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With The First Pick In The 2026 Draft

To the surprise of nearly no one, the White Sox selected UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky with the top overall pick of the 2026 MLB draft.  Cholowsky, the consensus preseason pick both at the draft lottery in December and the start of the college baseball season in February, had an ok, but not outstanding junior season, enabling prep shortstop Grady Emerson and Georgia Tech catcher Vahn Lackey to enter into the conversation.  Cholowsky reportedly agreed to sign under slot, which is just north of $11.3 million, which gave the team room to select Landon Thome, son of Hall of Famer Jim Thome, with the competitive balance pick they acquired yesterday from the Pirates in the Jacob Gonzalez trade.

Cholowsky becomes the third overall top pick by the White Sox, following Danny Goodwin in 1971 and Harold Baines in 1977.  Hopefully his career ends up closed to the later than the former.

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Socially Distanced Dancing

Because money is more important than the health of their so-called student athletes, the NCAA tournament returns after a year break caused by the outbreak of the corona virus.  For reasons that I’m sure make some sort of sense, games this year will be Friday through Monday instead of Thursday through Sunday.  As the nation’s attention is grabbed for the next few weeks, let’s take a look at my picks for this year’s tournament.

A few minor upsets, but the overall #1 seed, Gonzaga, makes it out on their way to the Final Four.

Purdue finds themselves the #4 seed, playing tomorrow night at Lucas Oil Stadium.  Again, there’s a few minor upsets early in the going, but I have things chalk in the Elite Eight, where Ohio State, the #2 seed, gets through. Continue reading →