Colson Montgomery
- The White Sox’s roster as it stands starts at SS · 538 PA · 3.3 WAR in the role
- Trade read Unlikely to be traded: Young, controllable regular (age 25, control through 2031): the kind of player clubs build around.
Hitting · 2026 percentiles
vs. MLB hitters with 300+ PA · 632 PA
Platoon splits · swing path
By pitcher handedness
| vs | PA | wOBA | xwOBA | K% | BB% | Chase | Decisions | Contact |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LHP | 196 | .338 | .310 | 30% | 7% | 32% | +0.26 | −0.22 |
| RHP | 436 | .288 | .286 | 38% | 8% | 33% | −0.41 | −1.13 |
- Attack angle
- 13.4° (53% in 5–20°)
- Attack direction
- −9.7°
- Swing length
- 8.0 ft
- Fast-swing rate
- 64%
- Pull-air %
- 25.6%
- Hard-hit %
- 40.9%
- Slash · wRC+
- .197/.282/.403 · 91
Zone map · 2026
Where he does damage, and where to pitch him
Does the most damage middle-away (+4.1 vs. league per 100; 2.1 standard errors on 130 pitches, inside the noise for the best of nine cells).
Weakest middle-in (−3.5), but only 1.8 standard errors from average on 131 pitches: no in-zone spot to attack yet.
Runs per 100 pitches vs. an average LHB: better · worse. Catcher’s view · 2,200 pitches · faded cells are within one standard error of average. A spot is called only when it is farther from average than the best or worst of nine average cells gets 95% of the time (set from the league’s own pitches: about 3 standard errors above, 2 below).
Most similar hitters
Swings like Montgomery: bat path, contact quality and approach
| Similarity | Player | xwOBA | ’26 WAR | ’27 proj | 2027 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 60 | Jorge Soler LAA · ’92 | .294 | −0.6 | −0.5 | Free agent |
| 55 | Austin Riley ATL · ’97 | .296 | 1.0 | 1.3 | Signed $22.0M |
| 53 | Spencer Jones NYY · ’01 | .329 | 0.7 | 0.8 | Pre-arb |
| 52 | Taylor Trammell HOU · ’97 | .287 | 0.0 | −0.1 | Arb |
| 51 | Royce Lewis MIN · ’99 | .306 | 0.5 | 0.9 | Arb |
Nearest neighbours on bat speed, swing length, attack angle, squared-up and blast rates, EV90, barrels, pull-air, chase, zone contact, K% and BB%. 2026 regulars only.
Fielding
2027 rating at every position he can play · OAA by position · range by direction · tools. Same engine as the Fielding Lab and the Winter Plan.
| Season | Pos | OAA | Range | Arm, DP | Runs | Batters |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3B | +4 | +3 | +0.3 | +3.3 | 1,141 |
| 2026 | SS | +8 | +6 | +1.0 | +7.0 | 4,170 |
| 2025 | 3B | 0 | 0 | +0.2 | +0.2 | 389 |
| 2025 | SS | +6 | +5 | +1.2 | +6.2 | 2,162 |
Runs = range plus his arm and double-play runs spread over his positions by outs (Fielding Run Value, from 2023): what the rating counts.
| Season | Zone | Balls | Outs vs. exp. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | SS | 378 | 0.0 |
| 2026 | 3B | 69 | +5.5 |
| 2025 | SS | 178 | −1.3 |
The zone rating counts every ball hit to his part of the field while he played there, his club’s positioning included; Savant OAA uses his actual starting spot and is the better individual grade. They agree best in the outfield. See the model card.
Contract & projection
Club control (RosterResource) · Keystone projected WAR
* projected arbitration or minimum salary. Contract Studio →
Minor leagues
MLB Stats API · public box-score data
| SeasonLevel | Level | Team | Age | G | PA / IP | PA / IP ·Line |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025AAA | AAA | Charlotte Knights | 23 | 55 | 242 PA | 242 PA · .218/.298/.435 · 11 HR · 33.9% K · 7.9% BB |
| 2025ROK | ROK | ACL White Sox | 23 | 5 | 19 PA | 19 PA · .176/.263/.176 · 0 HR · 21.1% K · 10.5% BB |
ABS challenges · 2026
Baseball Savant