Ernie Clement

you know, he was the guy who got the Gatorade bath and that was a justified decision.

So I'm going to go with, with Vladdy on this one.

I'm going with Vladdy who's delivering the Gatorade bath to Valenzuela.

I'm going to circle back to the guy who just had a couple of

No, sorry, that was ambiguous phrasing.

He's someone who, like many catchers, their defense is the first thing you look at.

And that's what got him towards the major leagues.

We've seen his arm before.

He's got a really impressive arm.

All of the framing numbers like him, it's early in his career to say he's fantastic at that.

But people really believe in his ability to handle his business behind the plate.

And then he has a day like this where he just gives you a glimpse of the offensive potential as well.

And is he consistently going to be that hitter who's a major impact guy day in, day out?

That would be a surprise.

But not a lot of kind of backup catchers.

And let's be honest, that's what his trajectory with the Jays is because they have an all-star catcher in Alejandro Kirk, who is injured now, but is going to come back and take the reins there.

Not many of them have the level of physical gifts and offensive ceiling that Valenzuela has.

We don't know about the consistency yet.

We don't know where he's going to net out as a major league hitter, but he is a talented guy and he's an exciting player to watch at times.

And when you think of backup catchers, you often think of guys in their 30s who've been around forever, who just kind of trusted to do the job and don't have any of these loud tools.