Cleveland Guardians make HISTORY by drafting Travis Bazzana #1 overall

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Cleveland Guardians make HISTORY by drafting Travis Bazzana #1 overall - is he the RIGHT PICK?

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After months of speculation, the Cleveland Guardians selected Oregon State slugger Travis Bazzana with the No. 1 pick in the 2024 MLB Draft. Bazzana is the first No. 1 draft selection in the history of the Cleveland baseball franchise.
The second baseman ranked second on The Athletic’s Keith Law’s top-100 prospect ranking for this draft, behind Georgia outfielder/third baseman Charlie Condon, who went to the Colorado Rockies at No. 3. The Cincinnati Reds selected Wake Forest right-handed pitcher Chase Burns at No. 2 |
Travis Bazzana feels like he represents an entire country, not just a college.
Cleveland selected the Australian second baseman on Sunday night with the No. 1 pick in Major League Baseball’s amateur draft, and three players from Wake Forest were picked in the top 10.
A former cricket, rugby and soccer player who came to the United States to play baseball for Oregon State, the 21-year-old hit .407 with 28 homers and 66 RBIs this season. He became the first Australian and first second baseman taken No. 1.
“An opportunity to make an impact on a lot of baseball players and a lot of people back home in Australia, and hopefully change the narrative for baseball there,” Bazzana said.
Bazzana hit .360 over three seasons at Oregon State with 45 homers, 165 RBIs, 180 walks and 66 steals.
Cleveland president of baseball operations Chris Antonetti said the team made its decision Sunday.
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@kevinlopez-gibbs3454 Ай бұрын

The reason they also never had the number one pick is because they rotated between nl and al for who got the pick. And the team when it finished with the worst record it would go to the nl

@johnbontea1353 Ай бұрын

Cleveland luck

@Wrastling77 Ай бұрын

How do I watch the rest of this episode from where it cuts off at the end? I want to hear them talk about the other draft picks?

@davidvankirk150 Ай бұрын

Bazzana is the type of player that is going to take every opportunity in the minors to advance his skills, body and mind. He is about honing his craft and you don't want to take away his time to get every step mastered in the process. He will blossom quicker and better if you let him take every step up the mountain. I'm ok with this taking him into the backend of 2025 before he enters the majors. I think he needs to be brought up when he has a chance to be rookie of the year and that his rookie eligibility might be best saved for 2026. Let Holiday get it next year but let Travis in next year but maintain rookie eligibility for 2026. The value of the pick in the 2027 draft would be great. If he could win it in 2025 then do it then but don't rush the time to hone his craft at different levels.

@ShadowSelf216 Ай бұрын

bro you sound like Kevin Nealon in Happy Gilmore 😂 “Be the ball.” It’s not that deep man

@drastik651 Ай бұрын

All of the hate in the comments.... Just go watch the driveline video about Bazzana. He does everything he can to get every ounce of production from his bat. This kid is gonna be something special.... UCSS please report on that. People need to know exactly what this kid is doing, and how he will be up with the club a lot aooner than anyone thinks. Go Guards!

@Elephant2024-wi2li Ай бұрын

Time will tell as to whether selecting Bazzana will be a bonanza for the Guardians.😃

@ClevelandSteamr Ай бұрын

"The land" drated the man from "the land down unda"

@freshcoastfreak7408 Ай бұрын

Should have drafted J Cag this was a mistake

@Justin-pq3rq Ай бұрын

CONDON

@pepesilvia3573 Ай бұрын

Cags had the worst chase rate in the entire country. Sure he made great contact still but when facing upper echelon pitching it’ll be much tougher.

@freshcoastfreak7408 Ай бұрын

@@pepesilvia3573 perhaps I digress when u spit real fakts

@chrisc3118 Ай бұрын

Cleveland should have drafted Charlie Condon. We need POWER!!!! Bazzana has already peaked and this is as good it gets from him. Condon has lots of power and will get better. We DON'T need more contact hitters. Remember the 1995-97 Indians?!?! Loaded with power. We only have Jose Ramirez as a dependable power hitter and he's aging fast.

@ShadowSelf216 Ай бұрын

You got guys in Condon and Caglianone who experts are saying are like judge and Harper, saying they could be future MVPs, big box office. What do we do? We pick a little shrimp second basemen. I knew that gee golly willikers Jay Crawford would be in love with this pick

@stephenk5455 Ай бұрын

You don’t know what you’re talking about. Aaron Judge and Harper are once in a decade talents, Condon and Caglianone are not that. Time will tell how good they are in the majors but we picked the guy who has the best work ethic, let’s see how the 2 tall guys do when major league pitching exploits their weaknesses. Also, don’t assume Aaron Judge, look how Nolan Jones is struggling this season, Condon is better than Jones but no guarantee he’s going to be successful.

@ShadowSelf216 Ай бұрын

@@stephenk5455 miss me with all that stuff you’re saying. Condon and Caglianone are once in a decade talents, they are generational talents. Who doesn’t have weaknesses and if you are a major league pitcher your job is to exploit weaknesses. have fun with your draft pick. get me one of the boomerangs when they give them out for Australian night

@Justin-pq3rq Ай бұрын

Gimme CONDON every day and twice on Sunday.

@fg6971 Ай бұрын

Condon and Cag are too tall for the Guards to draft at their positions, and Condon doesn't bat left handed. That's my guess, but Bazzana looks like a future above average MLB bat, and in some ways a perceived safer pick. Translated that means more contact with less homers over less contact with more homers. Plus home run hitters get expensive fast.

@ShadowSelf216 Ай бұрын

@@fg6971 Condon will be a guy who has HIGH batting average with HIGH homeruns. Exactly, with the comment about they will be high price down the line and this continues to show that this ownership is CHEAP and we need a new majority owner. There are so many in this city that have Stockholm Syndome and are just ok with just MEH/MEDIOCRITY