.It have not been a smooth change into expert ball for Bazzana, that was ranked No. 1 coming into the Draft. Cleveland took him first general and authorized the Australian infielder for $8,950,000.
Though he reached base at a strong clip, Bazzana attacked merely.238 with three homers and 12 RBIs by means of his 1st 27 games for Lake County. Strikeouts were actually an issue early, with 31 in his initial 101 at-bats.