How Do You Say Cholowsky? White Sox Hope No. 1 Pick in the Draft Spells Sure Thing in Chicago

White Sox take UCLA's Cholowsky No. 1 overall

The Chicago White Sox, picking at the top of the MLB Draft for the first time since 1977, chose Roch Cholowsky, a 21-year-old from UCLA who is said to be the best collegiate shortstop prospect since Troy Tulowitzki. Cholowsky also…

How do you say Cholowsky? White Sox hope No. 1 pick in the draft spells sure thing in Chicago

The Chicago White Sox selected UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky with the first pick of the MLB amateur draft. Cholowsky was a Golden Spikes finalist at UCLA and had a 1.088 OPS with 21 homers and 60 RBIs in his junior…

Charting Hamilton High’s Roch Cholowsky’s Journey To The Show

By Seth Schwartzberg PHOENIX – Back before the awards and draft projections started flowing, the people closest to Daniel “Roch” Cholowsky remember a player whose greatest strength wasn’t his talent. It was the consistency with which he approached the game every day and the high standard he and those around him set. “I worry about...

White Sox give No. 1 draft pick Roch Cholowsky record bonus: report

Cholowsky, a shortstop out of UCLA, signed for $10.35 million (the slot value was $11,350,600), MLB Pipeline's Jim Callis reported. That breaks the bonus record of $9.3 million set in 2024.

2026 MLB Draft: No. 1 pick Roch Cholowsky sets record with $10.35M signing bonus

The UCLA shortstop bests the previous record, held by Chase Burns and Charlie Condon

UCLA’s Roch Cholowsky taken No. 1 overall in draft by White Sox

Regardless of how his name is pronounced, Roch Cholowsky has a new title: No. 1 pick. Cholowsky, the standout UCLA shortstop, went to the Chicago White Sox with the top selection of the 2026 MLB draft and is expected to sign a record-setting bonus. While the White Sox debated between Cholowsky and Texas high school shortstop Grady Emerson, who went to the Tampa Bay Rays at No. 2, they opted for a player who by next season could join their sudden…