No. 1 pick Cholowsky agrees to a $10.35 million signing bonus with White Sox, AP source says
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Roch Cholowsky has agreed to a contract with the Chicago White Sox that includes a record-breaking $10.35 million signing bonus after he was the No. 1 overall pick in last weekend’s amateur draft. A person familiar with the contract confirmed the agreement to the AP because it hadn’t been announced …
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Chicago White Sox select UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky with No. 1 pick in MLB draft
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White Sox draft UCLA SS Cholowsky at No. 1
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No. 1 pick Cholowsky agrees to a $10.35 million signing bonus with White Sox, AP source says
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA – JULY 11: MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred announces Roch Cholowsky of UCLA as the first pick in the 2026 MLB Draft by the Chicago White Sox at Pennsylvania Convention Center on July 11, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images)
The White Sox selected UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky with the first overall pick in Saturday’s MLB draft. The expected top choice when the Sox won the draft lottery last December,
Cholowsky is the first collegiate shortstop to go No. 1 overall since Vanderbilt’s Dansby Swanson in 2015 and was UCLA’s first No. 1 draft pick since Gerrit Cole in 2011.
CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox selected UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky with the No. 1 pick of the MLB draft on Saturday. Cholowsky, 21, slashed .320/.452/.636 with 10 doubles, 21 home runs, 60 RBIs, 73 runs and a 1.088 OPS…
Roch Cholowsky was hesitant at first. He didn’t want to come out and visit the Chicago White Sox. He arrived wanting to let the chips falls where they may. He left having fallen in love with the city. "I felt very tied to Chicago," Cholowsky told reporters after he was selected No.
PHILADELPHIA — The White Sox created a logjam at shortstop when they selected UCLA captain Roch Cholowsky with the first pick of the MLB Draft on Saturday. The announcement was delivered by commissioner Rob Manfred at a live event at the Philadelphia Convention Center carried nationally on …
PHILADELPHIA — Expected to go as the first pick in the amateur draft, Roch Cholowsky submitted a video to Major League Baseball with the correct pronunciation of his last name.
The Chicago White Sox selected UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky with the first overall pick Saturday afternoon at the 2026 Major League Baseball Draft in Philadelphia.
Roch Cholowsky, whom the White Sox took with the first overall pick in the MLB Draft on Saturday, passed his physical and received a record signing bonus, according to Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline. Cholowsky, a shortstop out of UCLA, signed for $10.
Roch Cholowsky has agreed to a contract with the Chicago White Sox that includes a record-breaking $10.35 million signing bonus after he was the No. 1 overall pick in last weekend’s amateur draft. A person familiar with the contract confirmed the agreement to the AP because it hadn’t been announced …
Roch Cholowsky has agreed to a contract with the Chicago White Sox that includes a record-breaking $10.35 million signing bonus after he was the No. 1 overall pick in last weekend's amateur draft. A person familiar with the contract confirmed the agreement to the AP on Tuesday because it hadn't been…
