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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 Iowa Hawkeyes host Minnesota for three Big Ten Conference games this weekend at Banks Field. Sophomore southpaw Cade Obermueller gets the pitching start Saturday in hopes of continuing good beginning to the college baseball season

This spring training was different for Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Mitch Keller. Gone are the questions about whether the Cedar Rapids resident is a legit major league starting pitcher.

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).

A new Major League Baseball spring training event debuts this week. Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox fans can watch their top prospects compete in a Spring Breakout game Friday right here at TheGazette.com. First pitch is scheduled for 4:05 p.m. (CT).

A new Major League Baseball spring training event debuts this week. St. Louis Cardinals and Miami Marlins fans can watch their top prospects compete in a Spring Breakout game Friday right here at TheGazette.com. First pitch is scheduled for 1:05 p.m. (CT).

Cascade’s Colin Rea has had his share of travails in his professional baseball career. But a good 2023 season with the Milwaukee Brewers earned him a 2024 contract and a spot in the starting pitching rotation.

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.

See photos as the Iowa Hawkeyes beat the Northwestern Wildcats 10-7 in a Big Ten football game Saturday at Wrigley Field.

Take the ‘L’ train, get an Italian beef sandwich, then go into the Friendly Confines of Wrigley Field and hope you have a decent view of the Iowa-Northwestern game.

Fun Facts for Saturday’s Iowa football game against Northwestern at Wrigley Field. The Wildcats are 0-2 all-time in the Friendly Confines. The Hawkeyes are 0-0.

Jesse Winker of the Milwaukee Brewers was a starting outfielder in the 2021 Major League Baseball All-Star Game for Cincinnati. He struggled last season with Seattle and again this season. Injury rehabbing with the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers of the Midwest League, he hopes a defensive switch to first base helps his overall game.

Former Cedar Rapdis Washington star A.J. Puk has made 39 appearances for the Miami Marlins this season and is 5-4 with a 4.75 ERA and 15 saves.