Utility players don’t get a lot of love most times. They’re rarely flashy, don’t usually have a huge hand in winning, and when you’re seeing them play it usually means your favorite player is taking the day off. And sometimes they bat at literally the team’s biggest moment in twenty years and hit like, well, a utility infielder. Some are better at it than others. Some are Ben Zobrist. The Indians have Erik Gonzalez. He’s no Zobrist, but he’s about as good as you can expect.
Is that damning with faint praise? He’s a bit player that people barely remember and whose jersey nobody owns, so maybe.