{"id":699715,"date":"2026-06-12T12:50:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:50:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/699715\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T12:50:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T12:50:08","slug":"former-texas-am-star-talks-about-hot-start-proving-hes-mlb-ready","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/699715\/","title":{"rendered":"Former Texas A&#038;M star talks about hot start, proving he\u2019s MLB\u2011ready"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s only a two\u2011game sample size, but <a href=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Texas A&amp;M;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Texas A&amp;amp&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Texas A&amp;M<\/a> fans, and now <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/chicago-white-sox\/228\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Chicago White Sox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Chicago White Sox&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Chicago White Sox<\/a> fans, are seeing exactly what they expected from Braden Montgomery. After a historic debut, the former Aggie followed it up with another strong performance that suggests he may have real staying power at the major\u2011league level.<\/p>\n<p>Just one night after becoming only the fifth player in MLB history to <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/former-texas-m-star-outfielder-090905344.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:hit a walk\u2011off home run in his debut;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;hit a walk\u2011off home run in his debut&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hit a walk\u2011off home run in his debut<\/a>, a little bit of Olsen Magic seemed to travel with him to Guaranteed Rate Field. Baseball is a sport built on highs and lows, and the real test for any young player is how they respond after the emotional surge of a moment like that. A letdown would\u2019ve been understandable.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Montgomery didn\u2019t allow it.<\/p>\n<p>Instead, he delivered again, going 2\u2011for\u20114 with two doubles and scoring the first run of the game. Through his first nine major\u2011league at\u2011bats, he has four hits, a home run, three RBI, and is slashing .444 with a 1.444 OPS. It\u2019s early, but the production matches the hype. For weeks, fans had been calling for the White Sox <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/articles\/chicago-white-sox-officially-call-173111035.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:to promote him;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;to promote him&quot;}\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">to promote him<\/a>. Two games in, they look completely vindicated.<\/p>\n<p>Below, you can watch Montgomery break down his debut on the Waddle &amp; Silvy Show.<\/p>\n<p>Contact\/Follow us\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aggieswire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@AggiesWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@AggiesWire&quot;}\" class=\"link \">@AggiesWire<\/a>\u00a0on X (formerly Twitter) and like our page on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AggiesWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Facebook&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0to follow ongoing coverage of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college-sports\/sec\/texas-am\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Texas A&amp;M;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Texas A&amp;amp&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Texas A&amp;M<\/a> news, notes and opinions. Follow Jarrett Johnson on X:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WhosNextSports1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@whosnextsports1;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;@whosnextsports1&quot;}\" class=\"link \">@whosnextsports1<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Aggies Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/aggies\/baseball\/2026\/06\/12\/texas-aggies-baseball-braden-montgomery-electric-mlb-debut-continues\/90502950007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Braden Montgomery doubles twice as electric MLB debut continues;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Braden Montgomery doubles twice as electric MLB debut continues&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Braden Montgomery doubles twice as electric MLB debut continues<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s only a two\u2011game sample size, but Texas A&amp;M fans, and now Chicago White Sox fans, are seeing&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":699716,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[302744,138520,2318,363,99,21705,7084],"class_list":["post-699715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-aggie","tag-braden-montgomery","tag-chicago-white-sox","tag-mlb","tag-sports","tag-staying-power","tag-texas-am"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=699715"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/699715\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/699716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=699715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=699715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=699715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}