[GuardsInsider] An update on Travis Bazzana

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  3. Closes the door of him making it to Cleveland, but it was a long shot anyway. He might not make it up to the bigs until like June 2026

  4. Never was crazy about taking another infielder. But he will make a nice .230 hitting CF in 4 years

  7. Wow, another injury to a highly ranked prospect. First time I’ve seen this happen in quite a while.

    *sobs in corner*

  11. Whelp, any chance he might get called up by the end of the year is probably gone

  14. If the year trends to where it feels like it’s trending… like the 78-86 win range – this isn’t the worst chance in the world to suffer through truly giving these middle infield guys a chance to prove themselves as the guy.

    So fart… when they come up – they need to be plus-value immediately. If not they get shoved back down on their options, and only get their true chance when they’re out of options and we have to outright them to send them down. If this really does push Bazzana to not make his CLE debut this year, maybe it pushes him to mid 2026. Maybe this buys us 12 months of time to let these guys come up, play, work through kinks – fight through slumps… etc…

    It’s not a good thing. But if it means we find the one useful answer to the middle infield (which sure seems like Arias) and outfield (?) it could be useful. We seem like we’ve been good at developing hitters and crappy at finishing them. Maybe this lets us finish one to a useful place.

    I hope.

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    What god above did my ancestors offend that led me to Guardians fandom

  17. Why do we have to keep suffering as Cleveland sport fans? Have we not suffered enough.

  18. Well at least it’s not anything too serious, but still sucks to see him get hurt

  19. Is there an option to forfeit out 1st rounders going forward? It will be easier mentally.

  21. Big oooof. Does this mean Juan brito probably gets a crack at the second base job once he’s presumably healthy this summer?

  22. Guardians minor league strength and conditioning team, what would you say you do here?

  30. Like clockwork. Every top prospect we’ve ever had has their body fall apart by the time they reach Columbus.

    WHAT ARE THEY DOING TO THESE GUYS.

  34. Oblique strains can keep a guy out for long time. Given their investment in Bazzana, I imagine they are treating this very carefully

  36. Somewhat off topic. I like Bazzana and all, but to see what Jac Caglianone is doing in contrast is annoying, AND the fact it’s for the Kansas City system makes it that much worse. (The idea of him lasting out of the top 5 picks still baffles me.)

    Normally I would, but I don’t believe it was as far fetched as most people think regarding Bazzana to make it to Cleveland this year. Teams and GMs are starting to think more progressively about younger guys playing earlier and earlier. This year for example, it’s only mid May and already two 1st rounders (Kurtz 4th & C.Smith 14th) from this past draft have already debuted. An even better example is 2023 where every non-high school selection among the top ten picks has played, and played quite well.
    Sooooo, you combine that trend with the 2025 Cleveland Guardians offense and imo I can kinda see the appeal, but that’s just me.

  38. Already figured he wasn’t making it up this year because of how our org is run but I would hate for this to impact his chances in 2026

  40. Son of a bitch I wanted to see him at Huntington Park so bad this summer

  42. If Chase DeLauter wasn’t the second coming of the “every morning I break my arms, every night I break my legs” guy from SpongeBob, this news would be less disheartening. Soft tissue and core muscle stuff is nightmarish.

  43. don’t think he’s going to make it to the majors this season

    I hope that’s not a sign of things to come from him.

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