Despite being just 5-foot-7, Payton Eeles has a big game. The 24-year-old was signed by the Minnesota Twins out of independent baseball and is aiming to make the most of his shot at affiliated ball, now with the Cedar Rapids Kernels.
The Cedar Rapids Kernels fell 7-0 to the Peoria Chiefs in a Midwest League baseball game Wednesday at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids.
Urbandale native and former Iowa Hawkeyes pitcher Ty Langenberg’s big goal in his first professional baseball season was to at one point be with the Cedar Rapids Kernels. He already achieved that last week when the parent Minnesota Twins promoted him from low-A Fort Myers.
Here’s your latest update on how professional baseball players in the affiliated minor leagues and major leagues are fairing. Stats are through Friday.
Pitcher Ty Langenberg has been promoted from low-Class A Fort Myers to the high-A Cedar Rapids Kernels, the parent Minnesota Twins announced Tuesday. Langenberg was an 11th-round draft pick of the Twins last summer out of the University of Iowa. The Urbandale native pitched three seasons for the Hawkeyes.
The ECHL’s Iowa Heartlanders released their 2024-25 schedule Tuesday. The fourth-year club plays the expansion Bloomington Bison, its nearest geographic competitor, 15 times.
If the Cedar Rapids Kernels are going to win the Midwest League Western Division first-half championship, they’ll have to do it on the road. The club heads to Michigan for two weeks and 12 games, 1.5 games behind leader Wisconsin.
Andrew Oglevie played 211 USHL regular-season games with the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders, the second-most in team history by one. After playing in college at Notre Dame and three years in the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres organization, concussions forced him to retire. He’s now an assistant coach at Colorado College, back in town this weekend to observe the RoughRiders’ annual tryout camp.
Here’s a look at how players from Eastern Iowa and the University of Iowa are doing in affiliated professional baseball, including major leaguers Mitch Keller, Colin Rea and A.J. Puk.
Corner infielder Kevin Maitan accrued $6.45 million in signing bonus money from two MLB organizations as a teenager from Venezuela. He never got past Double-A, was released last season by the Los Angeles Angels and signed out of independent baseball recently by the Minnesota Twins. He’s with the Cedar Rapids Kernels, trying to enjoy the game again and rebuild his career.
Utility guy Dalton Shuffield is in his third season in the Minnesota Twins organization. He has played at every level there is, minus the big leagues. That includes three levels this season, right now in high-Class A with the Cedar Rapids Kernels.
The Lake County Captains beat the Cedar Rapids Kernels 6-4 in a Midwest League baseball game Wednesday at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Cedar Rapids.
The Minnesota Twins signed Ricardo Olivar out of Venezuela in 2019 for a paltry $20,000. The Cedar Rapids Kernels catcher-outfielder has developed into a legit Twins prospect.
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