White Sox bet on organizational strength to maximize 2026 draft haul
The White Sox, leveraging a record draft pool, traded Jacob Gonzalez to acquire more bonus money and used the No. 1 pick on Roch Cholowsky while also selecting Landon Thome and Cole Prosek with hefty bonuses. The club emphasizes an enhanced scouting-and-player-development infrastructure—hitting-development chief Ryan Fuller and GM Chris Getz framing a shift from pitching-first to offense-focused depth—as the key driver of this draft strategy, aiming to turn depth and development into major-league impact, though results remain to be seen.
