Saints Find New Home...On TV As 18 Weekend Games To Be Seen on CW Network
ST. PAUL, MN (April 7, 2023) - In conjunction with Major League Baseball’s broadcast deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group for Minor League Baseball, the St. Paul Saints will carry 18 of their 2023 home games on the CW Network. The Saints will have 11 Saturday games and seven Sunday games
_ST. PAUL, MN _*(April 7, 2023) - *In conjunction with Major League Baseball’s broadcast deal with Sinclair Broadcast Group for Minor League Baseball, the St. Paul Saints will carry 18 of their 2023 home games on the CW Network.
The Saints will have 11 Saturday games and seven Sunday games on CW. The first game on the CW Network will be Game 1 of the Saints and Iowa Cubs doubleheader on Saturday, April 8 at 1:07 p.m. Fans can find the CW Network on the following channels: Comcast 8/208, DirectTV 23, Dish 23, Charter Spectrum 23/783, and Over the Air 23.1.
The Saints schedule on CW is as follows:
DAY
GAME_DATE
AWAY_TEAM
Time
Sat
4/8/2023
Iowa Cubs
1:07 p.m. (Game one of doubleheader only)
Sun
4/9/2023
Iowa Cubs
2:07 p.m.
Sat
5/6/2023
Nashville Sounds
2:07 p.m.
Sun
5/7/2023
Nashville Sounds
2:07 p.m.
Sat
5/27/2023
Omaha Storm Chasers
7:07 p.m.
Sat
6/10/2023
Iowa Cubs
7:07 p.m.
Sun
6/11/2023
Iowa Cubs
2:07 p.m.
Sat
7/1/2023
Gwinnett Stripers
6:07 p.m.
Sat
7/15/2023
Durham Bulls
7:07 p.m.
Sun
7/16/2023
Durham Bulls
2:07 p.m.
Sat
7/29/2023
Toledo Mud Hens
7:07 p.m.
Sun
7/30/2023
Toledo Mud Hens
2:07 p.m.
Sat
8/12/2023
Louisville Bats
7:07 p.m.
Sat
8/19/2023
Indianapolis Indians
7:07 p.m.
Sun
8/20/2023
Indianapolis Indians
2:07 p.m.
Sat
9/2/2023
Columbus Clippers
7:07 p.m.
Sun
9/3/2023
Columbus Clippers
5:07 p.m.
Sat
9/23/2023
Toledo Mud Hens
6:37 p.m.
The remaining 57 home games can be seen on the Saints Broadcast Network, cable access channels in and around the Twin Cities Metro area. The channel in your area can be found at saintsbaseball.com.
The Saints will broadcast all 75 home games at MiLB.TV. The subscription-based service is $29.99 for the entire season, or $3.99 per month, and includes the broadcasts of all Minor League teams.
For the sixth consecutive season the Saints can be heard on an iHeart station in the Twin Cities with every game carried on KFAN Plus, 96.7 FM.
The Saints began with the iHeart family in 2018, on Alt 93.3 FM. In 2019, the Saints moved their games to the brand new KFAN Plus, 96.7 FM, which has been the home of Saints Baseball for the last five seasons. For those that don’t live in the coverage area, fans can download the iHeart Radio app and listen to games anywhere in the world.
Sean Aronson returns for his 17th season as the play-by-play broadcaster of the Saints and will handle the broadcast for all 150 games. In 2016 he was awarded the Ballpark Digest Broadcaster of the Year Award for all of minor league baseball and on the final day of that regular season he became the first broadcaster in Saints history to call 1,000 games. He was nominated for a Regional Emmy for Saints TV broadcasts in 2010.
Joining Aronson this season are Andy Helwig, who returns for his third season, and Steve Linzmeier, his second.
Helwig was a Broadcast Assistant with the Saints in 2021. He spent 2019 with the Toronto Blue Jays Triple-A affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons, hosting a pre- and post-game show while also filling in on select broadcasts. He got his start in the baseball world in 2018 as the Director of Broadcasting and Media Relations for the Batavia Muckdogs. Since 2015, Helwig has been the voice of Canisius Men’s Basketball. He’s also called Canisius soccer, volleyball, and lacrosse on ESPN3. Helwig is a 2019 graduate of Canisius in 2019 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism.
Linzmeier spent 2022 as the Saints pre- and post-game host. Along with those duties in 2023, Linzmeier can be heard on home radio and TV broadcasts. He took over at St. Cloud State, as the voice of the Men’s and Women’s basketball team, for the 2022-23 season, for the departed J.W. Cox. Prior to his time with the Saints, Linzmeier spent nine years as the Sports Director at KQDJ in Jamestown, ND. He was the lead play-by-play voice for the University of Jamestown and Jamestown High School. Linzmeier was honored by his peers as the 2016 North Dakota Sportscaster of the Year. He has broadcasted over 1,500 games including some locally for PrepSpotlight and St. Catherine University. He is a 2010 graduate of the University of Wisconsin-River Falls with a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism in 2010 and went on to get his Master’s in Sports Administration at Southeastern Oklahoma State University in 2021.
For more information on the Saints broadcast schedule, fans can click here.