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Jeff Clement, yesterday, homered in his final two at-bats for the Seattle Mariners and is starting to show why he should be behind the plate full-time, instead of Kenji Johjima.

Johjima is having a rough go at it this season batting .223 with only three home runs in 224 at-bats. He should have already been dropped in most mixed leagues, and remains only a reserve AL-only catcher, at best.

Clement hasn’t started off great either since his call-up, but is now starting to heat up. And if you compare the two catchers over the last week, you see that Clement is beginning to take over the role of starter.

• Clement is 6 for 22 this past week with 3 runs, 3 home runs, 4 RBI and slash stats of .273/.360/.682.
• Johjima is 0 for 9 with zeros everywhere else.

You can see that Clement is getting a lot more at-bats than Johjima. For your fantasy catcher needs, forget completely about Johjima, and begin to keep your eye on Clement in mixed fantasy baseball leagues. He should already be owned in shallow AL-only leagues and probably be signed right now in deep AL-only leagues. Also remember that Clement was hitting .337 with 14 home runs at Triple-A Tacoma before being called up. He’s only 25, he’s got the good stuff, and the Mariners are about ready to let him show it off.

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