What if buying into the White Sox draft actually does all come down to organizational infrastructure?
The Chicago White Sox are leveraging their high draft capital and a record-breaking bonus pool to overhaul their farm system. General manager Chris Getz and scouting director Mike Shirley are focusing on player development and strategic draft acquisitions to improve the organization's future.
32 Comments In December, the White Sox won the right to pick first overall in a deep 2026 MLB Draft, which everyone assumed at the time — correctly — set them up to add the long-ballyhooed UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky. Friday night, they traded 2023 first-round selection Jacob Gonzalez , hauling in the 34th overall pick to provide scouting director Mike Shirley a bonus pool of over $20 million; the largest in MLB history.
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