The Cincinnati Bearcats were seemingly well positioned at the corners entering this past baseball season. For all intents and purposes things worked out well enough, though maybe not as well as they could have.
We’ll start at third base, which was locked down by Connor McVey all year. McVey was an exceptional bat in 2016, slashing .292/.379/.420 with 19 extra-base hits and 27 stolen bases. Entering his junior year, McVey was poised to be the leader of this team, both statistically and figuratively.
Unfortunately, McVey had trouble early on in the year and that kept him from pulling off a repeat performance.