UConn catcher Connor Lane had a .528 slugging percentage with 34 RBI in 39 games last season. (UConn Athletics)
The Division 1 college baseball season begins today.
New England Baseball Journal takes a look at the region’s best players by position in its annual All-NEBJ format.
Nine of the region’s 20 programs are represented on this All-NEBJ team, including multiple players from three of the top five teams in NEBJ’s Preseason Coaches Poll in Northeastern, UConn and Fairfield.
The roster includes nine seniors and graduate students, two juniors and three sophomores, as well as natives of four of the six New England states.
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