NEW YORK — Colson Montgomery went to spring training vying for the Chicago White Sox’s starting shortstop spot.

With the 2025 season wrapping up soon, he’s among the team leaders in home runs.

But the path from start to finish wasn’t a straight line.

“I learned a lot about myself, more than just baseball,” Montgomery said of his season Wednesday at Yankee Stadium. “How to deal with some failures. How to attack pitches. I felt like I learned a lot just from defensively, too, and more mentally being aware of certain things you need to do in certain situations and try to slow the game down as much as you can.

“I feel like some rookies can probably get stuck into trying to do too much in a situation when maybe the situation only tells you to do one thing.”

After being optioned to Triple A

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