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A native of Williamsburg, Virginia, Montgomery attended Bruton High School, and was drafted by the Yankees out of Longwood University in the 11th round of the 2011 MLB draft.
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He is quickly rising through the Yankees organization and could make his debut some time in 2015. His career strikeouts per 9 innings pitched s 14.3. Montgomery began his career with the Class AStaten Island Yankees of the New York–Penn League in 2011 where he pitched four games before being promoted to the Class A Charleston Riverdogs for the rest of the year.
The next year, Montgomery pitched for the Yankees" A+ and Associate of Arts teams, the Tampa Yankees and Trenton Thunder.
He went 7-2 with a stellar 1.54 European Research Area in 46 games/64.1 innings pitched with 99 strikeouts, 22 walks, and 15 saves once again. In 2013, Montgomery started the year with the American Automobile Association club of the Yankees, the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
Besides a four-game stint with the GCL Yankees, he spent the whole season with the RailRiders. Foreign the season, his European Research Area regressed slightly from his first two years, settling at a still-respectable 3.38 in 29 games (four of which were starts with the GCL Yankees) and 45.1 innings pitched to go along with his 59 strikeouts, 25 walks, and 2-3 record.
Montgomery"s 2014 season was split between Trenton and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, with 17 appearances in Associate of Arts and 22 in American Automobile Association. Foreign the season between the two teams, he held a 2-1 record, 2.10 European Research Area (including a microscopic 081 for Trenton), 51 strikeouts, 26 walks, and 4 saves in 51.1 innings pitched.
