Braden Montgomery #91

Single...Batted .322/.454/.733 (76-for-236) with 14 doubles, 27 home runs, 85 RBI, 53 walks and a 1.187 OPS in 61 games with Texas A&M as a junior in 2024…ranked among the NCAA leaders in RBI (T5th), homers (T11th) and total bases (T21st, 173)…Was named First Team All-America by Perfect Game, NCBWA and ABCA/Rawlings…also was named to the Southeastern Conference All-Defensive Team...Led the Aggies to the No. 3 overall seed in the NCAA tournament…suffered a broken right ankle sliding into home plate during a Super Regional game vs. Oregon … missed the remainder of the season as the Aggies advanced to the finals of the College World Series before losing to Tennessee...Was named First Team All-Pac-12 as a sophomore in 2023 after hitting .336/.461/.611 (82-for-244) with 14 doubles, 17 homers, 61 RBI and 70 runs scored in 64 games for Stanford...Was named Pac-12 Freshman of the Year and a John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year semifinalist in 2022 … hit .294/.361/.596 (72-for-245) with 18 home runs, 57 RBI and 50 runs scored in 62 games with the Cardinal … also made 15 appearances (three starts) on the mound, recording a 5.79 ERA (12 ER/18.2 IP) with 28 strikeouts and two saves...Graduated in 2021 from Madison (Miss.) Central High School…was named Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior after leading the team to the state championship...Was ranked by Perfect Game as the No. 1 high school prospect in Mississippi and No. 23 nationally...His father, Marcus, and his stepfather, Richard Willock, played football at the University of Iowa … his mother, Gretchen, ran track at Iowa … his uncle, Larry Montgomery, played football at Arizona State

2024

Was selected by Boston in the first round (No. 12 overall) of the 2024 First-Year Player Draft out of Texas A&M University...Did not make his professional debut in 2024 as he continued his recovery from a broken right ankle suffered in the Aggies NCAA Super Regional game on 6/8 vs. Oregon...Was traded by the Red Sox to the White Sox on 12/11/24 with C Kyle Teel, INF Chase Meidroth and RHP Wikelman González in exchange for LHP Garrett Crochet...Acquisition recommended by Tyler Witt and Ryan Dorsey...Was rated by MLB.com as the No. 5 prospect in the Red Sox organization and No. 54 in baseball at the time of the trade...Was signed by Red Sox scout Lee Bryant.