UCLA’s Roch Cholowsky goes No. 1 in MLB draft to White Sox, making good on pledge

Sports UCLA’s Roch Cholowsky goes No. 1 in MLB draft to White Sox, making good on pledge By Ben Bolch Published July 11, 2026, 1:41 p.m. ET (function() { var overlay = document.getElementById("nyp-player-lcp-overlay"); if (!overlay) { return; } function hideOverlay() { overlay.remove(); } function afterDCL() { requestAnimationFrame(hideOverlay); } if (document.readyState === "loading") { document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", afterDCL, { once: true }); } else { afterDCL(); } })(); See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The California Post on Google The kid always believed he would get here. When he was little, Roch Cholowsky wrote letters saying he would play in Yankee Stadium someday.

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