Ernie Clement

He's circle adjacent.

I don't know if I'm putting him quite in the circle yet, but he's been significantly better than you'd expect for a player you're able to sign to a minor league contract in the offseason, and I don't want to take anything away from him.

I was thinking curling.

It's the more Canadian imagery.

But yeah, maybe he's on the edge.

I don't actually know how you score that, which I think my parents would be ashamed of.

But at the very edge of a curling target.

Nailed the over on Joe Mantapai talk for this episode and for 2026.

Not super high, unfortunately, but there just hasn't been that much room for those great expectations.

The stuff hasn't been there.

The velo's been down.

He's going to throw a velo pen.

We don't really know what that is or how successful that was, but

His stuff just needs to play up a little bit more before you can have strong expectations of him giving you those quality innings.

Always a pleasure.

Look forward to being back with you again, I believe, next week.

to break through last season into being kind of an everyday guy for the blue jays by mid-year and then a starter for them in the playoffs too i mean it it meant everything but uh just finally being able to get that opportunity and showcase what i knew i could do um

just being able to get tha everyday opportunities.

I wasn't getting everyday opportunities.

I was only getting like one, maybe two at-bats a week.