Cleveland Guardians Executive Discusses Travis Bazzana's Injury

"He worked - like he always does - exceptionally hard to turn that around. We were seeing the benefits of that in the weeks prior to the injury."

Before the injury, Bazzana was hitting .252/.362/.433 with a wRC+ of 136 at Double-A. The contact-hitter was making a strong case for a promotion to Triple-A, but then the injury got in the way of that.

"He shared that's part of what made it frustrating, because he felt he was finally hitting his stride and where he wanted to be offensively and getting locked in, and then the injury provided a setback," continued Antonetti.

"He's committed to coming out the other side, knowing what he needs to do to be a successful hitter, and carrying that forward from the progress he made earlier in the season."

At the beginning of the 2025 season, there was hope that Bazzana could be playing big league games with the Guardians by the time August rolled around.

At this point, let's just hope Bazzana returns from the injury and can prove he's healthy on the field before the year is over.

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