Travis Bazzana

Travis Bazzana

23-Year-Old Second Baseman2B
Cleveland Guardians
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Even the Guardians would probably privately admit that they'd like a mulligan on Bazzana as the No. 1 overall pick in 2024. He looks like a future big-league regular at second base, but the only thing he's shown he can do consistently at a high clip is get on base. The only second baseman to ever be selected first overall, Bazzana slashed .245/.389/.424 with nine home runs and 12 steals in 84 games across Double-A and Triple-A in 2025. Oblique injuries in the middle of the season and at the end of the season limited his availability and may have affected his performance. Bazzana is an extremely patient hitter (38.8 percent swing rate), which is a plus for the Guardians, but for a player without plus game power, it caps his counting stat upside and may result in lower batting averages than his pre-draft scouting report projected. There's still 20/20 upside with Bazzana, whose draft pedigree will buy him maximum opportunities over the next couple years, but he's significantly more valuable in OBP leagues. He'll surely get a shot in the first half if he's performing well at Triple-A, but expectations should be tempered. Read Past Outlooks
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#420
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Signed a one-year contract with the Guardians in April of 2026.
Smacks first homer
2BCleveland Guardians
May 8, 2026
Bazzana went 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, an additional run scored and two stolen bases during Friday's 6-4 win over the Twins.
Analysis
The first home run of Bazzana's young MLB career came in the first inning of Friday's contest and drove in Jose Ramirez to cap off a four-run outburst from the Guardians' offense. Although it took him only nine games to get his first big-league blast out of the way, Bazzana shouldn't be looked at as a big power threat. His value lies primarily in his ability to get on base and steal bases, as evidenced by his .368 OBP and six steals since his promotion.
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Batting Order Slot Breakdown
vs Right-Handed Pitchers
vs RHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
#6
#7
#8
#9
1
2
4
vs Left-Handed Pitchers
vs LHP
#1
#2
#3
#4
#5
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#9
1
1
Left/Right Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+47%
OPS vs LHP
2026
 
 
+47%
OPS vs LHP
2025
No Stats
2024
No Stats
OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024vs Left .856 10 3 1 4 3 .222 .300 .556
Since 2024vs Right .583 28 4 0 0 3 .190 .393 .190
2026vs Left .856 10 3 1 4 3 .222 .300 .556
2026vs Right .583 28 4 0 0 3 .190 .393 .190
2025vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Left 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024vs Right 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Home/Away Batting Splits
Since 2024
 
 
+4%
OPS on Road
2026
 
 
+4%
OPS on Road
2025
No Stats
2024
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OPS PA R HR RBI SB AVG OBP SLG
Since 2024Home .650 12 2 1 2 2 .100 .250 .400
Since 2024Away .673 26 5 0 2 4 .250 .423 .250
2026Home .650 12 2 1 2 2 .100 .250 .400
2026Away .673 26 5 0 2 4 .250 .423 .250
2025Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2025Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Home 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2024Away 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Stat Review
How does Travis Bazzana compare to other hitters?
This section compares his stats with all batting seasons from the previous three seasons (minimum 400 plate appearances)*. The bar represents the player's percentile rank. For example, if the bar is halfway across, then the player falls into the 50th percentile for that stat and it would be considered average.

* Exit Velocity and Barrels/PA % are benchmarked against 2019 data (min 400 PA) and Hard Hit Rate is benchmarked against last season's data (min 400 PA). See here for more exit velocity/barrels stats plus an explanation of current limitations with that data set.
  • BB/K
    Walk to strikeout ratio
  • BB Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a walk.
  • K Rate
    The percentage of plate appearances resulting in a strikeout.
  • BABIP
    Batting average on balls in play. Measures how many of a batter’s balls in play go for hits.
  • ISO
    Isolated Power. Slugging percentage minus batting average. A computation used to measure a batter's raw power.
  • AVG
    Batting average. Hits divided by at bats.
  • OBP
    On Base Percentage. A measure of how often a batters reaches base. Roughly equal to number of times on base divided by plate appearances.
  • SLG
    Slugging Percentage. A measure of the batting productivity of a hitter. It is calculated as total bases divided by at bats.
  • OPS
    On base plus slugging. THe sum of a batter's on-base percentage and slugging percentage.
  • wOBA
    Weighted on-base average. Measures a player's overall offensive contributions per plate appearance. wOBA combines all the different aspects of hitting into one metric, weighting each of them in proportion to their actual run value.
  • Exit Velocity
    The speed of the baseball as it comes off the bat, immediately after a batter makes contact.
  • Hard Hit Rate
    A measure of contact quality from Sports Info Solutions. This stat explains what percentage of batted balls were hit hard vs. medium or soft.
  • Barrels/PA
    The percentage of plate appearances where a batter had a batted ball classified as a Barrel. A Barrel is a batted ball with similar exit velocity and launch angle to past ones that led to a minimum .500 batting average and 1.500 slugging percentage.
  • Expected BA
    Expected Batting Average.
  • Expected SLG
    Expected Slugging Percentage.
  • Sprint Speed
    The speed of a runner from home to first, in feet per second.
  • Ground Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are on the ground.
  • Line Drive %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are line drives.
  • Fly Ball %
    The percentage of balls put in play that are fly balls.
BB/K
1.17
 
BB Rate
18.4%
 
K Rate
15.8%
 
BABIP
.217
 
ISO
.100
 
AVG
.200
 
OBP
.368
 
SLG
.300
 
OPS
.668
 
wOBA
.308
 
Exit Velocity
90.5 mph
 
Hard Hit Rate
20.8%
 
Barrels/PA
0.0%
 
Expected BA
.292
 
Expected SLG
.346
 
Sprint Speed
25.3 ft/sec
 
Ground Ball %
47.8%
 
Line Drive %
21.7%
 
Fly Ball %
30.4%
 
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2025 Fantasy Outlook
The first-overall pick in 2024, Bazzana may be held to an unreasonable standard just due to the fact he was the first pick in what may end up being a below-average draft class. The only second baseman to ever be selected first overall in the draft, Bazzana hails from Australia and put up cartoonish numbers as an amateur in the West Coast League, Cape Cod League and three seasons of Pac-12 play. He slashed .238/.369/.396 with three home runs, five steals, a 25.4 percent strikeout rate and a 69.3 percent contact rate in 27 games for High-A Lake County. Bazzana's 24.2 percent hard-hit rate was mediocre, given his pedigree and the level he was at, and at best, he could develop plus power, almost all of which will go to the pull side. His hit tool is supposed to be the carrying tool, but it wasn't airtight at High-A, which was a fair level assignment. Bazzana is a plus runner, which gives fantasy managers another path to value, but if he's not at least a plus hitter with above-average power, he'll go down as a disappointment. Brayan Rocchio's late-season improvements will allow Cleveland to keep Bazzana in the minors until he forces the issue, which may not be until 2026.
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Steals two bags in win
2BCleveland Guardians
May 7, 2026
Bazzana went 1-for-3 with a walk, two stolen bases and a run scored in Thursday's 8-5 win over the Royals.
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Receiving first night off
2BCleveland Guardians
May 6, 2026
Bazzana is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Royals.
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Picks up career firsts in win
2BCleveland Guardians
May 2, 2026
Bazzana went 1-for-4 with a walk, a run scored, two RBI and a stolen base in Saturday's 14-6 rout of the A's.
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Makes MLB debut
2BCleveland Guardians
April 29, 2026
Bazzana went 0-for-2 with two walks in Tuesday's 1-0 loss to the Rays.
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Batting seventh in MLB debut
2BCleveland Guardians
April 28, 2026
Bazzana will start at second base and bat seventh in Tuesday's game versus the Rays in his major-league debut.
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