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2017 25th round pick (758): Willy Yahn - 3B - Connecticut

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The Orioles take a college third baseman with their 25th round pick. Yahn is a junior.

Willy Yahn - 3B - R/R - 5'11", 185lbs - DOB: 11/07/95

From UConn's website...

2016 Summer: Played for the Bourne Braves in the prestigious Cape Cod League...Despite breaking his hand in the NCAA Tournament, competed in 49 games for the Braves, including the CCBL Playoffs, and was recognized as a CCBL All-Star...recorded a .290 AVG with 51 hits consisting of eight doubles, two triples and 13 RBI’s...recorded 14 multi-hit games...used primarily in the leadoff spot as a Brave.

2016 Season: An American Athletic Conference First Team member… Named to the ABCA/Rawlings All-Northeast Second Team… One of two Huskies to start in all 63 games…. Hit a team-best .319 as the team’s primary third baseman… Led The American with 88 total hits and ranked among the top-10 in batting average (.319), runs (48), doubles (20) and RBIs (46)… Tallied a team-best 25 multi-hit efforts and recorded four of the Huskies’ nine four-hit contests… Stole seven bases in 10 attempts… Tallied three hits in five at-bats with a pair of RBIs in the Huskies’ NCAA Regional victory over Georgia Tech (June 3)… Posted seven-straight multi-hit efforts from May 14-25… Had four hits, scored two runs and picked up two RBIs in a win over URI on May 17… Tallied a career-best five RBIs and picked up four hits in a win against William & Mary on March 11.

2015 Season: Louisville Slugger Freshmen All-American...American Athletic Conference Second Team All-Conference....NEIBA All-New England Second Team...played in 46 games, starting the final 43 at third base...finished fifth in The American with a .342 batting average...added six doubles, two triples, three home runs and 31 RBIs...scored 28 runs and stole four bases...finished among the national leaders with 12.3 at bats per strikeout, going down on strikes only 13 times in 172 at bats...recorded 18 multi-hit games...had a hit in his collegiate debut vs. Siena (Feb. 21)...hit a two-run home run in his first career start at William & Mary (March 18)...went 3-for-3 with a double, a triple and four RBIs vs. Yale (March 24)...had four more RBIs and another triple at CCSU (March 25)...had two hits, a double, two runs and two RBIs vs. Boston College (March 31)...went 3-for-6 with two RBIs at No. 12 UCF (April 11)...scored three times and hit a late two run home run vs. Holy Cross (April 29)...had three hits and two RBIs at East Carolina (May 1)...went 4-for-5 at Rhode Island (May 12)...had five hits in four games at the American Championship (May 20-23).

High School: Played four years of varsity baseball at Housatonic...two-time CHSCA All-State...three-time Berkshire League All-Conference...three-time All-Area for Litchfield County and 2014 All-Area MVP...2014 Perfect Game All-Region honorable mention...two-time Perfect Game Underclass All-American honorable mention...hit .662 as a junior and .590 as a senior...struck out only once in his final two high school seasons...was also a pitcher as a junior and senior, winning 15 games and striking out 206 batters...won the Berskshire Leauge Steve Reich Pitcher of the Year Award twice...Played soccer as well at Housatonic, starting at goalkeeper for four years and earning a pair of All-State nods...Holds the Housatonic record with 23 shutouts in goal...won the Student Athlete Award as a senior and was an honors student. 

Personal: William Wallace Yahn...Born Nov. 7, 1995...Son of Walter and Joanie Yahn...Has two older sisters, Ellie and Maggie...Journalism major.

  



Batting



SEASON	AVG	GP-GS	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	TB	SLG%	BB	HBP	SO	GDP	OB%	SF	SH	SB-ATT



2015	.343	46 - 43	172	28	59	6	2	3	31	78	.453	10	4	13	3	.388	2	5	4 - 7



2016	.319	63 - 63	276	48	88	20	4	3	46	125	.453	9	8	19	7	.355	3	5	7 - 10



2017	.317	48 - 48	189	36	60	12	2	2	26	82	.434	13	7	13	3	.376	4	2	6 - 9



TOTAL	.325	157 - 154	637	112	207	38	8	8	103	285	.447	32	19	45	13	.370	9	12	17 - 26

http://journalism.uconn.edu/2017/01/13/blood-sweat-and-dirt-the-willy-yahn-way/

 

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Had a broken hand earlier this season: 

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Junior third baseman and co-captain Willy Yahn has re injured his left hand and is expected to miss at 4-5 weeks of the Huskies' 2017 season.

Yahn, who has been a staple at the hot corner since his freshman year, suffered a broken hand six days before the 2017 season is set to start in Port St. Lucie, Florida. It is the same hand that he injured previously and had surgery on in the fall of 2016.

The Sharon, Connecticut native was a freshman All-American during his first year in Storrs and spent this past summer with the Bourne Braves of Cape Cod League, making the CCBL All-Star Team. In his two season for the Huskies, Yahn is a career .328 hitter with a .368 on base percentage and 26 doubles. 

http://dailycampus.com/stories/2017/2/13/uconn-baseball-captiain-willy-yahn-breaks-hand

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He's currently sporting a 3% BB rate and an astounding, mindblowing 15.7% HBP rate.  He's been hit by 6 pitches in just 38 plate appearances. He's only struck out once, not really a prospect, but an interesting follow.

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10 hours ago, phillyOs119 said:

He's currently sporting a 3% BB rate and an astounding, mindblowing 15.7% HBP rate.  He's been hit by 6 pitches in just 38 plate appearances. He's only struck out once, not really a prospect, but an interesting follow.

Nothing to Yahn about....#thenextderekjeter 

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