Best of the White Sox: Roch Cholowsky latest prized prospect on South Side
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Who is Rock Cholowski and why did the White Sox pick him No. 1?
Rock Chilowski. Yeah, my walk-up songs feel so good by Mace. Had it my freshman year. Very superstitious, so, you know, I just haven't switched the sense.
With the first pick of the 2026 MLB Draft, the Chicago White Sox select Rock Chilowski.
Swings away. There it goes. Deep into the Southern California night. It's a grand slam for Rock Chilowski.
You know, the first day I seen him, he hit two home runs.
Cholowski sends it deep to left center field. Harry at the wall. It's gone. The floor is Dancy Swanson. That's the floor. The ceiling is Troy Tulewiczki.
Drill to left center field and long gone.
Watch his college career unfold and see what he accomplished and the impact that he had on his teammates and that program. And now to envision that type of influence within this organization is something that attracted us to select him at number one. You're going to see this kid come up real quickly through the minor leagues.
Mully and Hall, 104.3 the score. Oh, what a pleasure it is to welcome in the newest star of the Chicago sports landscape that is suddenly loaded with him. He is Rock Jalowski, and he joins us on the Plumbers 911 hotline. Plumbing emergency, call 1-833-PLUM-911-HOTLINE. Local 130 plumbers get the job done right the first time. Rock, good morning. How are you doing?
I'm great. How are you guys?
Doing well. We're thrilled to talk to you. Really happy to have you in town. You know, we thought of the draft lottery as the Rock Cholowski sweepstakes, and the minute that the Sox won it, we were celebrating because you were on the way. And then some weird kind of prospect fatigue, something happened, and the other names were coming up, and we got very alarmed. Very nervous. Very nervous. Yeah. What was it like for you? How was it just going through this prospect, this whole process and being so far ahead of everyone and all of a sudden they're mentioning other people? What was that about?
Yeah, I mean, you know, I usually stay out of those talks. So, you know, I'm not sure what went into all that. I mean, there were two other, you know, really good candidates for it. I mean, Grady Emerson's an unbelievable baseball player in person. And then, you know, Von Lackey, another kid that was considered. You know, I got to play with him in Japan last summer and just another unbelievable baseball player. But, I mean, you know, I was the number one prospect going into the season and, you know, just tried to take care of business and keep my head down and, you know, make my way over here.
Well, Rock, welcome to the Chicago sports landscape. It has been, seems like a long time since December, but it worked out well for the White Sox. And I've been impressed in how composed and mature you have handled every step along the way. What's the best advice that you have gotten or received from anyone in your inner circle about how to handle these high expectations?
Did we lose Rock?
Did we lose Rock there?
Rock, hold on one second. We got to clean up the audio a little bit. We're having a little bit of an issue, which hopefully Brandon will solve. We can't lose our Rock. Can't lose Rock. We haven't even asked him yet how he felt about his name being mispronounced or if the commissioner has apologized.
He's going to reconnect.
He's reconnected. We haven't even asked him who's going to. What's his timeline? Yeah, what's his timeline? Doesn't he get to call his own shot here? Where's he going to live? Yeah. Where's he going to bat in the order? Well, I mean, we don't want to get ahead of ourselves. No, I know.
We don't want to get ahead of ourselves. This is very exciting. We wouldn't do that. Not at all. Yeah. Hopefully we can reconnect with him. He's down in Charlotte at the Charlotte camp waiting for his assignment, which likely will be Winston-Salem. Is that the expectation?
I'm anxious to find out. And I think that the minute we get it, we'll be monitoring that. I think maybe scorehouse Winston-Salem and that bit.
It would be fun to see him in person at some point in his minor league ascent at some point to see where he is.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
Who is Rock Cholowski and why did the White Sox pick him No. 1?
0:00–5:26
2
How did Rock describe his draft-day emotions and adjustment to Chicago?
5:26–16:22
3
What timeline and minor-league assignment does Rock expect after the draft?
16:22–32:22
4
Will Rock remain a shortstop or move around in the White Sox system?
32:22–49:53
Speakers
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