DirtySox

Benge me.

Boy does that team need pitching.

I'm a McCambley fan.

For what it's worth, he's listed under the "Potential Picks but without any Significant Buzz" section on the Baseball America Rule 5 hub.

BA on Baumler.

Happy Rule 5 day.

Come back @Harold's Leg Lift ! We need to celebrate. 🥲

It kinda warps my brain that Jim's kid is a SS. Probably won't stick there though.

I like him, but there are some red flags for pick #1. He really struggles with spin and off-speed stuff. Will see how he fares this year, but he really struggled in conference play. Never say never though.

A Cholowsky/Emerson discussion sure is interesting. If Roch is who we think he is, do you risk passing on that for a similar but left handed profile with perhaps a slightly higher ceiling and more speed? You then also have to take into account our player development and the ability to unlock that ceiling along with the slower time to the bigs inherent with a prep selection. Do they want a more immediate impact for a hopefully burgeoning contention window? But you also potentially could cut a deal with Grady and have a few more million to play with. The risk averse part of me feels like you have to go with Cholo if he performs. You can't miss on this. We are going to have some fun discussions over the next few months.

And by #42 overall he actually means Landon Thome. 🙃

And that's fine. BA suggests he could be put into the OF or 3rd.

Joe Doyle also has his first mock. https://overslotbaseball.com/mock-drafts/2026-mlb-mock-draft-first-round/

Kiley with his first mock as well. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/47246954/2026-mlb-draft-lottery-mock-draft-top-5-picks-white-sox-rays-twins-giants-pirates

First BA mock is live! Here's the top 5 picks. https://www.baseballamerica.com/stories/2026-mlb-mock-draft-first-round-picks-with-lottery-complete-order-set/

I know it's an old tweet, but:

That's why I live in the FutureSox forum.

Totally. Fits the time frame well. If you believe in the current crop of Colson/Schultz/Braden/Smith etc that is.

Very early, but Roch Cholowsky.