The Guardians announced this afternoon that last years first overall pick has been diagnosed with a right internal oblique strain. The top second base prospect hasnt played since suffering the injury last Wednesday. The team noted that such injuries usually sideline a player for eight to ten weeks, so Bazzana will be out into the second half of the season. That obviously hurts his chances of reaching the big leagues before the end of the year. Top college draftees fairly regularly reach the majors by Garrett Whitlock Jersey the end of their first full profe sional season. A pair of first-rounders from last years cla s, and , have already debuted. Sixth overall pick , a first baseman/outfielder in the Kansas City system,might not be far off after receiving a promotion to Triple-A today. Bazzana, an Oregon State product, has spent the entire season at Double-A Akron. The lefty-hitting infielder carries a .252/.362/.433 line with four homers acro s 149 plate appearances. Thats well above-average in the extremely pitcher-friendly league. (The average Eastern League hitter owns a .229/.317/.366 slash line.) Bazzana is striking out at a somewhat worrying 26.2% clip, but hed begun to find his stride at the plate. He was hitting .279/.392/.512 this month after posting a .238/.347/.393 mark in April. has stepped up as Stephen Vogts primary second baseman. The second-year utilityman already has six homers with a .265/.339/.500 slash acro s 110 plate appearances. Schneemann had played a multi-positional role off the bench early in the year. was starting at second base to begin the season, but he kicked over to shortstop when the Guards optioned the scuffling last week. Bryan Mata Jersey
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