Jeff Johnson

The Iowa baseball team finished off a three-game sweep of Indiana on Saturday night to close its regular season. The 33-17 Hawkeyes need to play well at this week’s Big Ten tournament to secure a NCAA postseason spot.

Here’s a look at local, area and former University of Iowa players and how they are doing in affiliated minor league and major league baseball.

Cade Povich was a third-round draft pick of the Minnesota Twins last year. The Cedar Rapids Kernels pitcher threw college ball for Nebraska, suffering only one loss last season ... to the Iowa Hawkeyes.

Jeferson Morales is the only Cedar Rapids Kernels player who doesn’t live with a local billet family. He lives in a local hotel, though he has his wife and young son with him from Venezuela, which makes everything OK.

Kirkwood’s baseball team won the Region XI Tournament championship with a 23-16 win over Southeastern, after Southeastern forced that game with a 16-15 win.

The Kirkwood baseball team won its second high-scoring, one-run game of the NJCAA Division II Region XI tournament Saturday, edging DMACC, 14-13, to advance to the championship round.

Cedar Rapids Kernels pitcher Orlando Rodriguez left his native Cuba with his mother, father and younger brother in 2012 in search of the American dream. His American dream is making it to the major leagues.

Kirkwood Community College’s baseball team beat Southeastern in a Division II regional game Friday, 9-8, thanks to a huge caught stealing in the ninth inning.

Iowa Hawkeyes senior pitcher Ben Beutel struggled in his first two seasons with the baseball team but a change in arm slot has been a boon for him this season.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels picked up a 2-1, 11-inning victory Sunday over Quad Cities, the longest home game of the season. It still didn’t even last three hours.

At one point, Cedar Rapids Kernels shortstop Wander Javier was considered the shortstop of the future for the Minnesota Twins. But he seems to be at a career crossroads in 2022.

Pitcher John Stankiewicz made his Cedar Rapids Kernels debut Thursday night, and it was a good one. He doesn’t have elite velocity, getting outs regularly by literally pitching.

The Cedar Rapids Kernels had the best record in the minor leagues last week but have dropped four in a row and stand “only” 15-7.

The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders selected 25 players Monday and Tuesday in the two phases of the United States Hockey League Draft, including a goalie with Phase II’s first pick.

Here’s a look at local, area and former University of Iowa players and how they are doing in affiliated minor league and major league baseball.