Articles Tagged: Cedar Rapids Kernels

This is Brian Dinkelman’s ninth season as a member of the Cedar Rapids Kernels coaching staff, his fifth as manager. He was named 2023 Minor League Manager of the Year by Baseball America.

Jonas Lovin and Argenis Arguello are the pitching coaches this season for the Cedar Rapids Kernels. Lovin gave in-depth reports on a Kernels starting rotation that has a lot of promise as the 2024 Midwest League season begins Friday.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels won the Midwest League championship last season, the city’s first since 1994. An 82-50 regular-season record was the best in all of the minor leagues. The 2024 season begins Friday at Beloit, with this team featuring an experienced starting pitching rotation.

A new Major League Baseball spring training event debuts this week. Minnesota Twins and Tampa Bay Rays fans can watch their top prospects compete in a Spring Breakout game Saturday right here at TheGazette.com. First pitch is scheduled for 3:05 p.m. (CT).

Former Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer was elected Tuesday to the Baseball Hall of Fame, only the third catcher elected on his first attempt. Caleb Thielbar, who threw his first major league pitcher to Mauer, was in town Tuesday night as part of the Twins Winter Caravan, which made a stop at the Cedar Rapids Kernels Hot Stove Banquet.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels announced Friday that the 2024 Minnesota Twins Winter Caravan will make a stop in town January 23. The event will be at The Annex hitting facility adjacent to Veterans Memorial Stadium and will feature appearances by Twins players Willi Castro and Caleb Thielbar, as well as longtime Twins radio broadcaster and former Twins outfielder Dan Gladden.

Shortstop Noah Miller of the Cedar Rapids Kernels was named Tuesday a recipient of a Rawlings Gold Glove for the minor leagues as the best defensive player at his position at any level of the minors.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels won the Midwest League championship Wednesday night with a 7-6 win over Great Lakes in a winner-take-all Game 3 of the team’s title series. It’s the first MWL championship for Cedar Rapids since 1994.

Game 2 of the Midwest League Championship Series was suspended by rain Tuesday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium with Great Lakes leading the Cedar Rapids Kernels, 1-0, as the bottom of the fifth was about to happen. The game will restart Wednesday night at 5:30. If C.R. wins, it has its first Midwest League championship since 1994. If Great Lakes wins, the teams will play a seven-inning, winner-take-all Game 3.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels scored five runs in the top of the ninth inning to beat Great Lakes, 10-6, Sunday afternoon in Game 1 of the Midwest League Championship Series. Carson McCusker’s three-run home run put C.R. ahead for good, 8-6, with Emmanuel Rodriguez then adding a two-run shot.

Cedar Rapids Kernels infielder Luke Keaschall was a very good high school wrestler in California, coming up just one match shy of qualifying for the state tournament as a senior. His love of the sport helps him appreciate playing professional baseball in a wrestling state.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels scored four runs in the first inning and went on to beat Peoria, 9-3, Friday night in the deciding Game 3 of their Midwest League Western Division championship playoff series. Cedar Rapids plays a best-of-3 title series against Great Lakes.

An unexpected stomach flu hit several members of the Cedar Rapids Kernels prior to their Thursday night game against Peoria in the Midwest League Western Division finals series. They persevered through that illness, winning 9-4, to force a winner-take-all Game 3 Friday night at Veterans Memorial Stadium.

The Peoria Chiefs scored four straight runs to grab a 4-1 lead on the Cedar Rapids Kernels in Tuesday night’s Game 1 of their Midwest League Western Division playoff championship series. The Kernels closed within a run and had the bases loaded in the ninth inning, only to fall, 4-3.

Despite losing their final four games, the Cedar Rapids Kernels finished the Midwest League regular season with an 82-50 record, their .621 winning percentage tops in all of minor league baseball. They face Peoria in the Western Division playoff championship series, with Game 1 Tuesday night in Illinois.