Blue Jays may have lost Ernie Clement's best skill

Blue Jays may have lost Ernie Clement's best skill originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . The Toronto Blue Jays have most of their roster back from the team that lost in extra innings of Game 7 of the World Series to the Los Angeles Dodgers .

So, so close, and now plenty of motivation to try and get back and do it again. There are some changes, though. Bo Bichette is gone, and Kazuma Okamoto comes over from Japan to be the new starting third baseman.

With that infield shifting, Andres Gimenez goes to shortstop, and Ernie Clement becomes the full-time second baseman. It's a starting job well-earned by Clement, who set an all-time MLB record with 30 hits in a single postseason in 2025. But the positional reality might actually remove one of Clement's best skills from the table.

MORE: Cal Raleigh was supposed to play for the Braves Last season, Clement proved capable of playing every infield position. He was a super-utility man in the best interpretation of that description. Clement played 89 games at third base, 60 at second base, 29 at shortstop and 15 at first base -- some of those in the same game.