The Chicago White Sox selected shortstop Jacob Gonzalez from the University of Mississippi with their first pick (15th overall) in the Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft. Gonzalez, 21, is ranked by MLB.com as the No. 7 college position player in this year’s draft. The 6-foot-2, 200-pound Gonzalez hit .327/.435/.564 (66-202) with 18 doubles, 10 home runs, 51 RBI and 46 runs scored over 54 games with Ole Miss this season. He was named First Team ABCA All-South Region, Second Team All-SEC and was a Brooks Wallace Award Semifinalist in 2023. Gonzalez, a native of Glendora, Calif., helped guide the Rebels to their first College World Series title in school history in 2022. He batted .319/.427/.561 (225-706) with 43 doubles, four triples, 40 home runs, 158 RBI and 186 runs scored over 186 games in three seasons at Mississippi. In round two, the White Sox selected right-handed pitcher Grant Taylor from Louisiana State University with their second pick (51st). On the second da...