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By JAMES FEGAN
The White Sox are calling up lauded outfield prospect Braden Montgomery, a source confirmed to Sox Machine. The corresponding roster moves that will come along with it have yet to be announced.
The switch-hitting 23-year-old has spent barely over a month at Triple-A Charlotte after starting the year in Birmingham, but has accumulated the sort of batting line that portrays comfort, slashing .315/.417/.495 with four home runs in 29 games. While the friendly confines of Truist Field heap rewards upon fly balls at Charlotte, Montgomery struggled with an elevated ground-ball rate upon arrival to the International League. It's an issue that he’s made mechanical tweaks to address, including with an adjusted and more open batting stance.
"Braden has been very open to trying to get better this year and he's tried a few different things in terms of his setup," said hitting director Ryan Fuller. "Being a little bit more open rather than being too closed, leg kick versus getting his foot down a little bit earlier. All of it works together and the biggest thing for Braden is making sure he has the ability the ball very hard, that when he's hitting his best bolts, we're hitting them on a line versus hitting them into the ground and being a quick out.
"It's how do we get the movements to match up to a spot where he's making contact and a spot where his bat is working up through the zone, versus letting it get too deep and the barrel is still working down. The movements and the timing are for sure working together, and he's on top of it right now."
Sure enough, Montgomery will arrive in Chicago on a massive 10-game heater that has seen him hit .474/.580/.711 with more walks than strikeouts in that span, which is the sort of flourish in response to direct work that usually prompts a promotion for a team looking to sustain a hot start to the season.
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