White Sox give No. 1 draft pick Roch Cholowsky record bonus: report 47%
By Jeff Agrest22%
7/14/2026, 12:35:59 AM
BS Summary: This article contains 8 faulty reasoning types, including Appeal to Authority, Unattributed Quote, and Anchoring Bias, with Optimism Bias as the most egregious example at 21.5% saturation with 38 hits. Analysis detected 190 faulty-reasoning hits from 177 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 48.7% and a BS Rank of 47% (11,630 of 21,887 articles). This article is better (less manipulative) than 53.10% of the article peer group.
Roch Cholowsky, whom the White Sox took with the first overall pick in the MLB Draft on Saturday, passed his physical and received a record signing bonus, according to Jim Callis of MLB Pipeline.
Cholowsky, a shortstop out of UCLA, signed for $10.35 million (the slot value was $11,350,600), Callis reported.
That breaks the bonus record of $9.3 million set by Chase Burns (Reds, No. 2 pick) and Charlie Condon (Rockies, No. 3) in 2024.
After meeting with the White Sox and exploring Chicago in June, Cholowsky was sold on the team and the city.
“I left the next morning and called my agent and told him that’s where I want to be and he’s got to do whatever he can to make it work,” Cholowsky said Saturday.
“I know that’s where I want to be, and I hope you guys feel the same way about me.
I fell in love with the city while I was out there and very excited to get back.”
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