Availability
Montgomery slashed .272/.364/.416 with a 28.7 percent strikeout rate across 34 Double-A games in 2025, then posted a 1.161 OPS over 12 Arizona Fall League appearances. He carried that momentum into spring, hitting .348 with one home run, zero walks and six strikeouts across 24 plate appearances.
Fantasy Impact
Montgomery will return to Double-A Birmingham to open the 2026 season.
The White Sox have reassigned outfielder Braden Montgomery to minor league camp.
Fantasy Impact
Montomery, coming off a season-ending foot injury, had a very nice spring, going 8-for-23 (.348) with a pair of triples and a homer across 24 trips to the plate. The 2024 12th overall pick hit .270 with 12 homers, 14 stolen bases, and an .804 OPS across three minor league levels in 2025.
Braden Montgomery is likely to miss the rest of Double-A Birmingham’s season with a fracture in his right foot.
Fantasy Impact
Montgomery was hit by a pitch when he suffered the injury last Saturday. He slashed .270/.360/.444 in the minors this season.
White Sox outfield prospect Braden Montgomery has been promoted to Double-A Birmingham.
Fantasy Impact
Montgomery, the team's first-round pick in 2024, has done nothing but hit since being drafted. The 22-year-old has hit .269 with 11 homers, 11 stolen bases, and an .813 OPS across 87 games between Single-A and High-A this season, his first as a pro.
The Red Sox traded Braden Montgomery to the White Sox in the package that sent Garrett Crochet to Boston.
Fantasy Impact
Montgomery was the No. 5 prospect in the Red Sox farm system. He went No. 12 overall in the 2024 MLB Draft after playing college baseball at Stanford and Texas A&M. Montgomery should enter the White Sox organization as one of their top prospects.