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Which Ernie Clement are Blue Jays getting? Toronto playoff hero Statcast numbers are down originally appeared on The Sporting News. Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here.
Ernie Clement had a playoff run most hitters can only dream of.
As the Toronto Blue Jays made it to Game 7 of the World Series, Clement set an all-time MLB record. His 30 hits in the postseason were the most any player had ever put up in a single playoffs.
In the early going this season, Clement hasn't been bad. He's batting .277 after a rough 0-for-4 showing in the series finale against the Los Angeles Dodgers on Wednesday.
His Statcast numbers, though, are a tad worrisome.
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Which Ernie Clement are Blue Jays getting?
It was always a bit unlikely that Clement was going to keep up his playoff pace. Even in his improved ability with the Blue Jays in the last few seasons, his playoff standard was too high to do for a whole 162-game season.
The Blue Jays need Clement's quality of contact to improve back to last season's rates, though.
He hit the ball 86.6 MPH on average last season.
In the early going of this season, that's down to 84.9 MPH.
Clement also has yet to have a barrel so far this season -- a stat which measures ideal exit velocity combined with launch angle.
One additional piece of Clement's early-season stats that stands out -- he's popping the ball up at double the rate he did last season.
It's early, and Clement is a great contact hitter, and he'll surely be just fine.
But for the Blue Jays to get going just a little bit more, they need Clement to start hitting the ball a little harder and a little purer than he has so far.
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