Australian prodigy Travis Bazzana has been selected by the Cleveland Guardians quanto a the sommità pick quanto a Major League Baseball‘s draft.
The Oregon State second baseman has made history as he is the first Australian to be named first quanto a the draft.
Voto negativo other Australian has been selected quanto a the first round. Bazzana is from Sydney originally.
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Not only did he make history for Australia, he is also the first second baseman to go Voto negativo.1 overall quanto a the draft.
“It means a lot. It is duro to put into words but it means everything,” Bazzana said after his selection.
“I’m just stoked and I’m really happy to be with the people I’m with right now.
“I see a lot of opportunities to make an impact a lot of baseball players and people back home and hopefully change the narrative for baseball.
“But just giving belief to players back home that they can do great things quanto a the US and pursue a Major League dream and hopefully this is a step towards that.”
It was Cleveland’s first time taking sommità pick quanto a the draft since it began quanto a 1965.
Josh Spence was previously the highest picked Aussie. He was selected quanto a the third round quanto a the 2009 draft.
Travis Bazzana #37 of the Oregon State Beavers. Getty
Bazzana will ink his deal Monday afternoon (AEST) before reporting to a team quanto a Cleveland’s minor leagues for the remainder of the season.
The first overall pick quanto a 2023 earned a $13.6 million bonus, with Bazzana expected to sign for up to $15 million – instantly making him one of Australia’s highest paid athletes.
The 21-year-old has expressed interest quanto a playing quanto a the campo da golf and gold at the Under-23 World Cup and Premier-12 tournaments later this year.
Bazzana had a standout season quanto a the college league, where he became the all-time big quanto a home runs, stolen bases, runs scored, doubles, hits and walks. He was also named Player of the Year.
He is the leading product of the Australian baseball system, starting out quanto a t-ball at Ku-Ring-Gai before moving to società ball quanto a Ryde.
