Ernie Clement free giveaway hockey jerseys being resold online for up to $400

A screengrab from ebay's website shows the Blue Jays' Ernie Clement hockey jersey free giveaway listed for up to $400. (ebay/The Canadian Press)

Free Ernie Clement jerseys are already being sold for up to $400 online, after fans lined up for hours to get their hands on the swag before Monday’s Blue Jays game.

The replica hockey jersey giveaway attracted thousands of fans, some who lined up for seven hours before the gates opened at the Rogers Centre.

In one gate, the lineup for the in-demand item stretched all the way to the Metro Toronto Convention Centre on Front Street.

The Blue Jays were only handing out jerseys to the first 15,000 fans entering the ball park.

“Not since Taylor Swift’s six nights of shows in 2024 has Rogers Centre seen such lines,” a post on the official MLB website said.

On Tuesday, several of the jerseys could be found on the resale website eBay, with prices that ranged from $68 to $400.

While the infielder is a hardcore hockey fan, who initially played the sport in high school, Clement pivoted to baseball for his professional career.

In March, he was spotted at a Maple Leafs game, with teammate George Springer, wearing a customized Leafs jersey.

It appears Clement’s fellow Blue Jays are fans of the hot-ticket item, as the team’s official Facebook page posted video of his teammates happily sporting the jerseys.

Clement has become a Blue Jays fan favourite, earning the nickname “Erndog.”

Blue Jays manager John Schneider has called the infielder “one of the faces of our team.”

Toronto signed Clement in 2023 after the Athletics waived him.

After spending most of 2023 with the Buffalo Bisons, the Blue Jays’ Triple-A team, he played 139 games with Toronto the following year and 157 games in 2025.

Clement was drafted in the fourth round in 2017 by the Cleveland Indians.