Matt Mervis, Zack Gelof to Play for Team Israel in World Baseball Classic
Kalamazoo, MI - The World Baseball Classic is set to begin on March 7th and a pair of Growlers will be playing. 2018 Growler Matt Mervis and 2019 Growler Zack Gelof will both represent Team Israel in this year's tournament. Both Mervis and Gelof finished the past season in AAA [...]
HIRING: Official Scorers and Scouting Department
Kalamazoo, MI - The Kalamazoo Growlers are hiring official scorers and hiring within their scouting department. Each position is part-time and covers Growlers home games only. Each position will be trained by the team and the Northwoods League. Official Scorer: Responsible for scoring each game. The documented stats and score [...]
Growlers Coaching Staff Returns for 2023
Kalamazoo, MI - Following a Northwoods League championship in 2022, the Growlers return the majority of their coaching staff for 2023. Manager Cody Piechocki returns for his 8th season at the helm of the Growlers. Piechocki has led the Growlers to playoff appearances in 2018, '19, '20 and '22. Steve [...]
Jake Gelof Named Preseason All-American
Kalamazoo, MI - The college baseball season is just weeks away which means preseason rankings, predictions and accolades are being announced. The National College Baseball Writers Association has named their preseason All-American teams and a Growler has received honors. 2021 Growler Jake Gelof has been named an ACC First Team [...]
Northwoods League Adding Pitch Timers in 2023 and Going to all Maple Bats
All ballparks in the League will be outfitted with two clocks from Daktronics Kalamazoo, MI. - Following last week’s Northwoods League Winter Meetings in Fond du Lac, WI the League has announced that pitch timers will be added to all NWL ballparks for the 2023 season. Each ballpark in the [...]
Zack Gelof Named Top MLB Prospect
Kalamazoo, MI - Another Growler has made an MLB Pipeline Top Prospects list. Zack Gelof was ranked as the #5 second base prospect in all of Major League Baseball. Gelof finished last season with the Las Vegas Aviators, the AAA affiliate of the Oakland A's. MLB Pipeline also predicts Gelof [...]
Kalamazoo Growlers Launch Zoo Crew Membership
Kalamazoo, MI - The Kalamazoo Growlers have announced today that they are launching the Zoo Crew Membership program to replace their previous 365-Game Plan. Nick Stoglin, Assistant General Manager at the Kalamazoo Growlers said “We are excited to change the way fans interact with the team. With this newly designed [...]
Two Growlers Make MLB Top Prospects List
Kalamazoo, MI - MLB Pipeline has released their annual list of top prospects across baseball. Providing a Top 10 list, Pipeline released their top first base prospects . Two former Growlers have found themselves on this year's list which was released on January 19th. Matt "Mash" Mervis landed on the [...]
Jaden Taylor Named Growlers Broadcaster for 2023 Season
Kalamazoo MI - The Kalamazoo Growlers have announced that Jaden Taylor will be the voice of the Growlers for the 2023 season. Taylor, originally from Omaha, Nebraska, is currently a freshman attending the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communications at Arizona State University majoring in Sports Journalism. An [...]
A Letter from Growlers Broadcaster Ben Pokorny
Kalamazoo, MI - Growlers 2022 broadcaster Ben Pokorny will no longer return to the team in 2023. Ben received a full-time offer to join the Bradenton Marauders as their broadcaster. Pokorny was expected to return for the 2023 season in Kalamazoo before he received the job offer in Bradenton. Pokorny [...]
Watch: Unlikely: Part Two | Growlers Documentary
Kalamazoo, MI - Unlikely, the Growlers two-part documentary series has released the second and final episode. Part Two begins in Wisconsin Rapids for the Great Lakes East Championship game, where the Growlers faced the best team in Northwoods League regular season history. Following that game, the Growlers headed to Duluth, [...]
Growlers Release 2023 Schedule
Kalamazoo, MI - The Kalamazoo Growlers full game schedule for 2023 has been released. 2023 will be the tenth season for the team. The Growlers will also be defending their 2022 Northwoods League championship. The team will play a total of 72 games throughout the summer with 36 of them [...]
Don’t Let Santa Take All the Credit
The Holidays are such a crazy time. Presents, Christmas lights, the tree, and of course…Santa. The jolly old fat man who lives in the North Pole is really busy ONE night of the year. You know how many nights of the year I am busy? A lot of them. The [...]
Watch UNLIKELY: Part One. A Growlers Documentary
Kalamazoo, MI - Unlikely, the Growlers two-part documentary series has released the first episode. Unlikely takes audiences through the Growlers 2022 championship season, the first championship in team history. Go behind the scenes with interviews and never-before-seen footage that will reveal just how the Growlers did the improbable. Part One [...]
Growlers Documentary “Unlikely” Coming December 9th
Kalamazoo, MI -The Kalamazoo Growlers are set to release a documentary that will cover their 2022 season, which resulted in the team’s first championship in franchise history. Titled Unlikely, the documentary will be released in two parts, with the first part releasing on Friday, December 9th. The documentary will go [...]