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Super subs are now key players on pitching-dominated rosters

KISSIMMEE, Fla. (AP) -- Jace Peterson starts out the day shagging fly balls in the outfield. Then, he changes gloves and heads to the infield to take some grounders.

Don't try to label this guy with a position.

He can play just about all of them.

''Man, it's fun,'' Peterson said. ''You get to move around the diamond. You get to work everywhere.''

Peterson is part of an ever-growing trend on big league rosters: the super sub.

Peterson can play second base, shortstop, third base and all three outfield positions. Chase d'Arnaud does him one better, having added first base to his repertoire this spring.