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There will be a new No. 1 — pick, that is. The Chicago White Sox secured on Tuesday the first pick in the 2026 Major League Baseball draft by winning the league’s lottery at the annual winter meetings. The Sox get first dibs for the first time in 49 years — since the team selected Harold Baines in 1977.

Chicago White Sox win the 2026 MLB draft lottery, will have the No. 1 pick for the first time in 49 years

The most recent No. 1 pick was USC quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner Caleb Williams, who the Chicago Bears selected in the 2024 NFL draft.

Williams joined 10 other athletes who were selected at the top of their draft classes by Chicago teams since 1940. (The Bears did have the first pick for the first time in 77 years in 2023’s NF

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