The 2024 Texas A&M baseball team had a historic run ending the season as the College World Series runner-up after an exciting series against a great Tennessee Vols team.
A major reason for that run was because of Stanford transfer Braden Montgomery who came in and made an instant impact. Even with his season cut short due to injury he didn’t too down and was the biggest cheerleader for the team. Before his injury, he was on pace to hit over 30 home runs and 90+ RBIs ranking him as the top overall performer on the Aggies team.
There was some hope that Montgomery might return to A&M for his senior year, however, as an expected high first-rounder coming back realistically didn’t make sense. Montgomery was drafted by the Boston Red Sox with the 12th pick of the first round becoming one of the highest picks in the school’s history.
On Dec. 11, approximately five months after the draft and before even touching the field it was announced that Montgomery was part of a five-person trade that sent him and three others from the Red Sox to the Chicago White Sox for Garrett Crochet. No matter where he is once he finally takes the field, I’m willing to bet he will be just as impactful as he was in the Maroon & White.
The #WhiteSox have acquired Top 100 prospects Kyle Teel and Braden Montgomery from the Red Sox as the headlining return of the Garrett Crochet deal, per multiple reports.
Here's where the duo rank: https://t.co/r0iO9zBvo7 pic.twitter.com/tuCPgEXM1l
— MLB Pipeline (@MLBPipeline) December 11, 2024
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