REACTION: White Sox land No. 1 overall pick for 2026 MLB Draft! (Who will they draft?)
It’s the Rays and the White Socks. The White Socks of the Rays. Which one will be the number one overall pick? It’s time to start at number two, the team with the second overall pick in the upcoming MLB draft, the Tampa Bay Rays. Which means the number one pick in the upcoming MLB draft goes to the Chicago White Socks. The White Socks will land the top pick. It happened live last night. Harold Baines representing the Chicago White Socks who landed with the top pick in the 2026 MLB draft. The HB Magic going, man. The first six were in the draft lottery. Here’s the top 10 as it lines up. So, the speculation is on and it starts as soon as those ping paw paws drop. Who’s going to be the number one pick? Let’s talk players. Let’s talk about who’s out there for the White Socks to change their life. Well, you got me draft my draft prep started in December. You know, last year we had 13 shorts stops picked in the first round last year, right? And right now sitting at the leaderboard of the different profiles we got out there right now are four shorts stops at the top. Here’s a look at the top five players in the country. Looks like some youngsters, some couple college players, and a couple high school players in there at the top. Yeah, we got to get a cap that fits Rock a little bit. Yeah, Rock’s got a little cap. Well, let’s start with with Rock actually looking at his bio. He’s the number one guy. He’s at UCLA. He had a big year last year, man. 23 home runs, swung the bat. Terrendous. Been part of the team USA. Big kid. Product. Big kid, man. I I’m not convinced he’s going to stay at short. He’s got great hands, moves, got arm. They may move him around. I’ve watched him play different positions. I watched a lot of video of him at UCLA. Had a monster year last year in the Big 10 and took him a long ways, but 62 195. I had to stop when you said Big 10. It still doesn’t still doesn’t make sense to me, but yeah. Watches you, right? Anyway, continue. Yeah. So, the theme not previously drafted. Pay attention to that. We’ll go on to the next person though. Grandandy Emer Grady Emerson. Get a chance to look at some video with Grady. And I got a chance to look at, you know, he remind me of Bryce Morang. Bryce a lot. Left-hand hitter, can run a little bit. I could see the athleticism. Looked a lot like him, doesn’t he? Sprayed around. Yep. Steal a base. And Bryce did the same thing at this age. He was in high school, 17 points, shortstop. Obviously, he’s a gold glove, second baseman now. But that’s how I kind of see him on the early early look. That’s good com. But for me, the number one guy is Justin LeBron. Not just because anybody named LeBron. It’s supposed to be number one. But this kid at Alabama put up a big year last year. He’s got some pop. He can swing it. Again, this is USA video, but he’s got great hands, smooth actions. He reminded me as I looked at it, little Mason win, but I want to go a little bit further back on video. I saw Barry Larkin. He has that kind of tool set. So, uh, I’m excited for the draft. Once again, these guys are getting to the big leagues quick. I mean, you you call some games for the Angels, you see guys flying to the big leagues in a heartbeat. And that’ll especially there for sure. So, if um if the top four prospects according to the current list, and this could change by the time the draft comes around, if they’re all shortstops, you know, those top four teams stand a pretty good chance of landing a really good shortstop prospect. And I think that’s changed, Matt, because of when the rule change of no shifting, you had to get athletes. So, as you see in our sport, we’re moving guys to so many different positions. Well, where you start? You start us short and we can go from there. Maybe I have a third baseman. Maybe I have a second base. Maybe I have a center fielder like Jackson Merrill, you know, who was a drafted shortstop in high school. So, the rule change is affecting the draft. I think teams are starting to draft that way now. And um I don’t know, we’re in a good spot for the sport right now. Yeah, that’s fun stuff. All right, so congratulations to the White Socks for landing the top pick in yesterday’s draft lottery.
@MLBNetwork reacts to the results of the 2026 MLB Draft Lottery and the top candidates to be drafted first overall by the Chicago White Sox.
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