Articles Tagged: MLB

Iowans in the MLB: Former Xavier prep getting ready for another season as a Pittsburgh Pirate starter, this time as the father of a boy

Billy Hoffer of Cedar Rapids was star pitcher for Baltimore in late 1800s

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.

Here is your bi-weekly update on players in affiliated professional baseball (major and minor leagues) from the Gazette area and University of Iowa.

To say it’s been a meteoric rise this season through the Minnesota Twins system for pitcher Zebby Matthews is a massive understatement. He was with the Cedar Rapids Kernels for the first month of this season, got moved up to Double-A, then Triple-A and made his major league debut Tuesday night at home against the Kansas City Royals, getting the win.

Here’s your 8th look at how baseball players from the Gazette area and University of Iowa are doing in the major leagues and affiliated minor leagues.

Here’s your latest update on how professional baseball players in the affiliated minor leagues and major leagues are doing. Stats are through Friday.

Brody Brecht was expected to a be a first-round pick in Sunday night’s Major League Baseball Draft. But the former Hawkeye dropped to the Competitive Balance-A Round, where the Colorado Rockies plucked him 38th overall.

Here’s your latest update on how professional baseball players in the affiliated minor leagues and major leagues are doing. Stats are through Thursday.

Here’s your latest update on how professional baseball players in the affiliated minor leagues and major leagues are fairing. Stats are through Friday.

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.

Bo Porter is grateful for everything baseball has given him over the years. Now in his first season as first base coach for the Los Angeles Angels, his focus remains simple.

Here’s the third edition of Eastern Iowans In The Minors and Majors. It’s a look at Gazette-area players and how they are doing in affiliated professional baseball. Four pitchers are in the majors in Mitch Keller (Pirates), A.J. Puk (Athletics), Keaton Winn (Giants) and Colin Rea (Brewers).

Here’s the second edition of Eastern Iowans In The Minors and Majors. It’s a look at Gazette-area players and how they are doing in affiliated professional baseball. Four pitchers are in the majors in Mitch Keller (Pirates), A.J. Puk (Athletics), Keaton Winn (Giants) and Colin Rea (Brewers).

Here is the first 2024 edition of Eastern Iowans in Professional Baseball. This is a list of guys from Eastern Iowa or the University of Iowa playing in the major leagues or affiliated minor league baseball. There are four big leaguers right now in pitchers Mitch Keller (Pirates), Keaton Winn (Giants), Colin Rea (Brewers) and A.J. Puk (Marlins).