PHILADELPHIA, PA - JULY 11: Commissioner of Major League Baseball Robert D. Manfred speaks during the 2026 MLB Draft presented by Nippon Express at Pennsylvania Convention Center on Saturday, July 11, 2026 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Manfred mispronounces No. 1 pick Cholowsky's name in MLB draft

Tom Ruminski
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Daniel Shirey / Major League Baseball / Getty

MLB commissioner Rob Manfred dropped the ball Saturday when it came to pronouncing the name of the first overall selection in the 2026 MLB Draft.

Manfred mispronounced Roch Cholowsky's name when the UCLA star shortstop was taken by the Chicago White Sox.

(Video source: MLB.com)

Cholowsky, whose last name is correctly pronounced "chill-OW-skee," submitted a video to MLB before the draft with the correct pronunciation of his last name, according to Dan Gelston of The Associated Press.

Despite Manfred's gaffe, Cholowsky was still over the moon about being Chicago's first No. 1 pick since Harold Baines in 1977.

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