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MLB World Reacts to Red Sox Surprise First-Round Pick Jake Schaffner
37+ min ago (484+ words) The Boston Red Sox spent the 20th overall pick in the 2026 MLB Draft on a shortstop most evaluators had rated closer to 90th. Jake Schaffner, a left-handed-hitting infielder out of North Carolina, was the pick nobody in the room saw coming, and…...
White Sox draft UCLA SS Roch Cholowsky at No. 1
58+ min ago (435+ words) 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. Cholowsky, who turned 21 in April, is considered by draft analysts to be the best college shortstop…...
White Sox outfielder Tristan Peters named as an All-Star replacement " Winnipeg Free Press
2+ hour, 9+ min ago (454+ words) Winnipeg 31" C, Windy Kurtz, who was set to start at first base for the American League at next week's All-Star Game, went on the 10-day injured list Saturday with a right thumb sprain. The move is retroactive to Friday. Kurtz…...
Red Sox make shock pick at #20 in the first round of the MLB Draft: Jake Schaffner out of UNC
55+ min ago (202+ words) Over the Monster Jake Schaffner, a speed demon of an infielder out of the University of North Carolina, was ranked just the 98th-best prospect in this draft by Baseball America MLB Pipeline had him at #75 Keith Law of the The…...
Angels break recent Draft streak, take So Cal high schooler Grindlinger at No. 12
57+ min ago (495+ words) MINNEAPOLIS -- The Angels broke a seven-year streak of selecting a college player with their first pick in the Draft, as they went with local product Jared Grindlinger from nearby Huntington Beach High School with the No. 12 overall selection on Saturday....
MLB draft: UCLA's Cholowsky taken No. 1 by White Sox
22+ min ago (364+ words) Los Angeles Daily News LOS ANGELES " UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky was chosen No. 1 by the Chicago White Sox as the first top pick drafted out of UCLA since Gerrit Cole in 2011. Huntington Beach High pitcher Jared Grindlinger was chosen 12th overall…...
With the 20th pick in the MLB Draft, the Red Sox select. .. UNC shortstop Jake Schaffner
40+ min ago (267+ words) PHILADELPHIA " With their first-round pick, the Red Sox once again defied industry consensus, selecting shortstop Jake Schaffner out of the University of North Carolina with the 20th selection in Saturday's MLB Draft. Though his lack of power resulted in later draft…...
Chicago White Sox select UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky with No. 1 pick in MLB draft - News Break
4+ hour, 59+ min ago (717+ words) A 6-foot-2 right-handed hitter, Cholowsky was a Golden Spikes finalist at UCLA and had a 1. 088 OPS with 21 homers and 60 RBIs in his junior season. He was the Big Ten Player of the Year. The next two picks went about as…...
Chicago White Sox take Roch Cholowsky with 1st overall pick
2+ hour, 6+ min ago (294+ words) The Chicago White Sox are 48-45 this season, and in first place in the American League Central Division. Despite how well they have played this year, their losing season in 2025 (their third straight with 100+ losses) led to them having the first…...
Roch Cholowsky selected No. 1 overall in 2026 MLB Draft
2+ hour, 17+ min ago (191+ words) Roch Cholowsky is heading to Chicago. The former UCLA shortstop, as many expected, was selected No. 1 overall by the Chicago White Sox in the 2026 MLB Draft on Saturday. In doing so, he becomes the first shortstop to be drafted No....