White Sox Minor Keys: April 19, 2026

Colby Shelton entered this past week's series against Asheville with a .385/.558/.500 line, and he closed it out improving all three numbers.

Shelton went 11-for-23 with three homers, a triple, two doubles and four walks to three strikeouts. That's good for a .478/.571/1.043 line for the week, which raised his overall production to .429/.509/.755 overall.

The numbers he couldn't necessarily control were even more impressive, in the sense that Shelton also scored 10 runs over six games while driving in 14. If that's not enough for a South Atlantic League Player of the Week award, then I'm looking forward to seeing the body of work that beats it.

Charlotte 9, Jacksonville 4

• Rikuu Nishida was 0-for-3 with a walk, HBP and two strikeouts.
• Jarred Kelenic doubled, singled, walked and struck out twice.
• Jacob Gonzalezwent 1-for-4 with his fourth homer and a strikeout.
• Riley Gowens: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K, 15 of 22 pitches for strikes.

Birmingham 8, Rocket City 4 (Game 1, 7 innings)

• Samuel Zavala was 1-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Braden Montgomery tripled, doubled and drew two walks.
• Jeral Perez was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.
• Christian Oppor is still struggling to throw strikes: 3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 BB, 1 K, 1 WP, 30 of 61 pitches for strikes.

Rocket City 4, Birmingham 2 (Game 2, 7 innings)

• Samuel Zavala was 1-for-3 with a homer and a strikeout.
• Braden Montgomery went 1-for-3.
• Jeral Perez, 0-for-2 with an HBP.
• Normal outing for Jarold Rosado: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 12 of 18 pitches for strikes.

Winston-Salem 8, Asheville 5

• Boston Smith went 1-for-3 with two walks and a strikeout.
• Caleb Bonemer wore the golden sombrero during an 0-for-5 day.
• Colby Shelton went 2-for-5 with a double and two strikeouts.
• Anthony DePino homered, singled, walked twice and struck out once.
• George Wolkow was 1-for-4 with a double, walk and strikeout.
• Kyle Lodise tripled, walked twice and struck out once.
• Gabe Davis: 3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 2 K, 1 WP, 38 of 61 pitches for strikes.

Highlights:

*DePino got pretty much all of it.

Myrtle Beach 7, Kannapolis 3

• Billy Carlson went 0-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
• Rylan Galvan was 0-for-4 with two strikeouts.