Montgomery, who came over to Chicago from the Boston Red Sox in the trade for Garrett Crochet, has become one of baseball's top prospects during his time in the White Sox system.In some rankings, he's reached as high as the top 25 overall.
And he's dominated the minor leagues in 2026, hitting 10 home runs in 56 games, along with a .314/.422/.548 batting line.Still, with the massive gap in quality between even Triple-A pitching and the major leagues, it'd be reasonable, if not expected, that Montgomery would take some time to adjust.Instead, with the White Sox trailing 5-4 to the Atlanta Braves in the bottom of the 10th inning at Rate Field, Montgomery found himself as his new team's last hope.Facing Braves closer Raisel Iglesias, two outs, game on the line, major league debut ...
and Montgomery launched a walk-off homer to left field, becoming just the fifth player ever to do so in his first game.Doesn't get any better than that.WHITE SOX'S MUNETAKA MURAKAMI, COLSON MONTGOMERY COMBINE TO ACHIEVE HISTORIC HOME RUN FEATChicago White Sox's Braden Montgomery watches his walk-off two-run home run in the 10th inning to defeat the Atlanta Braves in Chicago on June 9, 2026.
(Paul Beaty/AP)After the game, Montgomery was unsurprisingly at a loss for words."That was … I still don’t know what to say," he said to reporters in front of his locker.
"That was unreal.""It was unreal," added White Sox reliever Grant Taylor, per MLB.com."That’s probably the coolest debut of all-time."Asked what he hoped for moving forward, the 23-year-old Montgomery joked that there's nowhere to go but down."I guess from here on out, it’s all downhill?" he said.
"The highest of the highs.We’ll see."ZERO BS.
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