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.

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,

Colson Montgomery was thought to be in the conversation for the White Sox starting shortstop role, but that won't happen after he was sent to Triple-A on Tuesday.

The White Sox announced this morning that they've signed veteran outfielder Travis Jankowski to a minor league contract. The Excel