The Guardians introduced this afternoon that final 12 months’s first general choose Travis Bazzana has been recognized with a proper inner indirect pressure. The highest second base prospect hasn’t performed since struggling the harm final Wednesday. The workforce famous that such accidents normally sideline a participant for eight to 10 weeks, so Bazzana will probably be out into the second half of the season.
That clearly hurts his possibilities of reaching the massive leagues earlier than the tip of the 12 months. Prime faculty draftees pretty usually attain the majors by the tip of their first full skilled season. A pair of first-rounders from final 12 months’s class, Cam Smith and Nick Kurtz, have already debuted. Sixth general choose Jac Caglianone, a primary baseman/outfielder within the Kansas Metropolis system, may not be far off after receiving a promotion to Triple-A in the present day.
Bazzana, an Oregon State product, has spent the complete season at Double-A Akron. The lefty-hitting infielder carries a .252/.362/.433 line with 4 homers throughout 149 plate appearances. That’s nicely above-average within the extraordinarily pitcher-friendly league. (The common Japanese League hitter owns a .229/.317/.366 slash line.) Bazzana is placing out at a considerably worrying 26.2% clip, however he’d begun to seek out his stride on the plate. He was hitting .279/.392/.512 this month after posting a .238/.347/.393 mark in April.
Daniel Schneemann has stepped up as Stephen Vogt’s major second baseman. The second-year utilityman already has six homers with a .265/.339/.500 slash throughout 110 plate appearances. Schneemann had performed a multi-positional position off the bench early within the 12 months. Gabriel Arias was beginning at second base to start the season, however he kicked over to shortstop when the Guards optioned the scuffling Brayan Rocchio final week.
