The Minnesota Twins shipped off a pair of notable players to the Colorado Rockies on Wednesday.
Per ESPN.com:
The Rockies separately acquired infielder Edouard Julien and reliever Pierson Ohl in a trade with Minnesota, sending minor league pitcher Jace Kaminska to the Twins.
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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.
Here’s more from MLB.com:
Kaminska, a 10th-round Draft pick out of Nebraska in 2023, put up solid numbers for the Rockies’ Single-A Fresno affiliate in 2024. He was 5-5 with a 2.78 ERA, 104 strikeouts and 12 walks in 87 1/3 innings, allowing just six homers in the famously hitter-friendly California League. He missed the 2025 season recovering from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow last March.
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However, the deal is likely as much about clearing 40-man roster space as it is about the return. The Twins have expressed a desire to bolster their bullpen, which currently is very inexperienced from the right side. Wednesday’s move gets them down to 39 players on the 40-man.
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Sources: ESPN.com and MLB.com
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