Like almost everyone else — besides the White Sox front office — Colson Montgomery didn’t expect to be cut two and a half weeks before Opening Day. So it hit the 23-year-old shortstop prospect in the gut Tuesday.

Colson Montgomery will not break camp as the White Sox starting shortstop or as part of their Opening Day roster this year, after the No. 39 overall prospect, per MLB Pipeline, was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte prior to the club's 7-5 loss to the Padres on Tuesday.

Chicago White Sox manager Will Venable likes the way shortstop prospect Colson Montgomery carried himself in big-league camp. “He’s got a really good head on his shoulder,” Venable said Tuesday at Camelback Ranch in Glendale,

Thought to stand a good chance of making the Opening Day roster, the shortstop's major league debut will have to wait.

Colson Montgomery got a chance to test his range right away Sunday when Cleveland Guardians leadoff batter Steven Kwan hit a popup in the shortstop’s direction at Goodyear Ballpark. “(The ball) finds you,