Sox Populi 208 — The 2026 draft experience from Philadelphia — 2026-07-15

It was a little hard to tell at South Side Sox given all of our normal draft features being churned out, but this year marked a wrinkle to our coverage: Actual writers on the ground to cover the event. Melissa Sage-Bollenbach and her son, Sage, were in Philadelphia for the draft, Melissa as credentialed SB Nation media. Now ... did that turn out to be a good thing? And did Sage, donned in a UCLA Roch Cholowsky jersey and White Sox cap, get feasted on by writers and broadcasters looking for No. 1 overall draft choice material? Tune in to learn all of the the ins, outs and power failures of the weekend experience in Philadelphia, as the pair sits down with Brett Ballantini to chat on MLB draft 2026. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices