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Blue Jays 2026 40-man Roster Review: Ernie Clement established himself as an everyday player

It’s been a long time since the Toronto Blue Jays found a diamond in the rough like Ernie Clement. This is Blue Jays Nation’s annual 40-man roster review ahead of the new season.

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Blue Jays Utility Man Shockingly Left Off This Year’s MLB Top 100 Players

As the 2026 season draws near, there are plenty of players to keep an eye on to explode, which is why MLB insider Brian Murphy came out with his Top 100 players for 2026.

Ernie Clement News / Bluebird Banter / January 28

Better Know Your Blue Jays 40-Man: Ernie Clement

Ernie Clement is a 29 (40 in March) year-old, right-handed hitting infielder. The Guardians picked him in the fourth round of the 2017 draft. He is, to this point, the most successful player taken in that round, by a long shot (the others from that round who have played in the major have negative bWARs).

Ernie Clement News / Athlon Sports / January 26

MLB Makes Ernie Clement Announcement on Monday

Toronto Blue Jays second baseman Ernie Clement burst onto the scene during his team's postseason run in 2025. The Blue Jays, who won the American League East for the first time since 2015, won the AL pennant, advancing to their first World Series in over three decades.

Cleveland Guardians News / Yardbarker Quizzes

The 'MLB active doubles leaders' quiz

How many of the active MLB players with 300 or more doubles in their career can you name in five minutes?

The '2025 MLB hits leaders' quiz

The 'Cleveland's 1997 World Series roster' quiz

The 'Most multi-HR games by MLB team' quiz

Toronto Blue Jays News / Bluejaysnation / January 22

Blue Jays: How Ernie Clement can build on his breakout season in 2026

Ernie Clement embodies everything the Toronto Blue Jays are all about: he hustles, he plays great defense, and he is an absolute pest in the batter’s box.

MLB News / Yardbarker

The 20 most significant MLB Rule 5 draftees

The Rule 5 draft, held annually at the winter meetings in December, never garners much fanfare, but it has been known to yield some noteworthy transactions.

Athletics News / Cleveland Guardians on SI / January 14

Former Cleveland Guardians player selected to participate with Team USA in WBC

It's hard not to think of a world where Ernie Clement is a star on the Cleveland Guardians. But unfortunately, he's thriving elsewhere. In the 2025 campaign, Clement emerged as one of the best hitters in baseball, slashing a line of .277/.313/.398, helping lead the Toronto Blue Jays to the 2025 World Series.

MLB News / Dodger Blue / January 14

Byron Buxton & Ernie Clement Join Team USA Roster For 2026 World Baseball Classic

Minnesota Twins star Byron Buxton and Ernie Clement of the Toronto Blue Jays were the latest players named to the Team USA roster for the 2026 World Baseball Classic.

Athletics News / Bluejaysnation / January 14

Blue Jays: Ernie Clement named to USA Baseball’s WBC roster

From a minor league contract to a role on Team USA in the 2026 World Baseball Classic, it’s been an insane couple of years for Ernie Clement. On Tuesday, USA Baseball announced that Clement has committed to Team USA for the upcoming World Baseball Classic in March.

MLB News / Toronto Blue Jays on SI / January 13

Blue Jays Postseason Star Commits to Team USA for World Baseball Classic

The World Baseball Classic returns in March with Pool C throwing the first pitch in Tokyo, Japan. With that, Mark DeRosa is hoping to lead Team USA to the country's second World Baseball Classic gold medal.

Toronto Blue Jays News / MLB on ClutchPoints / January 13

Blue Jays’ Ernie Clement joins Team USA for World Baseball Classic

The Toronto Blue Jays got a lot of production from Ernie Clement during the 2025 season. The infielder is now taking his talents to Team USA, for the World Baseball Classic in 2026.

MLB News / Athlon Sports / January 13

Blue Jays’ Ernie Clement Makes Career Decision During MLB Offseason

Ernie Clement capped a breakout 2025 season with the Toronto Blue Jays by playing a pivotal role in their run to the World Series. In the regular season, Clement appeared in a career‑high 157 games, batting .277 with nine home runs and 50 RBIs while playing all four infield positions.

MLB News / Yardbarker

The 25 greatest pitching seasons from the modern MLB era

America's favorite pastime has more memorable performances than any sport. As such, figuring out which pitchers had the best seasons ever is no easy task.

Toronto Blue Jays News / Athlon Sports / January 8

Ernie Clement News Emerges After Blue Jays Message

The Toronto Blue Jays are aiming to replicate their success from last year as spring training for the 2026 MLB season approaches, and one player in particular is looking to carry over that momentum.

Toronto Blue Jays News / Toronto Blue Jays on SI / January 8

Blue Jays Lock In Key Roster Pieces With Arbitration Avoidance Moves

The arbitration period is among us, and many are making sure that essential pieces to their team are rightfully getting paid from their performances in 2025.

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The '14-win NFL quarterbacks' quiz

The 'Youngest Conference Champ QBs' quiz

The 'MLB active doubles leaders' quiz

The 'NFL undrafted receiving leaders' quiz

Toronto Blue Jays News / Athlon Sports / January 6

Blue Jays Facing Ernie Clement, Bo Bichette Decision Amid MLB Free Agency

The Toronto Blue Jays have reloaded ahead of the 2026 MLB season with the front office acting aggressively in free agency. However, one key piece of the organization over the past seven seasons, Bo Bichette, remains unsigned.

Toronto Blue Jays News / Bluejaysnation / December 30

Choosing Ernie Clement over Santiago Espinal paid off well for the Blue Jays

One of the Toronto Blue Jays’ best decisions in recent memory is choosing Ernie Clement over Santiago Espinal. Before the beginning of the 2024 season, the Blue Jays had to make a choice: Lose Espinal or lose Clement, as both infielders were both out of options.

MLB News / Bluejaysnation / December 20

Jeff Passan: 'Blue Jays very much in the mix for Alex Bregman'

This off-season has moved at a snail’s pace, at least on the position player side of things. Early in the off-season, the Toronto Blue Jays jumped the market by signing Dylan Cease to a seven-year deal.

Toronto Blue Jays News / Larry Brown Sports / December 16

Blue Jays' Ernie Clement reveals risky offseason activity: 'There's nothing in the contract about it'

Toronto Blue Jays infielder Ernie Clement just had his best season in the big leagues, and he may have another sport to thank for it.

Bo Bichette reunion with Blue Jays may be most likely outcome

Do the Blue Jays need to add more bullpen arms this offseason?

The 25 greatest MLB players to never win an MVP

The 'World Series single-game K leaders' quiz

Toronto Blue Jays News / Bluejaysnation / December 9

Breaking down Barger and Clement’s yet-to-be-defined role with the Blue Jays

The Blue Jays have a lot of paths they could take to improve their roster this offseason (even more than they already have), and a couple of key returning pieces are waiting to see how it will impact their 2026 season, and likely beyond.

Toronto Blue Jays News / Athlon Sports / December 8

Blue Jays' Ernie Clement Announces Off-Field Update Amid MLB Offseason

The Toronto Blue Jays' 2025 season ended in heartbreaking fashion, as they got to the World Series for the first time since 1993 but lost in seven games to the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Toronto Blue Jays News / Daily Faceoff / December 2

Blue Jays’ Ernie Clement 'a lover, not a fighter' on the ice

As if Ernie Clement hadn’t already won over the hearts of Canadians with his play with the Toronto Blue Jays in 2025, the reveal that he played hockey as a kid and was really good at it endeared them even more.

Toronto Blue Jays News / Field Level Media / November 2

Blue Jays' Ernie Clement breaks MLB record for hits in a postseason

Toronto third baseman Ernie Clement might take some consolation in setting a major league record this postseason despite the Blue Jays falling to the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers 5-4 in 11 innings on Saturday night in Game 7 of the World Series.

MLB News / Yardbarker / November 2

Blue Jays' Ernie Clement makes MLB postseason history

In the regular season, Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Ernie Clement hit .277/.313/.398 with nine home runs, marking his first quality season. However, in the playoffs, Clement was an entirely different hitter.

World Series Game 7 takeaways: Dodgers rally for epic win over Blue Jays

Blue Jays, Dodgers clear benches in Game 7 of World Series

Dodgers’ Andy Pages makes unreal catch to prevent World Series walk-off

25 MLB players who could be traded this offseason

The 'World Series single-game K leaders' quiz

Toronto Blue Jays News / Larry Brown Sports / November 1

Unexpected Blue Jays player sets record for most hits in single MLB postseason run

The Toronto Blue Jays have a roster filled with unsung heroes this season, with arguably none deserving more praise than Ernie Clement. The Toronto Blue Jays third baseman etched his name in the history books during Saturday’s Game 7 of the World Series when he recorded his 30th hit of this season’s playoffs.

Toronto Blue Jays News / Daily Faceoff / October 29

Before baseball, Ernie Clement was dynamite in high school hockey

Before baseball, Blue Jays' Ernie Clement was dynamite in high school hockey

You might not know that Clement was at one point a great hockey story.

World Series Game 4 takeaways: Blue Jays' big inning evens series, Shane Bieber outduels Shohei Ohtani

The 25 most unlikely World Series heroes

The 'World Series Game 1 starters' quiz

Athletics News / Oakland Athletics on SI / October 9

Former A’s Infielder Is Teeing off for Toronto This Postseason

Ernie Clement and the Toronto Blue Jays punched their ticket to the American League Championship Series after a 5-2 win in Game 4 against the New York Yankees on Wednesday.