The Chicago White Sox are a team on the rise.
One big reason? Colson Montgomery.
Montgomery is a young rising star, and the White Sox are expecting big things from him in 2026.
How big? Well, MLB.com beat writer Scott Merkin has predicted that Montgomery will have a 40-home run season in the upcoming campaign.
"Remember when Montgomery was struggling mightily for Triple-A Charlotte at the start of the 2025 campaign and needed an April reset in Arizona?" Merkin writes. "Those struggles eventually morphed into 21 home runs and an.840 OPS over 71 big league games once he arrived with the White Sox on July 4. Carrying that total throughout a 162-game campaign brings the left-handed-hitting shortstop above 40. Montgomery’s numbers weren’t perfect, but he should only improve during his first full season, and his power supply is real."
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Montgomery is a 6-foot-3 shortstop with a sweet lefty swing. That's not a stereotypical player archetype, but it makes him that much more exciting.
The White Sox drafted him No. 22 overall in the 2021 MLB Draft, and he has delivered on his potential so far.
Montgomery will turn 24 years old in February.
He has some swing and miss, but he also has big-time pop.
If Merkin is right on this prediction, Montgomery will take baseball by storm in 2026, and it could lead to a lot more winning for the White Sox.
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