That said, nothing says he can't improve in the field (playing a regular position would help simply due to repetition).  Jeffers wasn't simply below average his first season, he was utterly overmatched - a true emergency catcher.  He has worked hard and improved significantly.  No real reason that Julien can't do something along those lines.  An average defensive 2B who hits .280 will have a career as long as the body holds up!

Radio update from Gladden. Miranda should be back tomorrow. Royce should get a rehab assignment within a week.

Julien is the focus of the question. Edouard has always hit and he should be fine. The Twins need a larger contingent  to contribute. There has been quite a dropoff this year from Jeffers and Kepler and inexperienced players like Miranda, Lewis, Lee, Martin, Larnach, and Wallner need to step forward as well. Buxton has been decent thus far in 2024, but only Correa and Castro have been truly above average. The offense needs those highly drafted guys to produce or the season will crater.

2 hours ago, stringer bell said:

All right, so in the six games José Miranda has played first base, he is errorless and according to BBRef, he has two runs saved which projects to 36 runs saved over a full season. I guess Santana is no longer the best choice to play first base. 

Another example is Brooks Lee. He looked very good, made several nice plays, but made a throwing error at second base, according to your figuring, I guess it means we should never put Lee at second again. 

Call MLB they are he ones that print figures on a player plus and minus; right now Eddy is Minus.

1 hour ago, Bodie said:

How about last season then?

He was below average (some would just say bad, me included) everywhere he played. No "statistics" can make it otherwise. 

That said, nothing says he can't improve in the field (playing a regular position would help simply due to repetition).  Jeffers wasn't simply below average his first season, he was utterly overmatched - a true emergency catcher.  He has worked hard and improved significantly.  No real reason that Julien can't do something along those lines.  An average defensive 2B who hits .280 will have a career as long as the body holds up!

Last season was last season; then  Cave, Rooker, Sano, Gordon should still be here; maybe when they are 35 a decision can be made.

Jeffers has changed little if any, it is his bat more than his glove that has problems.

Julien's defense fell apart in the Minors; Zero reason to think it will by a miracle get better in the Majors.

I've seen a lot of positives from Julien. #1 fewer SOs, I believe that is his main focus. Because of that I don't expect many HRs until he really feels comfortable with his new approach on the MLB level. #2 I've been a big critic of Julien's defense at 2B. & I haven't seen anything to support his improvement until yesterday. He got a good jump on a GB & showed good range while completing a play. So I congratulate him on a job well done on the fruits of his efforts.