MLB draft begins Sunday, and the White Sox and Cubs each have 20 picks. And a Whitney Young alum could be a first-round selection.

The Chicago White Sox held the No. 10 pick and the Chicago Cubs have the No. 17 selection in the first round of the 2025 MLB Draft. The draft got underway Sunday on ESPN. ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7.

In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, we asked if you’d take a Cubs wild-card berth right now or if you’re holding out for a division title. “Settle for a wild-card spot? Heck, yes, like a drowning man ‘settling’ for some oxygen,” @RonaldVoigt4 commented.

Replacements aside, the All-Star Game remains a big deal to players who overcame struggles to make it to Atlanta.

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The Cubs pulled a mild surprise in the first round of the Major League Baseball draft by taking Wake Forest outfielder Ethan Conrad with the No. 17 pick. Conrad was limited to 21 games this spring

Chicago White Sox interim manager Grady Sizemore, left, pulls relief pitcher Chad Kuhl in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago Cubs on Saturday, August 10, 2024, in Chicago.

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