CLEVELAND, Ohio \u2014 Second baseman Travis Bazzana, the Guardians\u2019 No.1 prospect according to MLB.com, is among the 26 players who have invited to spring training as non-roster players.<\/p>\n
The Guardians made Bazzana the No.1 pick in the entire 2024 draft when they selected him out of Oregon State. He reached Triple-A Columbus last season, but was hampered by oblique injuries.<\/p>\n
Bazzana, 23, will interrupt his first big-league camp to play for his native Australia in the World Baseball Classic in March. <\/p>\n
Bazzana is one of 18 players from the Guardians\u2019 minor league system to be invited to camp in Goodyear, Arizona. Pitchers and catchers are scheduled to report on Feb. 10.<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s the breakdown:<\/p>\n
Pitchers: Tanner Burns, Aaron Davenport, Trenton Denholm, Will Dion, Jack Leftwich, Tommy Mace, Jake Miller, Trevor Stephan and Ryan Webb. <\/p>\n
Stephan, a member of the Guardians bullpen from 2021 through 2023, is still recovering from Tommy John surgery on his right elbow. He\u2019s signed through 2026 with club options for 2027 and 2028.<\/p>\n
Catchers: Cameron Barstad, Jacob Cozart, Kody Huff and Cooper Ingle.<\/p>\n
Infielders: Bazzana, Dayan Frias, Milan Tolentino and Ralphy Velazquez.<\/p>\n
Outfielders: Alfonsin Rosario.<\/p>\n
Players from outside the organization who will come to camp on minor league deals include:<\/p>\n
Pitchers: Pedro Avila, Carlos Hernandez, Codi Heuer and Steven Perez.<\/p>\n
Catchers: Dom Nunez.<\/p>\n
Infielders: Carter Kieboom.<\/p>\n
Outfielders: Wuilfredo Antunez and Stuart Fairchild.<\/p>\n
Five Guardians\u2019 minor leaguers to watch this year:<\/p>\n
Bazzana: He split last season between Double-A Akron and Triple-A Columbus. He hit a combined .245 (74 for 302) with 17 doubles, nine homers, 39 RBI and a .813 OPS (on-base percentage + slugging percentage). <\/p>\n
Cozart: The Guardians selected him with their second pick in 2024 out of North Carolina State. He hit a combined .235 (80 for 340) with nine homers, 49 RBI and a .711 OPS.<\/p>\n
Ingle: The Guardians used their fourth round pick out of Clemson in 2023 to take the left-handed hitting catcher. Last season, he hit .260 (108 for 415) with 10 homers, 55 RBI and a .808 OPS at Akron and Columbus.<\/p>\n
Rosario: The right-handed hitting outfielder finished 2025 ranked second in Cleveland\u2019s minor league system with 21 homers at High-A Lake County and Akron. <\/p>\n
Velazquez: The Guardians first-round pick in 2023 out of Huntington Beach (Calif.) High School, led Cleveland\u2019s minor league system with 23 homers, 128 hits, 85 RBI, 59 extra base hits, nine triples and 240 total bases at Lake County and Akron. He finished second with 77 runs, a .497 slugging percentage and a .839 OPS.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CLEVELAND, Ohio \u2014 Second baseman Travis Bazzana, the Guardians\u2019 No.1 prospect according to MLB.com, is among the 26…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":439408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[363,99],"class_list":["post-439407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=439407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/439407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/439408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=439407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=439407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=439407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}