Welcome to the next chapter in St. Paul Saints Baseball. As the Triple-A affiliate of the Minnesota Twins the Saints broadcast crew aims to bring you a Major League quality product. There are several ways to tune into a Saints game and get information about top prospects, players with Major League experience, and seasoned veterans. Fans can watch all 2023 home games via the Bally Live app for free. Just download the app on your phone and get started today. A total of 18 Saturday/Sunday home games can be seen on the CW Network. Click here for the CW schedule along with the Saints Broadcast Network channels in your area for the remaining home games.
Fans can once again tune into all the action on KFAN Plus, 96.7 FM. The Saints will provide fans with a 20-minute pre-game and 20-minute post-game show. All 150 games will be broadcast on KFAN Plus during the 2023 season. For those Saints fans not living in the Twin Cities Metro Area, or can’t get to a radio, you can listen through the free iHeart Radio app or online at saintsbaseball.com by clicking on the “Radio Broadcast – KFAN Plus” radio widget on the front page.
Sean Aronson will provide the play-by-pay on TV for all 75 home games as well as the 75 road games on KFAN Plus 96.7 FM. Joining Aronson this season are Andy Helwig and Steve Linzmeier. Each Tuesday and Wednesday home game, Helwig will provide the play-by-play on radio while Linzmeier joins Aronson in the TV booth. During the Thursday-Sunday home games, Linzmeier can be heard on KFAN Plus while Helwig joins Aronson in the TV booth.
SEAN ARONSON
PLAY-BY-PLAY
Aronson begins his 17th season with the Saints and will handle all 150 broadcasts. 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. Aronson works year-round with the Saints and is also in charge of the media relations. He was with another Goldklang Group team prior to his tenure with the Saints, working for the Fort Myers Miracle (Single-A Twins) from 2003-06. Prior to his stint with the Miracle, he spent two seasons with the Allentown Ambassadors of the then Northern League. Minnesota is the fifth state Aronson has lived. He graduated from the University of Colorado-Boulder with a B.S. in Journalism. He got his start as a broadcaster doing high school baseball in Colorado. Aronson, 45, was raised in Northridge, CA.
ANDY HELWIG
PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST
After filling in late in the season in 2022, Helwig returns for his second full season with the St. Paul Saints and third overall. Helwig was a Broadcast Assistant with the Saints in 2021. Helwig 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.
STEVE LINZMEIER
PLAY-BY-PLAY/ANALYST
Steve Linzmeier returns for his second season on the broadcast team and spent 2022 as the pre- and post-game host. Along with those duties in 2023, Linzmeier can be heard on select 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.