I think for Ernie to maintain or even build upon his 2025 season it may boil down to something as simple as avoiding a really bad early season slump. He came out of the gates terribly against right handed pitching in particular, and these early season struggles acted like an anchor to his stats for the rest of the season. Over the first five weeks of the season Ernie produced an inconceivably bad -21 wRC+ vs RHP. He never exactly set the house on fire against same handed pitching the rest of the way but he was much better at 89 wRC+, which is more than good enough to justify regular playing time when combined with the rest of his skills. Ernie was one of the guys that helped to trigger the club's offensive renaissance in May, and he was front and center in the post season with a historical level of performance. If not for a heroic catch by Pages in the bottom of the 9th inning Ernie Clement would have been enshrined within the select few post season titans in Blue Jays history.