Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Kernels

Pitcher Paulshawn Pasqualotto struggled in his first professional baseball season in 2024. But armed with a new pitcher and a better fastball, the reliever is off to a great start this season with Cedar Rapids Kernels.

Doug Nelson was hired by the Cedar Rapids Baseball Club in 2003 to help run the Cedar Rapids Kernels. The longtime CEO has announced his retirement, after he helps tutor his replacement, whose hiring appears to be imminent.

Cedar Rapids Kernels infielder Billy Amick is the son of a former NASCAR driver. A second-round draft pick last year by the Minnesota Twins from College World Series champion Tennessee, he has hit the baseball a ton in his first four games this Midwest League season.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels will take on the Beloit Sky Carp in a six-game series that kicks off Tuesday at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids.

Taylor Carpenter is the lead athletic trainer this season for the Cedar Rapids Kernels, Morgan Leichtenberger the assistant trainer. They are the first female on-field personnel in the century plus history of Cedar Rapids professional baseball.

This week of Corridor Cross Checks takes a look at the final week of the regular season for the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders and Iowa Heartlanders. Both are playoff bound. It’s highly likely Iowa will play Fort Wayne in the first round of the upcoming ECHL playoffs. Cedar Rapids’ first-round opponent in the USHL playoffs could be one of four teams.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels begin the 2025 Midwest League baseball season Friday night at Wisconsin, the first of a three-game series. This is a talented ball club on paper, with 10 guys ranked among the top 30 prospects in the parent Minnesota Twins farm system.

Brandon Winokur of the Cedar Rapids Kernels is ranked among the top prospects in the Minnesota Twins organization. The 20-year-old Californian can play shortstop and center field, despite being 6-foot-6. It’s because of inherited athleticism. His mom was a track hurdler, his father a decathlete, and he has a brother who plays college volleyball.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels flew into town Monday to begin preparations for the 2025 Midwest League baseball season. The club announced its 30-man opening-night active roster, and it is stacked with six infielders who are ranked in the top 25 of prospects in the Minnesota Twins farm system.

The parent Minnesota Twins announced Tuesday that Brian Meyer will be the manager of the 2025 Cedar Rapids Kernels. Meyer has been manager at low-Class A Fort Myers, getting into professional baseball after a long stint as a college coach.

Hoopla’s Diana Nollen chooses the concerts, plays, dance and art hitting 1 or more out of the ballpark

The Cedar Rapids Kernels announced Monday that CEO Doug Nelson will be retiring after serving the ballclub for 21 years. He plans to step down in June.

For the first time in 11 seasons as an affiliate of the Minnesota Twins, the Cedar Rapids Kernels failed to make the Midwest League playoffs. They still finished with a winning overall record, with a number of players moving up in the Twins farm system, including one who made the major leagues.

Walker Jenkins was the first-round draft pick of the Minnesota Twins last year. Kaelen Culpepper was Minnesota’s first-round pick this year. They find themselves together as members of the Cedar Rapids Kernels to end this baseball season.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels beat the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers 4-3 in a Midwest League baseball game Wednesday at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids.