Eric Kratz

And Ernie Clement, he didn't even start.

Nathan Lucas, remember those guys?

Yes, I remember them.

But you remember them in the playoffs.

You remember what they were in the World Series, that Ernie Clement was, you know, a whisker's hair away from...

getting MVP of the World Series.

You know, there's people that step up every season.

And if you look at guys' numbers, you have to understand what you have in the Blue Jays.

And you have to understand that when it's not going well, it's going to look like listless at bats.

It's going to look like

All right, well, like, where's this big hit going to come from?

Oh, Ernie Clement's up.

Oh, that's great.

Well, why did he swing at that first pitch slider out of the zone with a runner in scoring position?

Because that's what Ernie Clement does.

He gets more out of less in an analytic sense.

He gets more out of like, hey, you know what?

You're not going to be able to pitch around him because he's going to put a good swing on pitches that are on the corners.

And when it's not going well,

It doesn't look great.