11.  Able to play all four infield positions and left field, Blum is definitely a utility player.

12.  Alicea is a second baseman, not a utility player.

13.  Brosius might be able to get a one-year deal if he can price himself as a future utility player.

14.  But it was utility player Hiram Bocachica who might have committed the most egregious of the base running mistakes.

15.  Cardinals Manager Tony La Russa has settled on turning Mabry into another version of a super utility player, a la Tony Phillips and Bip Roberts.

16.  Curtis, a center fielder with a fiery personality that sometimes led to friction with coaches and management, was sent to Detroit for utility player Tony Phillips.

17.  Duncan said that both his skills and love for the Yankees had eroded, and he does not want to be in New York as a utility player.

18.  Edgar gradually climbed through the minors, establishing himself as a useful utility player.

19.  Dunston, a longtime shortstop who is trying to stick around as a utility player, thought he saw shortstop Edgar Renteria break for third.

20.  First baseman Robert Welles and utility player Matt Curtis have been promoted from Single-A Cedar Rapids to Single-A Lake Elsinore.