Not bad.
Montgomery made the somewhat surprising decision this offseason to transfer from Stanford to Texas A&M, but it has largely paid off as he improved his performance while facing better competition in the SEC. He was a first-round talent out of high school (No. 17 on my Big Board that year), but was strongly committed to college and also had to face the poor track record of high school position players from Mississippi.
Montgomery is a true switch-hitter, with better results hitting from the left side but plenty of bat speed from the right side as well. He uses the whole field better batting left-handed and his plate discipline is substantially better from that side. He’s got a cannon of an arm, and is technically a two-way player with two innings pitched this year, projecting as a solid-average defender in right. There’s some risk with the hit tool here, as his offspeed recognition isn’t great and he will expand the zone when behind in the count, but he has 30-homer upside as a switch-hitting right fielder if he makes enough contact for an average hit tool.
Montgomery made the somewhat surprising decision this offseason to transfer from Stanford to Texas A&M, but it has largely paid off as he improved his performance while facing better competition in the SEC. He was a first-round talent out of high school (No. 17 on my Big Board that year), but was strongly committed to college and also had to face the poor track record of high school position players from Mississippi.
Montgomery is a true switch-hitter, with better results hitting from the left side but plenty of bat speed from the right side as well. He uses the whole field better batting left-handed and his plate discipline is substantially better from that side. He’s got a cannon of an arm, and is technically a two-way player with two innings pitched this year, projecting as a solid-average defender in right. There’s some risk with the hit tool here, as his offspeed recognition isn’t great and he will expand the zone when behind in the count, but he has 30-homer upside as a switch-hitting right fielder if he makes enough contact for an average hit tool.
