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Clement’s downfall from 2025 postseason hero and 2026 AL leading All-Star vote getter to whatever this has been for the last couple of months has been stunning. He hit .150/.186/.200 in September after coming in at .208/.228/.260 in August. Unless he can explain it away due to an injury, the Blue Jays would have a hard time justifying keeping a regular spot open for him next spring. It would make sense to keep him around as a utility guy at a likely $6 million or so in arbitration.

Clement’s two-run double in the first inning was his 30th double of the season and put the Blue Jays ahead 4-0 early. A year ago, he had 35 doubles and nine home runs compared to his 30 doubles and nine home runs already this year. Clement is hitting .276 with a .690 OPS and 46 RBI.

Clement receives some time off after waking up with an illness on Wednesday morning. The versatile 30-year-old should be ready to return in a couple days.

The Astros might have pulled it out afterwards in the bottom of the 10th, but Yordan Alvarez, who slowed up thinking there wouldn’t be a play, was thrown out at second on his inning-opening RBI hit into the corner in right. Clement’s homer off Bennett Sousa was his first of the second half and ninth of the year. It was just his second hit in his last six games.

With his team having totaled two runs the last three days, Jays manager John Schneider will just keep tweaking things until something clicks. Nathan Lukes and Vladimir Guerrero Jr., who have been hitting second and third, respectively, have both been moved up one slot tonight. Kazuma Okamoto is down to sixth after spending most of the last month batting fourth and fifth.

Clement singled in the first inning, then doubled in the second. He then brought a run in to score on a sacrifice fly in the third, part of a five-run inning for Toronto. Clement later knocked his third hit to lead off the ninth and scored on a groundout. The 30-year-old infielder is hitting .298/.319/.434 with seven homers, 39 runs scored, and 30 RBI across 354 plate appearances.

Clement is 14-for-60 with one RBI in his last 17 games, with his slump briefly predating his brief absence due to a hip injury, and he’s now sitting at .293/.316/.430 for the season. Remarkably, though, he was the leading vote-getting in AL All-Star balloting anyway. He’s on pace to finish with 13 homers, 53 RBI, 69 runs scored and about two WAR in 622 plate appearances.

Clement was held out of the starting lineup each of the previous two nights due to soreness in his hip, though he did come in off the bench on Wednesday and play a couple of innings at shortstop. He’s back in there at shortstop and batting second for the Jays against Rangers’ southpaw MacKenzie Gore on Thursday evening in Toronto.

Clement seemed a little hesitant in the field while continuing to deal with hip soreness. The plan going into tonight was for him to return to the starting lineup against a lefty on Thursday. That still might happen, but he’s kind of limited at the moment.

Clement has been battling left hip soreness. The versatile 30-year-old figures to be available off the bench in this contest and is presumably day-to-day heading into a four-game series against the Rangers. It’ll be Luis Urías drawing into Toronto’s lineup for the second consecutive game in his absence.

Clement is still bothered by soreness in his left hip, and while he was able to play Monday, he’ll grab a seat for the second game of the series versus Houston. Consider Clement day-to-day, but this could be a lingering issue for the 30-year-old.

Clement came off the bench during Saturday’s win at Wrigley Field after being held out of the lineup for the second straight game with left hip soreness. The versatile 30-year-old infielder is back at shortstop and hitting sixth on Sunday afternoon. He’s had a strong year at the dish overall, slashing .292/.311/.440 with seven homers, 28 RBI and two steals through 75 games.

Clement has been held out of Toronto’s lineup for two consecutive contests with left hip soreness. The 30-year-old infielder has cobbled together an outstanding campaign, slashing .292/.311/.440 with seven homers, 28 RBI and two steals through 75 games. The lingering hip issue appears to be impacting him recently as he’s hitting just .179 (5-for-28) over his last seven games.

He’ll sit against RHP Ben Brown in what appears to just be a routine day off. Clement had started all 15 games the Jays have played in June and is hitting a robust .294/.313/.443 on the season. Davis Schneider will start at second base in Clement’s absence.

Clement became the first non-Cubs player to take Phillies ace Cristopher Sánchez deep when he connected for a fifth-inning blast to left field. It was his seventh big fly of the season and second time he’s left the yard in three games. The unheralded 30-year-old is having a phenomenal season, hitting .309 through 66 games.

The homer in the third went 367-feet to left and would have remained in play in 16 ballparks, according to Statcast. The triple was actually more interesting, traveling 357 feet to the opposite field to get over Colton Cowser’s head at the wall in right. It was his first extra-base hit to right this year. Clement is batting .366 with four homers in his last 19 games, raising his OPS from .694 to .791.

Clement got the Jays on the board in the fourth inning with a run-scoring single off of Mitch Keller that plated Vladimir Guerrero Jr. The 30-year-old has been swinging a hot bat as of late and is now slashing .295/.321/.425 with three homers and 18 RBI across 209 plate appearances on the season.

Clement hasn’t actually missed any time, since he came off the bench as a pinch-hitter during Tuesday’s contest, while he deals with step throat. Even if he’s still dealing with some symptoms, it’s not going to keep him out of Toronto’s lineup. The versatile 30-year-old is at second base and hitting sixth on Wednesday night in New York.

Clement is dealing with strep throat, so it’s probably for the best if he practices some social isolation to prevent it from spreading around Toronto’s clubhouse. The 30-year-old infielder is available off the bench, if needed, with Davis Schneider getting into the lineup at second base in his place.

Clement had himself a day at the plate, starting with a pair of base hits in the second and fourth innings. He knocked his third base hit to drive in a run in the fifth, then took Mitch Farris deep for a two-run blast in the seventh. A fourth single in the eighth would give him five hits in the contest. The 30-year-old infielder is hitting a solid .299/.319/.422 with two homers, 14 runs scored, and 12 RBI across 160 plate appearances.