Gus and Louie Varland have played baseball with each other their entire lives, from Little League to high school to college together at Concordia-St.Paul in Minnesota. The brothers pitched against each other on Opening Night in April – Gus with Double-A Tulsa and Louie with Double-A Wichita – but Louie

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FORT MYERS, Fla. (September 27, 2021) - Former Mighty Mussels pitcher Louie Varland has been named the 2021 Minnesota Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Year. Varland becomes the second consecutive winner of the award to have pitched for Fort Myers. Randy Dobnak began the 2019 season with the Fort

Box score > CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- The Cedar Rapids Kernels defeated the Quad Cities River Bandits in Game 1 of the HACL championship series on Tuesday evening, 2-1. The Kernels take a 1-0 lead in the best of five series. The River Bandits scored first in the top of

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Louie Varland was remarkably efficient over a career-high seven innings pitched while the Cedar Rapids Kernels provided plenty of run support in a 10-1 win Wednesday against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers at Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The right-hander has won each of his

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – Early offense and another strong start from Louie Varland carried the Cedar Rapids Kernels to a 4-2 win Friday against the Quad Cities River Bandits in front of a season-high crowd of 3,516 fans at Perfect Game Field at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The Kernels (45-37) scored

GRAND CHUTE, Wis. – Louie Varland’s latest shutout start and Matt Wallner’s second-ever multi-homer game led the Cedar Rapids Kernels to a 5-2 victory Tuesday against the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers at Neuroscience Group Field at Fox Cities Stadium. Varland (1-0) tossed five scoreless innings to earn his first win for

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Cedar Rapids Kernels newcomers Louie Varland and Osiris German combined for eight shutout innings Thursday at Four Winds Field, but the South Bend Cubs scored a game-tying run in the ninth and walked off in the 10th for the second night in a row while picking

The Minnesota Twins announced a series of promotions across the organization Tuesday, including a pair of Fort Myers pitchers. Louie Varland and Osiris German were both promoted to High-A Cedar Rapids, after pitching to the two best ERAs amongst the Mighty Mussels' pitchers with at least 20 innings pitched. Upon

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa – In conjunction with the Minnesota Twins, the Cedar Rapids Kernels announce the promotions of pitchers Kody Funderburk and Jordan Gore to the Double-A Wichita Wind Surge along with the additions of pitchers Osiris German and Louie Varland from the Low-A Fort Myers Mighty Mussels. Brian Maloney,

FORT MYERS, Fla. (June 14, 2021) – Fort Myers’ Mighty Mussels’ right-handed pitcher Louie Varland has been named the Low-A Southeast Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced Monday. Varland is the first Mighty Mussels’ player to earn league honors this season. The 23-year-old spun six scoreless innings against