Breaking Down Top Draft Prospect Roch Cholowsky with John Savage

The White Sox Podcast w/ Chuck Garfien

Chicago Sports Network

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4.7 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Chuck Garfien is joined by UCLA head baseball coach John Savage for an in-depth conversation about one of the White Sox’ top draft prospects, Roch Cholowsky. Savage explains why Roch chose UCLA, details the impact he had on the Bruins’ turnaround, and projects what kind of major leaguer Roch could become. They also discuss Roch’s mindset as a potential No. 1 overall pick, what Savage would tell White Sox scouts evaluating him, and share a memorable Roch story from his time at UCLA. Plus, Chuck and Savage react to Roch’s viral moment consoling the bat boy after UCLA’s College World Series elimination and reveal which big-league pitcher Roch is most eager to face when he reaches the majors.

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0:40.8	All right.
0:44.9	We are still feeling the buzz from last week. When the White Sox won the MLB draft lottery at the winter meetings, they will be picking
0:51.1	first overall for the first time in 49 years.
0:55.9	Going back to when Harold Baines was chosen with the first overall pick in 1977,
1:00.6	and he went on to be a Hall of Famer.
1:03.2	Now, the clear favorite right now for the White Sox at number one is UCLA shortstop,
1:08.8	Rock Chilowski, who as a sophomore, was named the college
1:13.0	player of the year by Baseball America, becoming only the sixth player had ever received
1:17.6	the award prior to his draft year. The other five, Robin Ventura, Jean Olorud, Mike Kelly, Anthony Rendon,
1:28.8	Mark Tashira, offense, Anthony Rendon, Mark Tashara.
1:32.0	Offense, defense, makeup, leadership.
1:34.2	He seems to be the total package.
1:38.2	So I wanted to talk to someone who knows Rockwell,
1:42.9	and that's his head coach at UCLA, John Savage.
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