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The Colorado Rockies select Benny Montgomery 8th overall in the 2021 MLB Draft
The Rockies snagged one of the top high school outfielders in the 2021 draft.
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With the 8th selection in the 2021 MLB Draft, the Colorado Rockies selected OF Benny Montgomery from Red Land High School in Lewisberry, Pennsylvania.
Montgomery is a bit of a gamble as a high school position player who’s still very raw as a hitter, but he has one of the best pure skill sets of anyone in this draft. The 6-foot-4, 200-pound 18-year-old flashes elite speed and has major power potential, though he’s struggled to this point to tap into that power in game action. While it’s possible that he could outgrow center field, he’s good enough defensively to have a chance to stick at the position, and at the very least he looks like he can be a Joey Gallo-type player who plays great defense at a corner despite being bigger than the average outfielder.
MLB Draft 2021: Rockies select high school OF Benny Montgomery in first round
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With the eighth overall pick in the 2021 draft, the Colorado Rockies have selected high school outfielder Benny Montgomery. Montgomery is out of Red Land High School in Lewisberry, Pennsylvania. It’s the second consecutive year the Rockies have chosen a high school outfielder.
With the eighth overall pick, the @Rockies select Red Land (PA) outfielder Benny Montgomery, No. 15 on the Top 250 Draft Prospects list.
Montgomery, a 6-foot-4, 200 pound right-handed batter, profiles as a speedy outfielder with a big arm and high-level defensive potential. Known for hitting 400-foot homers during batting practice, the 18-year-old Montgomery hit .417 this season with seven homers with Red Land, and is expected to have one of the highest ceilings of any player in this year’s draft. His peak barrel speed of 84.8 MPH is said to be the best in the entire class as well. If that wasn’t enough, the
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