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Red Sox Select Braden Montgomery, OF, Texas A&M (2024)
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jul 14, 2024 19:14:48 GMT -5
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Post by gregblossersbelly on Jul 14, 2024 19:18:38 GMT -5
No brainer pic. Damn, we have some hellacious of prospects. Anthony, Campbell, Bleis, Password and Monty. And, we have a very young of already. Duran/Ceddanne/Abreu
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jul 14, 2024 19:20:17 GMT -5
In Kiley McDaniel's rankings he had him as 50 FV and said he would be 77 on his top 100 list.
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jul 14, 2024 19:26:14 GMT -5
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Post by tjb21 on Jul 14, 2024 19:29:38 GMT -5
Good for the kid and good for the Red Sox. Welcome to Boston. Let’s hope the hit tool clicks! Great pick.
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Post by scottysmalls on Jul 14, 2024 19:44:32 GMT -5
Early character grade on Montgomery is an A+
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Post by grandsalami on Jul 14, 2024 20:08:35 GMT -5
Will continue to switch hit
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Post by semperfisox on Jul 14, 2024 20:08:51 GMT -5
Definitely a top 10 talent
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Post by outofleftfield on Jul 14, 2024 20:22:55 GMT -5
I'm not sure how I feel about him continuing to switch hit (just personal prejudice against the practice of switch hitting), but I'm a big fan of his bat from the left side. Saw him a lot over the last couple years, and has an absolutely dynamite bat.
Totally believe this kid is gonna work out, and excited for what comes next.
I'd slot him in as our fourth best prospect in the system, behind the big 3, and am pretty confident he'll be on many top 100 lists this time next year.
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Post by tjb21 on Jul 14, 2024 20:46:29 GMT -5
Early guess on where he slots in the system: 5th
Can’t wait to listen to the pod breakdown tonight.
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Post by LegionXiii on Jul 14, 2024 21:16:59 GMT -5
I love this site.
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jul 14, 2024 21:39:16 GMT -5
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Post by vermontsox1 on Jul 14, 2024 21:52:13 GMT -5
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Post by patford on Jul 14, 2024 21:53:41 GMT -5
The recent Podcast on the draft discussed quite a few players the Red Sox might target at 12 and unless I missed it Montgomery was not mentioned. Is that because he was seen as a complete lock to go top ten?
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Post by tjb21 on Jul 14, 2024 21:54:42 GMT -5
The recent Podcast on the draft discussed quite a few players the Red Sox might target at 12 and unless I missed it Montgomery was not mentioned. Is that because he was seen as a complete lock to go top ten? Yes, seemed consensus top ~8.
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Post by patford on Jul 14, 2024 22:03:21 GMT -5
The recent Podcast on the draft discussed quite a few players the Red Sox might target at 12 and unless I missed it Montgomery was not mentioned. Is that because he was seen as a complete lock to go top ten? Yes, seemed consensus top ~8. I've seen that. What I mean is in the last third of the Podcast there was a segment on top ten guys who might fall and Montgomery wasn't mentioned. I'm just wondering if he was seen as that much of a lock or if somehow he just didn't come up in the discussion.
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Post by jaffinator on Jul 14, 2024 22:11:12 GMT -5
Baseball America has Montgomery with a TrackMan chase rate of 23.3%, overall contact rate of 74.2%, and a 90th percentile exit velocity of 111.1.
For reference, that's honestly pretty in line statistically with frequently mentioned potential target Christian Moore (24%, 77%, 111.8) - except Braden Montgomery has the benefit of playing a really strong right field.
Obviously from a scouting perspective there's differences in how they got there as college hitters, but the advanced stats end points were pretty similar between the two.
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Post by nomar on Jul 14, 2024 22:31:40 GMT -5
Baseball America has Montgomery with a TrackMan chase rate of 23.3%, overall contact rate of 74.2%, and a 90th percentile exit velocity of 111.1. For reference, that's honestly pretty in line statistically with frequently mentioned potential target Christian Moore (24%, 77%, 111.8) - except Braden Montgomery has the benefit of playing a really strong right field. Obviously from a scouting perspective there's differences in how they got there as college hitters, but the advanced stats end points were pretty similar between the two. Some benefits Montgomery has going for him is that he’s projectable (Moore is physically maxed out), he is just recently focusing solely on being a position player, and he’s a switch hitter and they generally have steeper development curves. Offensively his ceiling is high especially once he fills out a bit more. I wish we could see his splits of these stats from each side of the plate.
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Post by scottysmalls on Jul 14, 2024 22:33:32 GMT -5
Baseball America has Montgomery with a TrackMan chase rate of 23.3%, overall contact rate of 74.2%, and a 90th percentile exit velocity of 111.1. For reference, that's honestly pretty in line statistically with frequently mentioned potential target Christian Moore (24%, 77%, 111.8) - except Braden Montgomery has the benefit of playing a really strong right field. Obviously from a scouting perspective there's differences in how they got there as college hitters, but the advanced stats end points were pretty similar between the two. Some benefits Montgomery has going for him is that he’s projectable (Moore is physically maxed out), he is just recently focusing solely on being a position player, and he’s a switch hitter and they generally have steeper development curves. Offensively his ceiling is high especially once he fills out a bit more. I wish we could see his splits of these stats from each side of the plate. Also if Moore had a defensive home where people thought he might be quite good and more athleticism and he switch hit he probably would’ve been talked about in a higher class than he was (and I mean as is he went #8 overall)
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Jul 14, 2024 22:37:29 GMT -5
Baseball America has Montgomery with a TrackMan chase rate of 23.3%, overall contact rate of 74.2%, and a 90th percentile exit velocity of 111.1. For reference, that's honestly pretty in line statistically with frequently mentioned potential target Christian Moore (24%, 77%, 111.8) - except Braden Montgomery has the benefit of playing a really strong right field. Obviously from a scouting perspective there's differences in how they got there as college hitters, but the advanced stats end points were pretty similar between the two. Some benefits Montgomery has going for him is that he’s projectable (Moore is physically maxed out), he is just recently focusing solely on being a position player, and he’s a switch hitter and they generally have steeper development curves. Offensively his ceiling is high especially once he fills out a bit more. I wish we could see his splits of these stats from each side of the plate. Montgomery is already pretty developed physically (not huge but strong, built like a football player - Stanford has typically had a pretty good S&C staff lately so that's been the case for a while). I had his splits when I was working our regional, I think he was hitting somewhere in the low .200's as a righty with a not great K% but I don't remember off the top of my head. It was a situation in which teams would bring in lefties to face him, though, just to force him to either hit righty or take the left-on-left matchup. So it's a real thing.
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Post by nomar on Jul 14, 2024 22:46:27 GMT -5
Some benefits Montgomery has going for him is that he’s projectable (Moore is physically maxed out), he is just recently focusing solely on being a position player, and he’s a switch hitter and they generally have steeper development curves. Offensively his ceiling is high especially once he fills out a bit more. I wish we could see his splits of these stats from each side of the plate. Montgomery is already pretty developed physically (not huge but strong, built like a football player - Stanford has typically had a pretty good S&C staff lately so that's been the case for a while). I had his splits when I was working our regional, I think he was hitting somewhere in the low .200's as a righty with a not great K% but I don't remember off the top of my head. It was a situation in which teams would bring in lefties to face him, though, just to force him to either hit righty or take the left-on-left matchup. So it's a real thing. Ok thanks. So if they are stark splits and they don’t improve they can always transition him to full time LHB which probably would have improved his batted ball data this year.
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Post by thegoodthebadthesox on Jul 14, 2024 22:52:40 GMT -5
Montgomery is already pretty developed physically (not huge but strong, built like a football player - Stanford has typically had a pretty good S&C staff lately so that's been the case for a while). I had his splits when I was working our regional, I think he was hitting somewhere in the low .200's as a righty with a not great K% but I don't remember off the top of my head. It was a situation in which teams would bring in lefties to face him, though, just to force him to either hit righty or take the left-on-left matchup. So it's a real thing. Ok thanks. So if they are stark splits and they don’t improve they can always transition him to full time LHB which probably would have improved his batted ball data this year. Yeah I think it's the type of thing you try to tweak and see if you can tap into the natural athleticism but if it isn't working out, his prospect status isn't tied up into him being a switch hitter (in my opinion). One other thing, just as a general note directed at no one, is that I would guess he probably scrapped pitching development midway through the season. He only had two appearances and his last one was a pretty disastrous midweek start (I want to say Texas Southern but I'm too lazy to look it up - I'm almost positive it was an HBCU) so I'm pretty sure they shut it down relatively quickly after that. Still has plenty of time to focus more as a full-time hitter, but I'd guess he was starting that process earlier than some may think.
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Post by RedSoxStats on Jul 14, 2024 23:10:06 GMT -5
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Post by tjb21 on Jul 14, 2024 23:18:46 GMT -5
Would he be an AFL candidate?
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Post by bosoxnation on Jul 15, 2024 0:54:34 GMT -5
Mayer Teel and Now Montgomery falling to us in 3 of the last 4 years. Each guy we were smart enough to snag. 2 are our top 3 prospects. How fuking AMAZING!!! So proud of this teams drafts and not ever overthinking. The future really looks better and better every single day.
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