The Colorado Rockies acquired infielder Edouard Julien and reliever Pierson Ohl in a trade with Minnesota, sending minor league pitcher Jace Kaminska to the Twins. Julien is out of options, adding context to why the Twins decided to part ways with him.
Julien finished seventh in American League Rookie of the Year award voting in 2023 after posting an .839 OPS with 16 home runs in 109 games for the Twins while taking over as the regular second baseman for the AL Central champions. The native of Quebec wasn’t able to maintain his offensive production after that and went up and down from the Twins to Triple-A over the last two seasons. Julien hit .220 in 64 games last year.
Ohl made his major league debut in 2025 and appeared in 14 games for the Twins, going 0-3 with a 5.10 ERA. He was selected by the Twins in the 14th round of the 2021 Draft.
Kaminska missed all of last season but was the California League Pitcher of the Year in 2024. That year he had a 2.78 ERA in A ball with 104 strikeouts in 87.1 innings.
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