A six-pack of Colás for Charlotte slugger

Oscar Colás has had quite the past week.

The No. 79 prospect in baseball per MLB Pipeline has slugged six long balls in the past five games for Triple-A Charlotte and tallied a pair of two-homer games in that span. One of those two-tater performances came on Friday night in the Knights' 5-4 extra-inning loss against the Tides.

The first of the two Colás jacks came in the fourth inning, when he hit a scorching line drive off the foul pole in right field. The laser was off right-hander Justin Armbruester -- the Orioles' No. 30 prospect -- and left Colás’ bat at 110.3 mph.

It got out in a hurry, leaving the yard with a mere 3.6 seconds of hangtime and a 22-degree launch angle.

Three innings later, the second-ranked White Sox prospect did it again, but this time it was of the fly ball variety.

The Tides made a pitching change right before Colás’ at-bat, bringing in lefty Easton Lucas to provide a left-on-left matchup.

Colás is actually hitting 34 points higher against southpaws, so the change didn’t slow him down one bit. On a 3-2 curveball, he crushed a towering home run to right field, giving Charlotte a 4-3 lead.

The Cuba native made the White Sox Opening Day roster to start 2023, but after slashing .211/.265/.541 with Chicago, he was sent down to Charlotte at the end of April. Since the demotion, Colás has been on a tear.

He’s slashing .297/.365/.505 with eight dingers, six of those coming in the past week and is amid an eight-game hitting streak. He also had at least one knock in 18 of 22 games in June.

Colás’ other two-homer game came against the Louisville Bats on June 24. The first jack was an absolute moonshot, traveling 431 feet into the night sky. The second barely snuck out of the yard, going just 340 feet into the bleachers.

The 24-year-old outfielder took the fast track to the Majors, playing just one season in the Minors. This is because he spent from 2017-19 playing in the Japanese Western League and Japanese Pacific League, where he posted an .825 OPS in his final season.

The foreign league experience has given Colás a leg up throughout the Minor Leagues, but he may have debuted in Chicago too soon. Now a few months later, he has sharpened his skills in Charlotte and looks primed for a return to The Show.