MLB Draft: Oregon State's Travis Bazzana Selected #1 Overall By Cleveland Guardians
![Jun 12, 2022; Corvallis, OR, USA; Oregon State Beavers infielder Travis Bazzana (37) runs the bases after hitting a home run against the Auburn Tigers in the 4th inning during Game 2 of a NCAA Super Regional game at Coleman Field. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports Jun 12, 2022; Corvallis, OR, USA; Oregon State Beavers infielder Travis Bazzana (37) runs the bases after hitting a home run against the Auburn Tigers in the 4th inning during Game 2 of a NCAA Super Regional game at Coleman Field. Mandatory Credit: Soobum Im-USA TODAY Sports](https://images2.minutemediacdn.com/image/upload/c_crop,w_4672,h_2628,x_0,y_142/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto/images/ImagnImages/mmsport/oregon-state-beavers-on-si/01j2s1y3q1h7t5hwb7zp.jpg)
With the first overall pick of the 2024 MLB Draft, the Cleveland Guardians selected Oregon State's Travis Bazzana on Sunday. Named the top prospect in the draft according to MLB Pipeline and the second best prospect by Baseball America, The Sydney native is now going pro.
In 2024, Bazzana slashed .407/.568/.911/1.479 with 28 home runs and 66 RBIs. He was named the Pac-12 Player of the Year for the 2024 season along with becoming the sixth unanimous first-team All-American in Oregon State History.
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Along with his unanimous selection as a first-team All-American, Bazzana becomes the first Australian to ever be selected in the first round of the MLB Draft.
Bazzana becomes the first Oregon State Beaver since Cooper Hjerpe in 2022 to go in the first round of the draft. It's the 12th time that an Oregon State player has been selected in the first round.
Perhaps more notably, he's the second Beaver ever to be selected first overall and the first Beaver since Adley Rutschman in 2019.
Bazzana led the Beavers to a record of 45-16 and a berth in the Super Regional round of the NCAA tournament.