Roch Cholowsky on how he uses his football experience on the diamond
UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky may be the top pick in this year's Draft but before he was a star at UCLA, he was on the football field at quarterback.
UCLA Bruins shortstop Roch Cholowsky entered the season as the favorite to be selected first overall in this summer’s MLB Draft and Cholowsky’s performance this season has only solidified that belief. Cholowsky can do it all on the diamond. Through 32 games this season, Cholowsky is batting .
352 with 13 home runs and 41 runs batted in. Cholowsky hasn’t been too active on the basepaths this season, but for his college career, he’s 14-16 on stolen bases. On Thursday, UCLA’s star infielder appeared on MLB Network’s show MLB Central to talk about his career, including his career on the gridiron.
Before committing fully to baseball, Cholowsky was a three-star recruit who played quarterback and safety. Cholowsky said his time playing football helped him as a leader on the baseball diamond. “Football is way different than baseball is.
Just from the grinding aspect of it,” Cholowsky said. “You need all 11 guys on the field to be doing the same thing for a play to work. Just trying to bring that culture over to baseball I think helps me a lot as a leader.