.It hasn’t been actually a smooth switch right into professional sphere for Bazzana, who was actually ranked No. 1 coming into the Draft. Cleveland took him to begin with general and also signed the Australian infielder for $8,950,000.
Though he met bottom at a powerful clip, Bazzana reached only.238 with 3 homers and also 12 RBIs by means of his initial 27 games for Lake Region. Strikeouts were a problem early, along with 31 in his very first 101 at-bats.