utility player

noun

1. sport a player who is capable of playing competently in any of several positions

Example Sentences

But another utility player, Tommy Edman, went on the IL with an ankle injury.

From Los Angeles Times

The Dodgers’ injured list, already as crowded as a Beyoncé concert — it swelled to 12 players with Max Muncy’s addition Thursday — could get even larger this week depending on the results of MRI scans on outfielder Tesoscar Hernández and utility player Tommy Edman.

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Meanwhile, Kristen Baldwin asks, “How is it possible that Heidi Gardner, an indispensable utility player for the past eight seasons of ‘SNL,’ has never been nominated for an Emmy?”

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Lisa Ann Walter, “Abbott Elementary” “How is it possible that Heidi Gardner, an indispensable utility player for the past eight seasons of ‘SNL,’ has never been nominated for an Emmy?

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Utility player Tommy Edman, out two weeks with right ankle inflammation, could rejoin the team Sunday.

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