Colson Montgomery’s All-Star snub firing him up for White Sox' second-half surge
<p>ARLINGTON, Texas — Colson Montgomery didn’t need another chip on his shoulder, but he’ll take it.</p><p>The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox" target="_blank" ><u>White Sox</u></a>’ lanky shortstop has heard his whole career that he’s too big to stick at his position, that his hefty strikeout rate would keep him from being a viable big-leaguer and, entering this season, that his team wasn’t going anywhere.</p><p>Most recently, despite leading MLB shortstops in home runs, Montgomery has been told he’s not an All-Star, giving the 24-year-old one more thing to prove people wrong about.</p><p>After launching out of the break in Toronto with a loaded-bases-clearing double and a timely home run — No. 24 of his sophomore campaign — Montgomery said his All-Star snub is motivating him in the second half “as it should.”</p><p>“As a competitor, you should see yourself as the best, because if you don't, you're just selling yourself short,” Montgomery said before the Sox returned stateside for a three-game set with the Rangers.
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<p>ARLINGTON, Texas — Colson Montgomery didn’t need another chip on his shoulder, but he’ll take it.</p><p>The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox" target="_blank" ><u>White Sox</u></a>’ lanky shortstop has heard his whole career that he’s too big to stick at his position, that his hefty strikeout rate would keep him from being a viable big-leaguer and, entering this season, that his team wasn’t going anywhere.</p><p>Most recently, despite leading MLB shortstops in home runs, Montgomery has been told he’s not an All-Star, giving the 24-year-old one more thing to prove people wrong about.</p><p>After launching out of the break in Toronto with a loaded-bases-clearing double and a timely home run — No. 24 of his sophomore campaign — Montgomery said his All-Star snub is motivating him in the second half “as it should.”</p><p>“As a competitor, you should see yourself as the best, because if you don't, you're just selling yourself short,” Montgomery said before the Sox returned stateside for a three-game set with the Rangers. “You're not really giving yourself the inner confidence that you need to play this game, especially with how much it can just beat you down.”</p><p>That’s coming from somebody who knows it. The Sox’ 2021 first-round draft pick took a beating at the plate at the beginning of last season, when his dismal start at Triple-A Charlotte prompted Sox brass <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/2026/03/28/colson-montgomery-white-sox-year-2" target="_blank" ><u>to pull him from game action altogether</u></a> to regroup at their Arizona training complex.</p><p>Since then, Montgomery has established himself one of baseball’s most productive shortstops at the plate while flashing more leather than the Sox could’ve expected.</p><div class="Enhancement" data-align-center><div class="Enhancement-item"> <div class="ExternalContent-wrapper" > <div class="TweetUrl"> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Colson Montgomery goes deep!
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- <p>ARLINGTON, Texas — Colson Montgomery didn’t need another chip on his shoulder, but he’ll take it.</p><p>The <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox" target="_blank" ><u>White Sox</u></a>’ lanky shortstop has heard his whole career that he’s too big to stick at his position, that his hefty strikeout rate would keep him from being a viable big-leaguer and, entering this season, that his team wasn’t going anywhere.</p><p>Most recently, despite leading MLB shortstops in home runs, Montgomery has been told he’s not an All-Star, giving the 24-year-old one more thing to prove people wrong about.</p><p>After launching out of the break in Toronto with a loaded-bases-clearing double and a timely home run — No. 24 of his sophomore campaign — Montgomery said his All-Star snub is motivating him in the second half “as it should.”</p><p>“As a competitor, you should see yourself as the best, because if you don't, you're just selling yourself short,” Montgomery said before the Sox returned stateside for a three-game set with the Rangers.
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