Twins call up Canadian infielder Edouard Julien
The Minnesota Twins have known as up Canadian infielder Edouard Julien from triple-A St. Paul, the staff introduced Wednesday.
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The 23-year-old Quebec City native was Canada’s high hitter on the World Baseball Classic final month, slashing .538/.667/1.154 with two homers and two RBI in 13 at-bats.
The Twins had an open roster spot after Joey Gallo (intercostal pressure) was positioned on the injured listing on Tuesday.
The Twins chosen Julien within the 18th spherical of the 2019 MLB Draft. He was harm taking part in for Canada on the 2019 Pan American Games and needed to endure Tommy John surgical procedure, delaying his professional debut till 2021.
Julien has slashed .290/.421/.548 with two homers and 4 RBI in 31 at-bats for St. Paul this yr.
He is the No. 96 prospect in baseball within the MLB Pipeline rankings.
“He’s been better than a good hitter,” supervisor Rocco Baldelli mentioned in spring coaching, per MLB.com. “He’s been a guy that has already made a name for himself. He needs to continue that. But he swings the bat at a level probably better than most guys you’re going to find, even prospects.”
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