2026 Draft - Mock Draft 4.0

Several front office executives at this point have regurgitated the same information to me -- the majority of the White Sox scouting department and analytics departments prefer Grady Emerson to Roch Cholowsky. There are folks in the organization (including ownership, it seems) that prefer the idea of the marketable and fast-moving Cholowsky at the top, though. Reading the tea leaves, if the money is right, and ownership/brass sign off on the scouting departments evaluation of the players, Emerson would probably be the favored prospect in-house here. This could be considerably more straightforward if Cholowsky plays hard to get financially. I don't feel like this is any sort of slam dunk with a week to go. I'd put the odds at 55/45 Emerson.