Overview
- Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the selection of Landon Thome with the 34th overall pick on Saturday during the MLB draft in Philadelphia.
- Chicago acquired the No. 34 pick from the Pittsburgh Pirates in a pre-draft trade that also brought lefty Jaden Woods to the White Sox and sent Brandon Eisert and Jacob Gonzalez to Pittsburgh.
- Thome is a Nazareth Academy product who hit roughly .532 with a high on-base percentage, eight home runs and more than 50 steals as a senior and earned statewide and national honors.
- He is the son of Hall of Famer Jim Thome, giving the pick a family-legacy link to the organization that also used the No. 1 overall selection on shortstop Roch Cholowsky.
- Thome has not signed a pro contract yet and is expected to weigh a deal versus his Florida State commitment, a choice that will shape Chicago’s near-term farm depth and his own development path.