Roch Cholowsky was the No. 1 pick in the 2026 MLB draft on Saturday afternoon. Cholowsky and his family hosted a draft party at Trophy Bar in Chandler, Arizona and were seated in comfortable chairs in front of multiple television cameras, including one which belonged to MLB Network.

While the roar of the crowd drowned out commissioner Rob Manfred flubbing Cholowsky’s last name, you could still see the heartwarming reaction of his family. Or at least of his mom and sister. When the UCLA shortstop heard his name called, he smiled and then buried his face in his hands and cried while his mother and sister hugged him. Meanwhile his dad, former minor league baseball player Dan Cholowsky, sat there and didn’t move. He looked like he was just hoping everyone would quiet down so he didn’t miss anything important on the studio show.

In an alternate view below you can see the stoic reaction of dad is even more understated. If you isolate video of Mr. Cholowsky you wouldn’t be able to tell if his son had just been drafted No. 1 overall or someone forgot to put their answer in the form of a question on Jeopardy!

Eventually dad does give him a handshake a bro hug and obviously, he’s proud of his son, but it might be hard for him to be too impressed. Sure, his son was drafted No. 1, but dan was actually drafted in the first round twice. First in 1988 by the Cincinnati Reds and then again by the St. Louis Cardinals in 1991. He played eight seasons in the minors.

We’ll see how he does keeping his emotions in check when his son makes his MLB debut.