The lost art of a dual position player is becoming more and more rare in baseball these days.
Mississippi State only had one player that pitched and played the field active on the roster this past season.
Trent Waddell saw action in 15 games and started once at first base and made six appearances on the mound. In order to prepare for both roles, Waddell has to split his time during practice each day.
“I’ll start by warming up with the position players and take batting practice,” Waddell said. “During BP, I’ll go down with coach (Butch) Thompson and get my work in on the mound then come back out and finish up with defense.