Braden Montgomery

Braden Abraham Montgomery (born April 26, 2003) is an American baseball player who plays outfield. He was selected in the first round of the 2024 MLB Draft by the Boston Red Sox.

Amateur career
Montgomery grew up in Madison, Mississippi and attended Madison Central High School. He was named the Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year as a senior. Montgomery was considered the top high school prospect in the state.

Montgomery spent his freshman season at Stanford as a starting outfielder and also pitched for the team primarily as a reliever. He was named the Pac-12 Conference Freshman of the Year at the end of the regular season after batting .294 with 16 doubles, 18 home runs, 50 runs scored, and 57 RBIs and also posting a 5.79 ERA with 28 strikeouts over $18 2/3$ innings pitched. He was also named a Freshmen All-American by Collegiate Baseball. In 2022, he played for the United States collegiate national team. After the 2022 and 2023 seasons, Montgomery played collegiate summer baseball for the Yarmouth–Dennis Red Sox of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Montgomery was named to the preseason All-Pac-12 team entering his sophomore season.

Montgomery transferred to Texas A&M for the 2024 season.