2026 MLB Draft results, live updates: White Sox nab UCLA SS Roch Cholowsky with No. 1 …

In the unique position of leading the AL Central and possessing the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 MLB Draft, the Chicago White Sox selected UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky with that top spot on Saturday. Cholowsky was a finalist for the Golden Spikes Award, given annually to the most outstanding amateur baseball player in the nation, this past season at UCLA, where he helped the Bruins win 52 games, become Big Ten regular-season champions and take home the conference tournament title. Advertisement Cholowsky slashed .320/.452/.636 with a team-leading 21 home runs to go with 60 RBI. He came a long way in L.A., and so did the Bruins, who, in Cholowsky’s freshman season, finished 19-33 and last in the Pac-12 during the conference’s final year before a mass exodus of schools, including UCLA. His breakout sophomore campaign helped UCLA return to the Men’s College World Series for the first time since 2013 and made him the widely projected No. 1 overall pick in this year’s draft. Cholowsky wasn’t quite as dominant as a junior, and UCLA didn’t make it back to the MCWS, but that didn’t tarnish the shortstop’s big-league potential. The Tampa Bay Rays drafted 18-year-old shortstop Grady
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