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The Boston Purple Sox watched a prime expertise fall to them within the draft for the second straight season.
Final 12 months, it was Kyle Teel going to Boston at No. 14 general. In 2024, the Purple Sox chosen Texas A&M outfielder Braden Montgomery with the No. 12 general choose.
Montgomery change hit throughout his school profession and made a defensive influence in proper discipline to enhance his energy on the plate. As soon as once more, the Purple Sox seem to have an effect bat becoming a member of the farm system.
Montgomery’s MLB.com scouting report displays that with a 70-grade arm within the discipline with 60-grade energy on the plate (20-80 scale).
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Right here’s what MLB.com’s scouting report needed to say on the Purple Sox choice:
“Montgomery had extra of a hit-over-power profile in highschool however that has reversed in school. A switch-hitter with energy and a fast, aggressive stroke from either side of the plate, he does extra injury as a lefty hitter and his plus energy performs to all components of the ballpark. He has improved his plate self-discipline and his means to deal with breaking balls over the last two seasons, however he nonetheless swings and misses at pitches within the zone a bit too usually and can chase non-fastballs. … With common velocity and plus-plus arm energy, Montgomery most closely fits in proper discipline.”
Prospectslive.com had related sentiments to supply on the power-hitting outfielder on his solution to the Purple Sox:
“His swing seems to be far more related (particularly from the left facet) and he’s making higher swing selections. There isn’t a lot adjustability in his swing, so there’s some swing-and-miss on mushy stuff away, however he will get actually good plate protection and can hammer nearly every thing else. … Defensively, Montgomery is satisfactory, however his bat carries his profile. He doesn’t get nice reads or take nice routes, however he makes the performs he must. Alas, he does possess double plus arm energy, however normally it takes a protracted wind up for him to get to it. He’s a under common runner, so he ought to have a house in proper long run.”
The Purple Sox now add one other gifted bat to a farm system with deep expertise amongst place gamers.
