Pitchers have excelled for Kernels
It may not be what casual baseball fans want to see, but in most cases and at most levels of professional baseball, the teams with the best pitching win the most games.
Sometimes, it really is that simple.
It arguably has been exactly that simple for the Cedar Rapids Kernels over the course of the first three weeks of their season.
The Kernels' offense has been, at best, a bit streaky. They sit at or near the middle of the Midwest League pack in most hitting categories, though they had managed to score the fourth-most runs in the league heading into Wednesday night's game at Quad Cities.