Is Edouard Julien a threat to start season at 2B for Twins?

With Jorge Polanco starting the season on the injured list because of lingering knee soreness, is prospect Edouard Julien the best choice to start at second base for the Minnesota Twins?

Whether he is or isn't doesn't matter unless the Twins recall him from Triple-A St. Paul, which is where the team optioned him to on March 13. But the fact that he was in Minnesota's spring training lineup Friday against the Yankees – and went 2-for-4 with a homer – there's some clamoring on Twitter to have him begin the season with the big club. 

As good as Julien has been, Minnesota has a lot of infield depth with Nick Gordon, Kyle Farmer and Donovan Solano all boasting experience and enough defensive versatility to qualify as suitable replacements while Polanco gears up for his debut. 

Julien is Minnesota's fourth-ranked prospect (per MLB Pipeline) and has been a hitting machine this spring and for Team Canada at the World Baseball Classic. On Friday, Julien slugged his third home in just 20 spring at-bats – the latest an opposite-field shot that cleared the left-field wall.