Nick Ashbourne

So Clement has definitely done some of that this year where he's gotten out in front of the ball, he's making contact in front of the plate, and he's pulling the ball.

It'll be interesting to see how that continues.

But at the end of the day, he's just such a funny case where he does things that are truly unusual and unlike any other player in baseball to play it.

And then you look at the end of the season, he's like, yeah, he's basically a league average hitter.

It has created an odd situation from a roster construction standpoint because, you know, they want Clement in the lineup every day.

They want Jimenez in the lineup every day.

You could quibble with that in terms of how he struggles with left-handed pitching.

But effectively, Clement serves as the backup for Jimenez at short.

And then Schneider was serving as a backup at second base.

And that worked because, again, these are two heavy workload players in their prime that they see as everyday players.

Still fairly unusual, like league-wide,

Generally, you have kind of a backup middle infielder type who plays shortstop and plays second and is glove first.

That's an archetype that you see on a lot of teams.

The Jays don't have that.

Instead, the Jays have a Lenin Sosa, who I don't really know what archetype he's filling right now.

He's not very productive, and he's got some defensive versatility, but not a ton of... It was funny to see the people cheer for him when he walked, though.

Was that kind of mean?

Was that like a little bit mean from his teammates?

He seemed to be a part of it.

As long as he's participating, as long as they're laughing with him and not at him, that's fine by me.