{"id":520663,"date":"2026-01-14T22:51:19","date_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:51:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/520663\/"},"modified":"2026-01-14T22:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T22:51:19","slug":"white-sox-ss-colson-montgomery-cracks-list-of-top-100-players-in-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/520663\/","title":{"rendered":"White Sox SS Colson Montgomery Cracks List of Top 100 Players In Baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every offseason, MLB Network unveils its \u201cTop 100 Right Now\u201d<\/a> list \u2014 a ranking of the best players in baseball heading into the upcoming season.<\/p>\n

Is it arbitrary? Sure. But it\u2019s still an honor. Being recognized on a national stage as one of the top players in your sport always carries weight.<\/p>\n

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And despite only playing in the big leagues for the second half of the 2025 season, Chicago White Sox<\/a> shortstop Colson Montgomery made the cut.<\/p>\n

Each day through the end of the month, MLB Network<\/a> is revealing the list in chunks, giving every player their moment in the spotlight. On Tuesday evening, players ranked No. 100 through No. 81 were released \u2014 and Montgomery checked in at No. 88 overall.<\/p>\n

That ranking puts him ahead of established names like Brent Rooker, Hunter Goodman, Carlos Rod\u00f3n, and reigning National League Rookie of the Year Drake Baldwin.<\/p>\n

Montgomery also landed just two spots behind Giants shortstop Willy Adames \u2014 who signed a $182 million contract \u2014 and only six spots behind the legendary Mike Trout.<\/p>\n

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Again, it\u2019s an arbitrary list. But for the White Sox to have a 23-year-old shortstop already viewed at that level, and one who appears poised to be on the South Side for a long time, speaks volumes about the excitement building around this team.<\/p>\n

Montgomery is the first White Sox player to appear on MLB Network\u2019s Top 100 since Luis Robert Jr. following the 2023 season.<\/p>\n

Robert peaked at No. 27 that year \u2014 a testament to the trajectory he was on before a sudden drop-off derailed things. The White Sox are hoping he can reclaim some of that form after exercising his $20 million club option for the 2026 season<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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As for Montgomery, a full season in the majors could officially put him on the map as one of the best young shortstops in all of baseball \u2014 especially if he continues anything close to the pace he set during his rookie campaign.<\/p>\n

He didn\u2019t hit his first career home run until July 22. Somehow, he still finished the season with 21 home runs.<\/p>\n

After the All-Star break, Montgomery was one of the most dangerous power bats and most productive run-producers in the sport.<\/p>\n

Over a full 162-game season, that pace translates to 48 home runs and 125 RBIs. Obviously, that\u2019s an absurd expectation \u2014 and not a fair one. But it does highlight just how electric Montgomery was as a rookie.<\/p>\n

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And that\u2019s without even mentioning where he came from.<\/p>\n

Less than a year ago, Montgomery was struggling badly in the minors \u2014 to the point where he was pulled from game action entirely for a full reset. What followed was one of the most remarkable turnarounds the White Sox have seen in years.<\/p>\n

Now, he\u2019s a Top 100 player in baseball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Every offseason, MLB Network unveils its \u201cTop 100 Right Now\u201d list \u2014 a ranking of the best players…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":520664,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2379],"tags":[5,545,2004,138,49,2561,10448,5931,69036,2092,999,603,4,1451,37771,396,2562,103],"class_list":["post-520663","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-white-sox","tag-baseball","tag-brent-rooker","tag-carlos-rodon","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-white-sox","tag-chicagowhitesox","tag-colson-montgomery","tag-drake-baldwin","tag-giants-shortstop","tag-hunter-goodman","tag-luis-robert-jr","tag-mike-trout","tag-mlb","tag-mlb-network","tag-upcoming-season","tag-white-sox","tag-whitesox","tag-willy-adames"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/115895906276973025","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520663","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520663\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/520664"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}