White Sox win draft lottery, will pick #1 in 2026

[WhiteSox2023]

8 hours ago, fathom said:

 

Wow, what a slip.  LOL.  I guess we know who the Sox are drafting.

Edited yesterday at 02:45 PM by WhiteSox2023

[Y2Jimmy0]

59 minutes ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Wow, what a slip.  LOL.  I guess we know who the Sox are drafting.

Doing anything else would be stunning

[fathom]

Also, they cut that out of the podcast, funny enough

[Sleepy Harold]

2 hours ago, WhiteSox2023 said:

Wow, what a slip.  LOL.  I guess we know who the Sox are drafting.

Also listening to podcasts at 1.3+ speed is not for the faint of heart.

[WhiteSox2023]

58 minutes ago, Sleepy Harold said:

Also listening to podcasts at 1.3+ speed is not for the faint of heart.

I knew something was off.  🤣

[WhiteSox2023]

2 hours ago, fathom said:

Also, they cut that out of the podcast, funny enough

Probably by Getz’s request.

[Timmy U]

1 hour ago, Sleepy Harold said:

Also listening to podcasts at 1.3+ speed is not for the faint of heart.

That’s the only way I listen to podcasts. Too much dead air otherwise.

[WestEddy]

19 minutes ago, Timmy U said:

That’s the only way I listen to podcasts. Too much dead air otherwise.

Except the FutureSox podcasts with Dylan Barnas and Elijah Evans. Those guys speak way too fast as it is. 

[Lukakke Appling]

1 hour ago, Timmy U said:

That’s the only way I listen to podcasts. Too much dead air otherwise.

 

[baseball_gal_aly]

7 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

Doing anything else would be stunning

Things change during the season. Idk why they'd have a decision before the 2026 season has even been played. Sometimes players emerge and move up, and others have a bad season. 

I'd hope they do their due diligence and pick Cholowsky only if he's deserving. But this is the White Sox we're talking about. 

Edited 20 hours ago by baseball_gal_aly

[SoxBlanco]

12 minutes ago, baseball_gal_aly said:

Things change during the season. Idk why they'd have a decision before the 2026 season has even been played. Sometimes players emerge and move up, and others have a bad season. 

I'd hope they do their due diligence and pick Cholowsky only if he's deserving. But this is the White Sox we're talking about. 

Really? You think they would make a decision now and then not change no matter what happens between now and the draft?

Roch is the obvious pick right now. They would 100% pick him if the draft happened tomorrow. But they will obviously see how everything plays out. 

[WhiteSox2023]

16 minutes ago, SoxBlanco said:

Really? You think they would make a decision now and then not change no matter what happens between now and the draft?

Roch is the obvious pick right now. They would 100% pick him if the draft happened tomorrow. But they will obviously see how everything plays out. 

Yep.  It was a slip of the tongue but it’s obvious that Getz thinks he’s a potential superstar.  But like you said, if he suffered a catastrophic injury between now and the draft, they would obviously consider other players.

[Y2Jimmy0]

3 hours ago, baseball_gal_aly said:

Things change during the season. Idk why they'd have a decision before the 2026 season has even been played. Sometimes players emerge and move up, and others have a bad season. 

I'd hope they do their due diligence and pick Cholowsky only if he's deserving. But this is the White Sox we're talking about. 

Correct. 

3 hours ago, SoxBlanco said:

Really? You think they would make a decision now and then not change no matter what happens between now and the draft?

Roch is the obvious pick right now. They would 100% pick him if the draft happened tomorrow. But they will obviously see how everything plays out. 

Also, correct. 

[CaliSoxFanViaSWside]

On 12/20/2025 at 4:03 PM, Chicago White Sox said:

The biggest issue with the previous rebuild was a lack of future wave of prospects to support the original core, partially driven by safe / need-based drafting.  We should be talking the best, high talent ceiling regardless of position in the draft moving forward and in rounds 2 & 3 of next year’s draft that will likely be prep players with the amount of pool dollars we should have.

I certainly have no problem with picking the best choice. My point was that it's possible another college player is the best choice. 

Of course you need a strong 2nd wave of players but ideally you   want it to be closer to 2 years behind the 1st wave or main core with MLB debuts in 2027 or 2028 when guys like Teel, Montgomery and whoever else emerges are strong fixtures in the lineup. Braden Montgomery ,Antonacci , Bonemer perhaps followed by the 1:1 pick and later by Carlson or another college kid from the 2026 draft. 

Murakami might only be around until he's traded if he can emerge as a guy who removes the doubts that led the Sox to be able to sign him. That could keep some  young prospects incoming who may already be in A ball who were HS draftees . 

[Y2Jimmy0]

9 hours ago, CaliSoxFanViaSWside said:

I certainly have no problem with picking the best choice. My point was that it's possible another college player is the best choice. 

Of course you need a strong 2nd wave of players but ideally you   want it to be closer to 2 years behind the 1st wave or main core with MLB debuts in 2027 or 2028 when guys like Teel, Montgomery and whoever else emerges are strong fixtures in the lineup. Braden Montgomery ,Antonacci , Bonemer perhaps followed by the 1:1 pick and later by Carlson or another college kid from the 2026 draft. 

Murakami might only be around until he's traded if he can emerge as a guy who removes the doubts that led the Sox to be able to sign him. That could keep some  young prospects incoming who may already be in A ball who were HS draftees . 

This is possible for sure but it's going to very unlikely that someone overtakes Cholowsky in this class. Guys like this just generally aren't available as collegians. 

[Look at Ray Ray Run]

23 hours ago, Y2Jimmy0 said:

Doing anything else would be stunning

Said it earlier, but this is such a silly thing to say in December. We have no idea what will happen over the next few months, and in baseball it's rare for some consensus guy to maintain a firm grip on #1. It wouldn't be crazy if the best year of Roch life was this past season. Happens in baseball all the time. 

[southsider2k5]

1 hour ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Said it earlier, but this is such a silly thing to say in December. We have no idea what will happen over the next few months, and in baseball it's rare for some consensus guy to maintain a firm grip on #1. It wouldn't be crazy if the best year of Roch life was this past season. Happens in baseball all the time. 

I think the thing here is that there are dudes who get the "oh he COULD be a 1-1 next year" and there are dudes in the Arod/Griffey type of category that spend YEARS ahead of time being talked about as THE #1 pick.  It feels like Roch has been closer to the hype of the latter, versus falling into a bucket with like 3 or 4 guys who COULD be #1 in a different season.

This dude has been labeled as the #1 pick (if he were available) for like the last 3 drafts (including this 1 going forward).  I think the amount by which he has lapped the other guys in the next draft is why people are quicker to label him as THE #1 instead of a POTENTIAL #1 pick.

 

[Look at Ray Ray Run]

22 minutes ago, southsider2k5 said:

I think the thing here is that there are dudes who get the "oh he COULD be a 1-1 next year" and there are dudes in the Arod/Griffey type of category that spend YEARS ahead of time being talked about as THE #1 pick.  It feels like Roch has been closer to the hype of the latter, versus falling into a bucket with like 3 or 4 guys who COULD be #1 in a different season.

This dude has been labeled as the #1 pick (if he were available) for like the last 3 drafts (including this 1 going forward).  I think the amount by which he has lapped the other guys in the next draft is why people are quicker to label him as THE #1 instead of a POTENTIAL #1 pick.

 

He has?

Guy was the 17th ranked player in his high school class.

[nrockway]

10 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

He has?

Guy was the 17th ranked player in his high school class.

Yeah I think Emerson has been the kid with the most hype for multiple years. Roch went to college for a reason, he massively improved his draft stock with his sophomore season. His high school class was loaded which seems to be fortuitous for us this many years later. 

[southsider2k5]

28 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

He has?

Guy was the 17th ranked player in his high school class.

Those three years being his Freshman year of college, sophomore year of college, and now upcoming Junior.  You can choose to disagree with it, but dude's name has been out there for a minute.

[Y2Jimmy0]

2 hours ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Said it earlier, but this is such a silly thing to say in December. We have no idea what will happen over the next few months, and in baseball it's rare for some consensus guy to maintain a firm grip on #1. It wouldn't be crazy if the best year of Roch life was this past season. Happens in baseball all the time. 

Shortstops who are this talented with this quick proximity to majors don’t usually end up on campus. This is a rare guy who fits what they’re trying to do perfectly. Of course the season still needs to be played but there’s no need to overthink this. 

[ChiSoxFanMike]

What was the reason Roch didn’t go pro out of high school? He was asking for too much money?

[Look at Ray Ray Run]

1 hour ago, southsider2k5 said:

Those three years being his Freshman year of college, sophomore year of college, and now upcoming Junior.  You can choose to disagree with it, but dude's name has been out there for a minute.

Guy wasnt even in the top 10 most likely to win college POY entering last season, let alone a shoe to be a future 1-1.

[Lukakke Appling]

2 minutes ago, Look at Ray Ray Run said:

Guy wasnt even in the top 10 most likely to win college POY entering last season, let alone a shoe to be a future 1-1.

That isn’t really that relevant to the 2026 draft class. Usually the winners of that award are draft eligible the year they win. I do agree this time a year ago he was a lock at 1-1, though.