Travis Bazzana

Bazzana attended Turramurra High School in South Turramurra, a suburb on the Upper North Shore area of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. At Turramurra, Bazzana played cricket as a wicketkeeper/opening batsman, and captained his team when they won their first-ever New South Wales state championship. From 2018 to 2021, he played for the Sydney Blue Sox in the Australian Baseball League. In 2019, he represented Australia in the 2019 U-18 Baseball World Cup. In 2021, he played for the Corvallis Knights in the West Coast League. He represented Australia again the 2022 U-23 Baseball World Cup. After the season, he played for the Falmouth Commodores of the Cape Cod League, where he was named the MVP after hitting .375/.456/.581 with six home runs and 31 RBI. In 2024, he led the Pac-12 Conference in batting average, on-base percentage, slugging percentage, home runs, walks and runs. His 26 home runs were a single-season school record and he also broke the school's career home run record that year. He was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year. ==Professional career==

for the Lake County Captains, on 31 July 2024 The Guardians selected Bazzana with the first overall pick in the 2024 Major League Baseball draft, becoming the first Australian first overall pick, first second-baseman first overall pick, as well as the second Oregon State Beaver to do so after Adley Rutschman in 2019. On 19 July 2024, Bazzana signed with Cleveland on a contract worth $8.95 million. He was assigned to the High-A Lake County Captains on 26 July and made his professional debut the same day. Bazzana batted .238 with three home runs and five stolen bases for Lake County, helping the team win the 2024 Midwest League title. Bazzana began the 2025 season with the Double-A Akron RubberDucks, where he hit .260 with four home runs, 17 RBI, and eight stolen bases over his first 34 games. On 20 May 2025, it was announced that Bazzana would miss eight-to-ten weeks after suffering a right internal oblique strain. In August, the Guardians promoted Bazzana to the Triple-A Columbus Clippers. The Guardians selected Bazzana's contract on April 28, 2026, adding him to their active roster. He debuted that day and went 0-2 with two walks. ==International career==

Bazzana represented Australia in the 2026 edition of the World Baseball Classic. In Team Australia's opener, he hit a home run off of Taiwan pitcher Yi Chang in the bottom of the seventh inning in an eventual 3–0 shutout victory. ==Notes==