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Chicago White Sox: One top prospect’s stunning fall from grace

Zack CariolaBy Zack CariolaMay 12, 20254 Mins Read
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The Chicago White Sox have many prospects in their farm system that hopefully will soon make their debuts and help turn around this ball club and get the White Sox back to their winning ways. A few of their top prospects, like Sean Burke, Chase Meidroth, and Edgar Quero, have already made their debut and are proving why they are pieces for the White Sox to build around.

Others, like the White Sox’s top pitching prospects, Noah Schultz, Hagen Smith, and Grant Taylor, are down at Double-A, tearing it up and showing why they will be the future of the White Sox staff. There is one prospect in the White Sox system, however, who has struggled mightily to start this season and found himself off of MLB’s top 100 prospects list.

The Chicago White Sox’s top shortstop prospect has been removed from the top 100 list

MLB: Chicago White Sox Media Day
MLB: Chicago White Sox Media Day
Feb 20, 2025; Glendale, AZ, USA; Chicago White Sox shortstop Colson Montgomery (83) poses for a photo on media day at the team’s spring training facility in Glendale, AZ. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-Imagn Images

With the MLB season in full swing and prospects starting to graduate and get promoted to the big leagues, MLB Pipeline decided to re-release their top 100 prospects, and, thankfully, the White Sox find themselves having five of their top prospects making the top 100, with Noah Schultz ranking the highest at No. 13. Others who made the list are: Kyle Teel (28), Hagen Smith (30), Braden Montgomery (38), and Edgar Quero (58).

”Prospects who debuted on MLB Opening Day rosters graduated today, giving us an opportunity to update the list:

Here it is, with a shakeup at the top:”

🚨 NEW TOP 100 🚨

Prospects who debuted on MLB Opening Day rosters graduated today, giving us an opportunity to update the list:

Here it is, with a shakeup at the top: https://t.co/ATtTfzXinN pic.twitter.com/4swCHaYqyE

— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) May 12, 2025

Surprisingly, shortstop Colson Montgomery was on MLB Pipeline’s list before the season started, but it has been removed entirely. Even more surprising about Montgomery’s fall from grace is that Montgomery dropped two spots on the White Sox’s top 30 prospects, going from No. 4 to No. 6.

Montgomery’s struggles

MLB: Spring Training Cleveland Guardians at Chicago White Sox
Chicago White Sox infielder Colson Montgomery against the Cleveland Guardians during a spring training game at Camelback Ranch-Glendale. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images

Since Montgomery was optioned to Triple-A, Montgomery’s bat has not come alive and has been colder than the Antarctic. Overall, in 28 games, the 23-year-old Montgomery is hitting .153/.230/.243 for a horrible OPS of .473.

Even more concerning is that the former first-round pick has shown little to no power, only hitting three home runs and one double in 111 at-bats. These numbers won’t do, especially for a player playing a premier position such as shortstop, and for someone whose power is their best tool, grading out at 55/80.

Montgomery’s struggles became so much of a concern for the White Sox that they decided to have him pause participating in and playing games to go out to Arizona to work one-on-one with the White Sox director of hitting, Ryan Fuller. Working with Fuller should help Montgomery, who is still young and can work through these struggles.

Not every prospect pans out as some will fail, and won’t pan out, but the White Sox need Montgomery to work out, given they aren’t deep with shortstop prospects. If Montgomery has any hopes or aspirations of making it to the show, he has to figure things out and turn things around.

MLB: Spring Training Cleveland Guardians at Chicago White Sox
MLB: Spring Training Cleveland Guardians at Chicago White Sox Mar 1, 2023; Phoenix, Arizona, USA; Chicago White Sox infielder Colson Montgomery against the Cleveland Guardians during a spring training game at Camelback Ranch-Glendale. Mandatory Credit: Mark J. Rebilas-Imagn Images
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