Episode 20: Ernie Clement & Santiago Espinal

It’s an infielder-themed show on EP20, as current Blue Jays utilityman Ernie Clement and former Jays infielder Santiago Espinal sit down to talk about their respective paths to the big leagues.
The pride of Rochester, NY, Clement was drafted in the fourth round by the Cleveland Indians back in 2017, but it took the 28-year-old seven years and three different organizations to get his first real MLB shot.
This summer, Clement has proven he’s not only a full-time big leaguer, but potentially a very valuable one to a winning team with his low-strikeout ways and leather as the calling cards.
Similarly, that’s the profile Espinal has used to carve out five seasons in the majors up to this point, with the 29-year-old now playing a utility role in Cincinnati.
Already traded twice in his career — once for a World Series MVP — the Dominican-born, Florida-raised Espinal joins us for a quick one on the field at Rogers Centre in a Reds uniform to chat about the trade that sent him out of Toronto earlier this year, plus much more.
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