If they're keeping Alert for the +5 initiative, dropping the cleric level for a second level of rogue and being a tabaxi could be fun.

Get initiative, bonus action disengage, tabaxi dash into the enemies, grapple a priority target, and drag them back to the party. If you're feeling particularly catlike, drop the grapple so you can swat them with BB if they try to run

Probably slightly better to take your first character level in rogue, unless you're expecting to make a lot of CHA saves