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Posted: 2024-07-14 23:35:44

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Sydney native Travis Bazzanna has been selected first overall by the Cleveland Guardians in the Major League Baseball draft.

Bazzana, 21, is the first Australian to be selected in the first round of the MLB Draft, let alone the first overall pick.

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Bazzana will join one of Cleveland's minor league teams and could make his MLB debut for the 58-37 Guardians as early as later this season.

Australian second baseman Travis Bazzana has been selected as the number one pick in the Major League Baseball (MLB) Draft.

The Cleveland Guardians took the 21-year-old who moved to the United States to play college baseball for Oregon State.

The former cricket, rugby and soccer player hit .407 with 28 homers and 66 RBIs this college season, and he is the first Australian to ever be taken in the first round of the draft, let alone the first pick.

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