"He is a useful player for us and hopefullly this will be a good season for him".
Ryan Theriot, 30, is a useful player and a gamer besides, but the Cubs would be a better team with him at second base instead of shortstop.
Napoli had been a useful player for five years with the Angels, hitting.251 with a decent on-base and slugging percentage.
Gibson is a useful player, capable of some productive spurts, like his 11-point fourth quarter in Game 5 against Atlanta.
"He's a useful player to have around as he can operate in defence as well as leading the forward line".
"Peter Trego is a useful player for any side with their backs to the wall, and he found some willing support from the lower order.
At this point in his career, Hughes seems content to be a useful role player.
In a time before iPods, I found my MD player to be a useful way to have portable music mixes without needing to lug around my clunky Discman knock-off.
That makes some sense, but the problem is not that Stoudemire cannot be a more useful player than Ronnie Brewer, the player he would most likely bump from the starting five.
