White Sox Minor Keys: Aug. 16, 2026

He closed out his week with a three-strikeout performance against Columbus, but that wasn't enough to keep Caleb Bonemer off Baseball America's Hot Sheet for his performance the past week.

Bonemer placed 15th on the 20-slot honor roll after hitting .381/.519/.810, and the hat trick is a lot more forgivable when it accounts for 75 percent of his strikeouts over the course of six games against the Columbus Clingstones.

The accompanying blurb:

After a strikeout heavy showing in High-A Bonemer has been better since his promotion to Double-A. Bonemer has cut his strikeout rate to 23.6% while dropping his swinging strike rate from 14.4% to 10.7%. There’s been little drop in power to coincide with the increased contact. This week Bonemer was locked in filling out the box score. Bonemer had hits in five out of six games and had to multi-extra base hit games. Bonemer has shown a wide range of offensive skills that could translate to an impactful bat-first profile.

Rochester 7, Charlotte 5

Rikuu Nishida went 0-for-4 with a walk and a strikeout.
Junior Pérez was 2-for-5 with a double and a strikeout.
Edgar Quero DH'd and went 3-for-5 with a double.
Jonathan Cannon: 5 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 5 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, 2 HR, 2 HBP, 50 of 85 pitches for strikes.

Columbus 5, Birmingham 3

Caleb Bonemer wore the collar and silver sombrero.
Anthony DePino went 1-for-3 with a homer and a walk.
Colby Shelton was 0-for-3 with a walk and two strikeouts.
Connor McCullough: 4.2 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 51 of 82 pitches for strikes.
Pierce George: 1 IP, 1 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 11 of 21 pitches for strikes.

Winston-Salem 7, Greensboro 4

Javier Mogollón was 0-for-5.
Kyle Lodise, 0-for-3 with two walks and two strikeouts. He was also caught stealing.
George Wolkow went 2-for-4 with his 19th homer and a walk.
Jeral Perez went 4-for-5 with two homers and two doubles.