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UConn Baseball Preview 2017: Infield

The infield was a big part of UConn Baseball’s success last year. Third baseman Willy Yahn and first baseman Bobby Melley were the team’s two best players not named Anthony Kay, leading the Huskies in a bunch of offensive categories.

The two were tops on the team in batting average, runs, hits and doubles. Only outfielder Joe DeRoche-Duffin equaled them in RBI, slugging percentage, and total bases.

Shortstop Bryan Daniello hit over .400 between the American Athletic Conference tournament and the NCAA Regionals, including a .689 average during the five games of the AAC Tournament. He finished with a .