LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- "Super utility" is the term increasingly used to describe hitters who can field several positions, and whose bats managers want to keep in the lineup. They are baseball's Swiss army knife.
In previous seasons with the Pirates, this term applied to Sean Rodriguez, who recently underwent shoulder surgery and could miss the entire 2017 season.
Thus, the Braves will want one or both of Jace Peterson and Chase d'Arnaud to break camp as their "jack-of-all trade(s)".
"I think it's going to be more [a question of] need, and we kind of know what they all can do and what they're capable of," manager Brian Snitker said.