Definition of infielder
: a baseball player who plays in the infield
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The All-America infielder was supposed to miss up to six weeks recovering from a broken bone in his left wrist, but Friday makes that seven weeks.
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The junior infielder is one of the City’s most dangerous hitters.
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The Reds could – the operative word in this sentence – bring the infielder up this Friday against the St. Louis Cardinals, keep him on the 25-man roster for the rest of 2018, and still control his contract through 2023.
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Odor will be back in the lineup Thursday for the series finale against the Oakland A's, and Profar will still be the utility infielder biding his time for a regular spot in the major leagues.
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Jon Tayler: Using Kingery’s new contract to reflect on free agency can only go so far, given that, at his absolute best, the Phillies’ rookie infielder was still six years away from putting his services up for bidding.
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The Phillies’ rookie infielder needed just two at-bats to get his first career hit, a single up the middle off Braves’ pitcher Mike Foltynewicz in the top of the fourth inning.
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The infielder possesses character qualities that the Diamondbacks value in their players.
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With second baseman Jonathan Schoop, shortstop Manny Machado and third baseman Tim Beckham all able to cover multiple infield positions, Showalter is opting for a corner infield bat in Valencia as the fifth infielder.
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First Known Use of infielder
1867
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: a baseball player who plays in the infield
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