1. White Sox: Roch Cholowsky, SS, UCLA (No. 2) There still isn’t any certainty here, and there might not be any, as teams have tended to wait until the last possible moment to make a final decision, especially if there isn’t a slam dunk choice. Cholowsky undoubtedly made strong impressions in meeting with the White Sox and other teams and if I were handicapping this right now, I’d probably go:
It’s really going to come down to Cholowsky vs. Emerson, with proponents for each making their case in the White Sox Draft room in the final week.
13. Cardinals: Tyler Bell, SS, Kentucky (No. 10) The run on college hitters continues, with Bell and Texas Christian’s Sawyer Strosnider the leading contenders. This is another possible landing spot for Grindlinger if the Cardinals go in a non-college direction.
18. Reds: Trevor Condon, OF, Etowah HS, Woodstock, Ga. (No. 13) The Reds might be thrilled if a college bat like Lebron got here, but in this scenario, they’re all gone, so they can turn their sights to one of the best pure prep hitters in the class in Condon. Other college hitters in the mix potentially are Strosnider and Virginia infielder Eric Becker. They’re kicking the tires on college arms like Flukey, Arkansas’ Hunter Dietz and Arizona State’s Cole Carlon, as well as a prep arm like Bumila.
21. Padres: Carson Bolemon, LHP, Southside Christian HS, Simpsonville, S.C. (No. 24) We’ve talked repeatedly about how the Padres have gone the high school route with their first pick for several years in a row, and there’s no reason to think they’ll do otherwise here. This week, it’s Bolemon over Bumila or Schmidt, with prep hitters like Lowrance or Cole Prosek potentially in the mix.
23. Cubs: Cameron Flukey, RHP, Coastal Carolina (No. 15) If things shake out like this, with that long run of college hitters, that could lead the Cubs to honing in on college arms. Flukey gets the spot this week, but there’s a group Chicago could consider, including Kuhns, Carlon, Southern Cal’s Mason Edwards and Mississippi’s Cade Townsend.
27. Mets: Bo Lowrance, 3B, Christ Church Espiscopal HS, Greenville, S.C. (No. 21)
never mind, nobody really cares about baseball anymore
Seen a lot of college pitchers
Posted by CanHartlebHireSnider on July 2, 2026, 20:22:46, in reply to "MLB Pipeline Mock Draft:"
But the Cubs are so bad at drafting anything other than college hitters in the 1st(Horton notwithstanding) and so good at college hitters just give me a college hitter
on July 2, 2026, 19:28:28