Is White Sox No. 1 overall pick Roch Cholowsky's 'floor' Cubs' Dansby Swanson

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Who was the White Sox’s No. 1 overall pick and why was it expected?

Vinny Rotino 0:00

This is Rahimi Harrison-Grote on 104.3 The Score, rolling in on this All-Star Break Monday, and... A bit surprising for me to see that Rock Jalowski, the obvious pick, ended up being the pick. I fell for the banana in the tailpipe. What was the banana in the tailpipe here?

Marshall Harris 0:32

Oh, just the idea that Emerson was going to somehow be the guy?

Vinny Rotino 0:35

Yes.

Marshall Harris 0:36

Okay.

Vinny Rotino 0:36

But I'm also, you know, not the one negotiating. So that's a good thing. But they pick the obvious choice, Rock Jalowski, shortstop out of UCLA. And he's had a lot of comps. We've had a lot of time to evaluate him. And Jim Callis, who's done a great job evaluating baseball prospects and just giving us understanding of the scenarios that were taking place and the likelihood of whether or not Chalaski was going to be drafted. for months, was on this morning with Mullion Ha. He's the senior writer for MLB Pipeline. And he gave his floor and ceiling comparisons to Rock Jalasky, but there's a name in here that might make you pause.

Unknown 1:15

You know, talking about comparisons, and this was thrown around a lot before the draft game this weekend, I think the floor is Dansby Swanson. That's the floor. The ceiling is Troy Tulewitzki's. So, like, if you're saying my worst-case scenario, and, look, that's not guaranteed, but, like, if you're saying the worst-case scenario is that he's Dansby Swanson, that's pretty good.

Marshall Harris 1:36

Yeah, that's a great pick.

Unknown 1:38

And I think he could be better than that.

What surprised the hosts about the draft outcome and the 'banana in the tailpipe' comment?

Unknown 1:39

And it reminds me of Dansby, too. I mean, Dansby's got that, like, off-the-charts personality where he's driving the culture of your team. Rock Cholowski's going to be like that, too. So it's going to be fun. It's going to be fun.

Vinny Rotino 1:52

Is it offensive or shade to be referred to as somebody's war if that person is the highest paid player on a team?

Marshall Harris 2:00

No, I think that means you're on the track to be all bank, first team all bank.

Vinny Rotino 2:05

Do you want to be referred to as somebody's floor, especially when you were a high-priced free agent yourself?

Marshall Harris 2:12

I think that was quite the compliment to say Dansby Swanson, a guy who's got a couple of gold gloves, who's won a World Series, who's also a former what pick? Number one overall pick. That... Dansby Swanson... He's got a, what, 30.9 career war. In his best seasons, he's had a couple of five war seasons.

Vinny Rotino 2:34

He has had... He had one, right? 5.7?

Marshall Harris 2:36

Two, five. Well, B war. I'm going by B war.

Vinny Rotino 2:40

Okay, I'm going by traditional basic war. Not B war.

Marshall Harris 2:45

Well, I mean, they're both... There's no... Basically, it's either F war or B war.

Vinny Rotino 2:50

Correct. Well, ESPN does a different war measurement as well.

Marshall Harris 2:53

So... Troy Tulewitzki has had five such seasons where the war, B-war, exceeded five, but three of them, they exceeded six.

Vinny Rotino 3:03

That's it. He's got a career war of 44.8, if you're looking at baseball reference. It's like 37.8 for Fangrass.

Marshall Harris 3:10

And he's a five-time All-Star compared to a two-time All-Star.

What comparisons did Jim Callis make for Rock Chalmowski’s floor and ceiling?

Vinny Rotino 3:13

You forget because the drop-off with Tulo was fast, right?

Marshall Harris 3:17

He got to 30. The other side of 30 treated him like an NFL running back.

Vinny Rotino 3:21

Kind of, yes. And now you look back at it and you wonder, was he correct in calling out some players for using sticky tack or whatever you want, a spider tack, some sort of something to help the spin rate of balls that were pitched. But at the same time... When I heard that, I was like, wait, is that shade toward Dansby Swanson? And not necessarily purposeful, but just, do you want to be referred to as somebody's floor? Hey, Chicago, it's Dansby Swanson. Is that bulletin board material for Dansby?

Marshall Harris 3:55

Well, look, you didn't take it as shade to Kevin Garnett, right? When Draymond Green said that Garnett was the floor for Caleb Wilson, right?

Vinny Rotino 4:04

I think that that was a complimentary comp. But this, I don't know that... Well, why isn't this a complimentary comp? Because I think that was Draymond being super excited about Cale Wilson.

Marshall Harris 4:15

I think he was super excited about Rock Cholowski and saying, at the minimum, he's going to be gold-glover, multi-time all-star, Dansby Swanson. At minimum. I don't take it as shade at all. Those are good things. It's like... If someone told a young broadcaster that their floor was somebody working at ESPN but wasn't like the biggest name at ESPN, right?