Cleveland Guardians fans received an injury update involving one of their minor league prospects, Travis Bazzana. Since suffering an oblique injury in May, Bazzana has seen significant progress in rehab.
While Bazzana still has a long road to recovery, Guardians President of Baseball Operations, Chris Antonetti, provided a positive update on Saturday involving his injury.
“He’s started to progress to baseball activities and started to do some throwing, running, and swinging,” Antonetti said. “He’s starting to build up that progression, but he’s still a few weeks away from games.”
Before Bazzana suffered his injury, he was hitting .252/.362/.433 with an OPS of .795 in 127 at-bats for the Guardians’ Triple-A affiliate, the Akron RubberDucks.
Antonetti also mentioned the positive growth that he has seen from Bazzana since he joined the Guardians organization last season.
“It’s been a great transition for Travis,” Antonetti said. “He’s learned a lot about himself and what it takes to transition into the professional environment from college. It’s unfortunate that he’s had an injury and had to pause that. We’re excited to get him back on the field and for him to get back to competing for the balance of the season.”
The Guardians were originally planning on having Bazzana debut this season with Cleveland, but given his injury, that probably won’t take place until 2026.
Bazzana’s return to baseball activities as of recently, however, is a good sign of his progression toward playing competitively again and is a great sign for his development as a player.
