{"id":608423,"date":"2026-03-05T21:05:23","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:05:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/608423\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T21:05:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T21:05:23","slug":"team-australias-travis-bazzana-gets-brutally-honest-on-big-wbc-win-over-team-chinese-taipei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/608423\/","title":{"rendered":"Team Australia\u2019s Travis Bazzana gets brutally honest on big WBC win over Team Chinese Taipei"},"content":{"rendered":"

Team Australia\u2019s Travis Bazzana gets brutally honest on big WBC win over Team Chinese Taipei<\/a> appeared first on ClutchPoints<\/a>. Add ClutchPoints as a Preferred Source by clicking here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Team Australia got the World Baseball Classic<\/a> off to a major bang as top prospect Travis Bazzana smashed a no-doubt home run in the opening game.<\/p>\n

That home run was 104mph exit velocity. The future Cleveland Guardians<\/a> second baseman is going to be a great ball player in a few years. He has already made an impact in the minors after being drafted No. 1 overall to the Guardians a few years ago.<\/p>\n

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After the win over Chinese Taipei, Bazanna spoke about the World Baseball Classic and whether this was a \u201cshocking win.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIn 2024, we played in the \u2018Premier 12\u2019 and Chinese Taipei were the champions,\u201d Bazzana said. \u201cThey are an incredible baseball team, but I mean, we had two ex-major leaguers pitch today, and the third guy was one of the toughest pitchers for any left-hander to face. A lot of experience throughout our team. When we go against anyone, we will have belief and trust in each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

Australia won 3-0 as Chinese Taipei did not score a single run. In fact, they only had three hits. It won\u2019t get any easier for Chinese Taipei as they take on former champions, Japan, in their next game.<\/p>\n

Australia will quickly move on as they take on Czechia at 10:00 pm ET on Thursday night. Before many teams can play their first game, both of these two teams would have completed two games already. Korea already defeated Czechia 11-4<\/a> on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

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This tournament is going to fly by. Make sure you soak it all in and enjoy the show.<\/p>\n

Related: USA baseball\u2019s official team picture will get fans even more hyped for WBC<\/a><\/p>\n

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