Colson Montgomery

Bats L Throws R6'3" 230 lbBorn 2002 Holland, USADebut 2025Team CWSDraft 2021 R1 #22 Chicago White Sox, Southridge HSContract 1 y/$798,500 (26) 2026: $798,500

Projections

2027 NEXT+ 99.7FIELD+ 100.0 at SSTotal 1.61 WAR

Season	PA	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	ISO	wOBA	K%	BB%	HIT+	WAR
2026	347	306	68	12	1	14	32	103	1	0.221	0.305	0.405	0.711	0.185	0.311	29.6	9.4	93.9	0.83
2027	521	461	98	18	1	23	47	163	2	0.213	0.297	0.410	0.707	0.196	0.308	31.3	8.9	94.6	1.28

Projected rates are per plate appearance or batter faced; counting stats scale with projected playing time. Statcast measurements inform these projections as inputs and are reported as measurements, not projected.

Most similar through age 23

His ten closest age-23 comparables averaged 89 HIT+ the next season; 10 of 10 played. Averages cover only the players who got a next season, which is why the played count matters.

#	Player	Through	HIT+ then	Next season	Next PA / BF
1	Scooter Gennett	2013	128.6	104.8	474
2	Luis Arraez	2020	121.3	105.5	479
3	Daniel Murphy	2008	131.9	94.1	556
4	Bo Naylor	2023	116.4	71.1	389
5	Pedro Alvarez	2010	112.2	57.7	262
6	Stu Martin	1936	113.7	83.4	260
7	Brad Miller	2013	110.9	87.9	409
8	Stephen Drew	2006	113.6	68.2	619
9	Triston Casas	2023	128.2	121.1	243
10	Kevin Stocker	1993	123.9	94.0	330

Batting

Year	Team	G	PA	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	HIT+
2027 proj			521		98	18	1	23		2	47	163	0.213	0.297	0.410	0.707	94.6
2026*	CHA	119	503	57	98	20	0	26		1	40	166	0.217	0.294	0.435	0.729	98.5
2025	CWS	71	283	43	61	9	1	21	55	0	25	83	0.239	0.311	0.529	0.840	128.9
Career		71	283	43	61	9	1	21	55	0	25	83	0.239	0.311	0.529	0.840	128.9

Statcast

Year	PA	EV	LA	Barrel%	HardHit%	Whiff%	Chase%	xBA	xSLG	xwOBA	Sprint
2026	503	88.8	23.5	11.9	41.6	36.6	32.5	0.211	0.411	0.304	26.6
2025	284	89.4	18.0	14.5	44.5	31.5	30.5	0.230	0.501	0.341	27.3

Fielding

Year	Team	Pos	G	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Runs saved
2025	CWS	SS	60	503	93	123	4	32	0.982	+0.4
2025	CWS	3B	12	95	10	23	2	3	0.943	+4.9

Runs saved covers the Statcast era; for catchers it includes framing.

Minor leagues

Year	Level	Team	Side	PA / BF	Line	AVG / ERA	OPS
2025	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Bat	242	11 HR, 2 SB	0.218	0.733
2024	AAA	Charlotte Knights	Bat	573	18 HR, 8 SB	0.214	0.710
2023	AA	Birmingham Barons	Bat	167	4 HR, 0 SB	0.244	0.827
2023	A+	Winston-Salem Dash	Bat	82	3 HR, 0 SB	0.345	1.089
2023	Rk	ACL White Sox	Bat	45	1 HR, 2 SB	0.353	1.099
2022	AA	Birmingham Barons	Bat	52	2 HR, 0 SB	0.146	0.484
2022	A+	Winston-Salem Dash	Bat	164	5 HR, 1 SB	0.258	0.804
2022	A	Kannapolis Cannon Ballers	Bat	205	4 HR, 0 SB	0.324	0.900
2021	Rk	ACL White Sox	Bat	111	0 HR, 0 SB	0.287	0.758

Splits

Year	vs LHP	vs RHP	Home	Away
2026	0.353	0.305	0.303	0.336
2025	0.316	0.386	0.347	0.382

wOBA by split, from pitch level data, 2015 on. For pitchers the split is the batter side faced.