Every contending team needs a bench player that can come in cold off the bench and deliver a big hit. It’s a difficult task, but if you can master it, you’ll have a job for a long time in Major League Baseball. Maybe you won’t ever get a full-time starting job, but you can put together a nice career by having a few good games as a substitute or a few clutch at-bats late in games.
This is exactly the niche Kody Clemens is carving for himself with the Phillies.
2024 stats: 43 G, 120 PAs, .