White Sox Minor Keys: Aug. 21, 2026

Caleb Bonemer once again homered for Birmingham on Friday, giving him 32 for the season, but don't let that distract you from Colby Shelton hitting a pair, including one that might not have actually come down.

Shelton hit his 20th and 21st homers of the season against Chattanooga, and the second blast demonstrates the raw power at play.

There's no easy access to the tape measure for Birmingham, especially when the Barons are on the road and playing in front of Chattanooga's famously unexcitable broadcaster, but I'm looking forward to when he reaches Charlotte, and we can quickly refer to his Statcast data to see if his raw power is as kinetic as it looks.

Baseball America puts his power at 55, while MLB Pipeline gives it a 50 grade. Both are a half-grade below Bonemer's, which feels right on a relative basis, because it seems like Shelton has to work harder for his to play in games.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre 5, Charlotte 3

• Rikuu Nishida went 2-for-5 with a strikeout.
• Edgar Quero, 0-for-4 with a walk.
• Ryan Galanie was 0-for-3 with a walk.
• Junior Pérez doubled, singled, walked, struck out and stole a base.
• Jonathan Cannon: 6 IP, 2 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 8 K, 2 HR, 56 of 86 pitches for strikes.
• Tanner McDougal: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K, 13 of 22 pitches for strikes.

Birmingham 10, Chattanooga 5

• Caleb Bonemer went 1-for-3 with a homer, two walks and a strikeout.
• Colby Shelton was 2-for-5 with two homers and two strikeouts.
• Samuel Zavala, 1-for-3 with a walk and a strikeout.

Highlights:

*Bonemer's blast:

Fredericksburg 6, Kannapolis 3

• Jaden Fauske went 0-for-2 with three walks and a strikeout.
• Matthew Boughton, 1-for-4 with a double, walk and strikeout.
• Alexander Albertus was 1-for-5 with two strikeouts.

Winston-Salem at Greenville, suspended

Notes:

*Roch Cholowsky still wasn't in the lineup.