After a six-week absence due to a broken bone in his foot from a hit-by-pitch, White Sox outfield prospect Braden Montgomery returned to action for his Arizona Fall League debut on Tuesday, reaching base all four times after banging a double in his first at-bat since early September. On Wednesday, he started in center field.
It’s no small marvel that Montgomery looks primed to make a foot fracture look like a minor speed bump in his progression for the second time this calendar year, but the AFL initially scans as an unnecessary coda to a first full pro season that saw him hit .270/.360/.444 across three levels in 121 games. His late-season finish in Double-A saw him strike out a lot (28.7 percent) and be subjected to the Southern League tax on power production, but in broad strokes, Montgomery held up to a pro-level workload and hit everywhere the Sox sent him. Montgomery hasn’t posted a sub-130 wRC+ anywhere since his freshman year at Stanford, and he seemingly arrives in Glendale without anything specific to prove.
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