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Former Alabama star Montana Fouts works out during MLB Winter Meetings

by: Alex Byington12/10/25_AlexByington

Montana Fouts made arguably the biggest splash yet at the MLB Winter Meetings this week in Orlando when the former Alabama softball ace flashed her electric right arm during an impromptu bullpen session Tuesday afternoon.

The 25-year-old Fouts, a two-time first-team All-American pitcher for the Crimson Tide (2019-2023), put a show inside the Walt Disney World Swan and Dolphin Resort media workroom Tuesday not long after MLB Network‘s Harold Reynolds hosted a press conference promoting the second season of the Athletes Unlimited Softball League. Fouts is the ace of the reigning AUSL champion Talons, which won the professional softball league’s inaugural title earlier this year.

After videos of her bullpen session went viral on Tuesday, Fouts quote-tweeted one video with the caption: “Have to get it in somehow! Thanks to MLB and Mr. Reynolds for letting me put the arm in a circle!”

Fouts was drafted with the 35th overall pick in last January’s inaugural AUSL draft and went 4-2 overall with a 2.21 ERA and 33 strikeouts in 38 innings during the league’s inaugural season. She also threw a complete game shutout with seven strikeouts to secure the Talons’ first AUSL championship in July.

Fouts is well-known to SEC softball fans, especially those in Tuscaloosa, following a stellar career in the circle for Alabama. Fouts was named the NFCA (National Fastpitch Coaches Association) Pitcher of the Year in 2021 after throwing a NCAA-best 349 strikeouts while leading the Crimson Tide to the 2021 Women’s College World Series, where she pitched the sixth perfect game in WCWS history. She finished here collegiate career in 2023 ranking second in Alabama history in career strikeouts (1,181), third in shutouts (35), fourth in wins (100) and complete games (89) and fifth in ERA (1.66).

Patrick Murphy goes in-depth on what Montana Fouts meant to Alabama, sport of softball

Following the end of her collegiate career, longtime Alabama softball coach Patrick Murphy praised Fouts for her impact on not only the Crimson Tide program, but softball in general.

“She has the most competitive spirit I’ve seen in a pitcher that wears the ‘A.’ I mean, she’s come through time and time again,” Murphy said in June 2023. “You guys know this who cover us, but she can talk to an 80-year-old as easily as an eight-year-old. Not many kids can do that. Not many teenagers, not many college kids, not many adults can do that. She can. She makes everybody feel special. She takes her time with everybody.”

Murphy then predicted how much Fouts would continue to impact the game of softball post-college.

“She’s just an icon in the sport,” Murphy added. “I hope to God that she gets to wear the USA uniform in 2028 in L.A., because I think that’s the next time it will be in the Olympics. But she will be on the cover of every newspaper, every magazine, you name it, on the way up to the Olympics in ’28, guarantee you.

“Because she’s not done with the sport by any means. You’re going to see her for a long, long time.”

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