Defensively he might not have a home, but with a bat first profile he'll be able to get away with that. Both are the byproduct of a passive approach at the plate. His walk rates are great, his strikeout rates are not. The uppercut swing will limit his hit tool, but it makes for fireworks when he connects with a pitch. There's a fluidity to the swing that is coupled with a unique violence. Overall: Julien has big power and it comes from maximizing the power potential in every single motion in his swing. He's not fast, but won't be limited if he needs to take an extra base. Run: Fluid strides with a stiff upper half. Should serve him adequately at the corner, might be better suited for second base. Grade: 40Īrm: Arm motion is quick, and can make the throws from third base with a decent degree of accuracy. He'll be okay around the dirt, but he doesn't have an obvious defensive home. Grade: 55įield: Decent actions on the infield and soft hands. Still a good bet to see above average power, with more in the tank to be reached. Getting to that power in games will depend on how his hit tool comes around. His raw power is easily plus and will be his carrying tool. He posted big exit velos while hitting mammoth home runs in college. Power: It seems like his whole swing is built to get the most power possible out of each motion.He swings hard and with an uppercut. Improvements on this tool are likely what will decide how high Julien makes it professionally. Showed the ability to draw walks in college. An uppercut swing leads to plenty of swing and miss, as well as less hits. Utilizes small, ankle high, leg kick to trigger the load. Hands come down to about shoulder height as the bathead comes up through the load process. Pre-load, hands are by his head with the bathead at a downward angle over his shoulder. There isn't much physical projection left, if any. If that’s what he has to do, he’s doing it.Physical Description: Muscular frame. The good news is there are only two rungs remaining for him before the major league, and he hit extremely well in 2021. So that’s his deal: he’ll have to hit all the way up the minor league ladder to prove himself. His fielding percentage tells us that 3B is not going to be the end game. He played mostly 3B last year, but a lot of 2B too, and 1B, and LF, and RF, so, uh, you get the idea. Where will he play? That’s a bit of an issue. He has power too, and speed if they want to use it, and he gets on base. The good side to his patience is he drew 110 walks last year - the most in the minor leagues! This kid has a great batting eye. Julien highlighted his week with a two-home run game on Monday and collected 15 total bases on seven hits. 389/.522/.833 with a 1.355 OPS in week number four with the Desert Dogs. His strikeout issues can be attributed to Julien being too patient at times, as this interview with David Laurila of FanGraphs notes. Arizona Fall League Congratulations to our AFL Hitter of the Week Edouard Julien who mashed. Speaking of Double-A, he hasn’t reached it yet, so all bets are off until he shows what he can do there. Will that strikeout rate rise as he reaches Double-A? Fantrax: Not on the Top 400, but just missed.Imaginary Brick Wall: Not on the Top 473. Fantasy Six Pack: Not on their dynasty baseball rankings.It would be a good side platoon anyway, even if it did happen. He hits righties better than lefties, but he gets on base against lefties enough to not worry about a platoon yet. Hey, you take a week or two to get up to speed on a new job too, don’t you?Īnd by the way, he had a Hard Hit% of 32.7% for the season, so his power is real and it is spectacular! ( Seinfeld reference intentional). But the walk rate was rock solid every single month, and his OBP was only kept down by a low first month on a new team. Some months the power was terrific, others it was just average, and the stolen bases ebbed and flowed by month and situation. Was he selling out for power? Let’s break it down one last time by month, and only focus on his High-A numbers: However, the strikeouts rise, the walks fall, and the stolen bases are cut more than half. Then he, understandably, goes to High-A, and the power blossoms at Cedar Rapids. He struck out only 4 more times than he walked. 490 OBP tells me he was just too good for that level, and he ran at will. OK, now we see that although the power was a bit light at A-ball, everything else was aces. But since his year was split between A and High-A, let’s break them out: That’s a pretty good first professional line, isn’t it? The strikeouts were elevated, but power, speed, on-base ability, a good batting eye - they are all there right from the start. Let’s aggregate by year then focus on the important numbers for minor leaguers: His raw numbers are listed above courtesy of.
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