Venable played Japanese Little League baseball and wrote his thesis at Princeton University on the comparison between and America and Japanese baseball.
White Sox general manager Chris Getz called Munetaka Murakami one of the most prolific power hitters on the planet during his introductory press conference.
It may have been discouraging at the time for the White Sox to be ineligible for the No. 1 pick in 2025, but perhaps waiting to pick first overall in 2026 was the better long-term outcome.
Rolison is a left-handed reliever who split time between the Colorado Rockies and Triple-A during the 2025 season before being traded to the Atlanta Braves in November.
The White Sox acquired right-handed pitchers Jedixson Paez, Alexander Alberto and Jackson Kelley in the 2025 MLB Rule 5 Draft, but lost pitching prospect Peyton Pallette.
