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Bazzana went 3-for-4 with two home runs and five RBI in Saturday's spring game against the Giants.
Bazzana, who was reassigned to minor-league camp earlier in the week, joined the major-league team for Saturday's contest. In eight Cactus League games, the first overall pick in the 2024 MLB Draft is batting .381 (8-for-21) with three home runs and 11 RBI. He also homered for Team Australia in the World Baseball Classic. Given that injuries limited Bazzana to 84 games in 2025, including just 26 at Triple-A, it's natural the organization wants him to get more seasoning in the minors. He's expected to arrive in the majors at some point in 2026.
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Guardians' Travis Bazzana: Contributes to WBC win
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Bazzana went 2-for-4 with a solo home run in Australia's 3-0 win over Chinese Taipei in Wednesday's World Baseball Classic opener.
Bazzana gave the Aussies breathing room with his blast in the seventh inning. He left the Guardians spring training camp a week ago to join Team Australia in Japan. Prior to the WBC, Bazzana and appeared in three games for Cleveland, going 2-for-8 with a home run and three RBI. He's likely to open the regular season in the minors, but the 2024 first overall draft pick could elevate to the majors in 2026.
Bazzana started at second base and went 2-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in Tuesday's spring game against the Dodgers.
Bazzana accounted for all the Guardians' offense with a three-run shot in the second inning. It was his first Cactus League hit, which he sent 423 feet to center field. Cleveland's top pick in the 2024 draft has made three spring appearances thus far and will continue to pile up at-bats over the next week in advance of his participation in the World Baseball Classic for Team Australia.
Guardians' Travis Bazzana: Invited to spring training
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The Guardians have extended Bazzana an invitation to big-league camp in spring training.
The No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 First-Year Player Draft, Bazzana somewhat surprisingly was not invited to spring training last year, but he will be with the big club in camp this time around. Bazzana has had an underwhelming start to his pro career, having slashed .245/.389/.424 with nine homers and 12 steals in 2025 while being limited to 84 games due to oblique issues. He finished last season at Triple-A Columbus and is likely to head back there to begin the 2026 season, but Bazzana is could debut with Cleveland at some point during the summer.
Guardians' Travis Bazzana: Season comes to early end
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Triple-A Columbus placed Bazzana on its 7-day injured list Sunday due to left flank soreness.
Bazzana suffered the injury Thursday and will miss the final week of the Triple-A season, but because the Guardians are labeling the issue as a sore flank, the 23-year-old shouldn't require as much recovery time as he needed for the internal right oblique strain that kept him out for nearly two months earlier in 2025. The No. 1 overall pick in the 2024 First-Year Player Draft had a rough introduction to the Triple-A level upon his promotion from Double-A Akron on Aug. 11, but he had settled in nicely in September, slashing .290/.421/.742 with four home runs over his final nine games with Columbus.
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Guardians' Travis Bazzana: Out at Triple-A with oblique injury
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Bazzana was removed from Thursday's game at Triple-A Columbus due to left oblique soreness, Tim Stebbins of MLB.com reports.
It's not being called a strain at this juncture, but even if the injury is deemed minor, there's a good chance it will end the top prospect's season. Bazzana had been heating up lately with Columbus, posting a 1.163 OPS with four home runs over nine September contests. The 23-year-old missed a chunk of time earlier this season with a right oblique strain.
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