White Sox's Caleb Bonemer Keeps Climbing Minor League Home Run Leaderboard

He's been blasting homers all season

Winston-Salem’s Caleb Bonemer rounds third base after hitting a home run during their game versus the Hudson Valley Renegades on May 5, 2026. | USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect

In 2025, Chicago White Sox infield prospect Caleb Bonemer launched 12 homers in 107 minor league games. This year, however, the 20-year-old could nearly triple his home run total from last season.

Bonemer, Chicago's No. 2 prospect for 2026 on MLB Pipeline, crushed an opposite-field solo shot for the Double-A Birmingham Barons on Friday. The righty-swinging slugger went with a 2-1 pitch on the outer half of the plate and drilled it over the right-center field fence in Birmingham's 10-5 win over the Chattanooga Lookouts, the Double-A affiliate of the Cincinnati Reds.

With his latest long ball, Bonemer has now gone deep in back-to-back games. The 2024 second-round draft pick is also up to 32 homers in 2026. That puts the young infielder toward the top of the current minor league home run leaderboard in just the second season of his professional career.

Caleb Bonemer has put his power on display all year

Okemos shortstop Caleb Bonemer (2) at bat against Grand Ledge in the District Final on Saturday, June 1, 2024. | USA TODAY Network via Reuters Connect

So far this year, Bonemer has a .251 batting average, a .384 on-base percentage, and a .941 OPS with 32 home runs, 81 RBIs, and 16 stolen bases in 112 minor league games. The 20-year-old started the 2026 season at High-A, where he hit .238 with 18 homers and 43 RBIs in 61 games. The young slugger was then promoted to Double-A in June. And in 51 games with the Birmingham Barons, the White Sox prospect has a .266 batting average and a .946 OPS with 14 home runs.

Defensively, Bonemer has seen more time at third base than shortstop since being called up to Double-A. He's made 30 starts at the hot corner for Birmingham compared to 11 at shortstop so far. But this might be a sign that Chicago is thinking about the team's future after selecting UCLA shortstop Roch Cholowsky with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2026 MLB Draft.

As things stand, Bonemer has the fifth-most homers in the minors this year. The 20-year-old is only behind the Milwaukee Brewers' Andrew Fischer, the Seattle Mariners' Lazaro Montes, the Los Angeles Dodgers' Easton Shelton, and the St. Louis Cardinals' Joshua Báez (who's now in the majors). With less than a month remaining in Birmingham's regular season, plenty of fans will be interested to see where the White Sox prospect finishes on the home run leaderboard.