Six White Sox Draft Picks Reached the Minors in 2026

Only six of the White Sox’s 20 draft selections appeared in the minor leagues in 2026. Second-round pick Landon Thome and Cole Prosek, both mentioned among the notable selections, did not make their professional debuts that season.

No. 1 pick Roch Cholowsky, a UCLA shortstop, joined the team’s High-A Winston-Salem club in early August. His season lasted nine games before right wrist soreness ended it. He hit .167, with a .326 on-base percentage and .333 slugging percentage, including one home run, and committed five errors.

Outfielder Clay Burdette, selected in the seventh round from Xavier, played 29 games for Low-A Kannapolis. He batted .274, reached base at a .381 clip and slugged .481, hitting two homers and driving in 22 runs. He also stole 13 bases in 15 tries.

Twelfth-round selection Braden Holcomb posted a .321/.424/.607 line over 15 games split between Low-A and High-A, with two home runs and 12 RBIs. First baseman Grayson Fitzwater, a 13th-round pick from Virginia Military Institute, hit .271 with four homers and 28 RBIs in 29 Low-A games.

Seventeenth-round outfielder Crew McChesney batted .175 in 21 Kannapolis games. Jake Berkland, the last pick Chicago signed, played 20 Low-A games and hit .220, but his .466 on-base percentage reflected 22 walks. The review points to 2027 as a chance for several of the young players to build on their initial minor-league experience.