Fresh from his first three months inside the Cleveland Guardians organisation, Travis Bazzana has been picked to play for Australia at next month’s Premier 12 baseball tournament.
at the Major League Baseball draft, Sydney prodigy Travis Bazzana is set cross another item off his bucket list: playing for Australia.
Bazzana, who made history when the Cleveland Guardians selected him with the number one pick at the MLB draft in July, has been selected to make his senior international debut at next month’s Premier 12 to be staged across Japan, Mexico and Taiwan.and pocketed a signing bonus of $13 million - although he is yet to make his big league bow for the Guardians, who are currently playing in the American League Division Series against the Detroit Tigers.
“I’m really excited for what’s to come this next couple of months, with the Premier 12 and then an off-season to prepare for next year. Hopefully next year is a big one, and before that, the Guardians can continue this playoff run right now and hopefully make it or win a World Series this year.” The Premier 12 is baseball’s second-biggest international tournament behind the MLB-run World Baseball Classic. The 12 participating nations cannot name any players listed on a 40-man MLB roster, enabling Bazzana - who is still a year or two away from cracking the top level with the Guardians - to pull on the green and gold.
Team Australia finished sixth at the last Premier 12 event in 2019 and made a stunning march to the quarter-finals of last year’s WBC,“I’ve looked up to this team for years, and watched every big tournament ...
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