The then-18-year-old had just arrived in America and was already dominating for the Corvallis Knights in the West Coast League in the summer of 2021.
The Australian became the program’s all-time leader in home runs, stolen bases, runs scored, doubles, hits and walks while also holding the single-season record for homers, runs scored and total bases. “So every single one of the players that is around Travis Bazzana in the draft has like six inches on him.
“And there aren’t that many players who are going to go in the upper half of this draft who are going to play up the middle. It’s lot of third baseman and first baseman and corner outfielders. The Sydney native recorded a school-record 28 home runs this season, which was a product of minor adjustments Bazzana made, adding a slight tip to his swing.
“Even if he just had, say, more average power or even slightly below average power, the rest of the game is so good, it’d still be extremely attractive.” “He optimised his launch angle and tweaked his swing to kind of maximise the overall upside of it,” Flaherty said. But again, if there is one thing to take from Bazzana’s journey to this point, it is that all his success has been earned and is the product of a work ethic and drive to win like few others his age.
“I mean, he has got to be the most driven, self-motivated player in person I’ve talked to in six or seven years. He has turned over every single stone at his disposal to get better. He’s gotten bigger. He’s gotten stronger. He’s gotten smarter.”“He made a conscious effort to hit full power and explained what he was doing and he still walked more than ever and struck out less than ever,” Callis said.“I had even more faith in Travis after just listening to that,” he said.
“The thing I think that was really interesting in talking to people in the Oregon State program and talking to some scouts that are involved with possibly selecting Travis in the draft is the resounding thing is he was acting as a coach for that Oregon State team in a way,” Doyle said. “For Travis to go in and break however many program records and single season records to basically kind of go down as one of, if not the best player in school history — it’s really, really unbelievable. So he had a season that will probably withstand the test of time.
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