Istill have Draft Fever following the Draft Lottery and publishing my first (way too early) first-round projection for 2026 ! So let's keep the focus on the Draft in the latest Pipeline Inbox ...

UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky currently is the runaway favorite to go No. 1 overall to the White Sox, but he's not quite the biggest December lock from the last decade.

That distinction belongs to Oregon State catcher Adley Rutschman, who entered 2019 coming off a .408/.505/.628 sophomore season that included Most Outstanding Player accolades at the College World Series. He wound up becoming the No. 1 choice by the Orioles after an even better junior year, holding off Bobby Witt Jr. in a particularly strong Draft class. After Rutschman and Cholowsky, the most clear-cut December top prospect

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