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TinCaps Earn Midwest League Honors

August 25th, 2009 | Author: Chad Gramling

The Fort Wayne TinCaps’ pitcher Brad Brach and manager Doug Dascenzo were named to the Midwest League’s Post Season All-Star Team on Tuesday. Brach, was also a mid-season All- Star and leads the league in saves. Dascenzo has led the TinCaps to the best record in full-season Minor League Baseball in his third season at the helm in Fort Wayne.

Brach, 23, was voted the best right-handed reliever on the circuit by Midwest League managers. He has dominated this season, going 3-3 with a 1.36 ERA and a league-best 31 saves. A 42nd – round pick in the 2008 draft, Brach was a starter at Monmouth University for four seasons before converting to a reliever last year. His 31 saves are tied for the second-most in the minor leagues.

Dascenzo was named the league’s Co-Manager of the Year along with Peoria’s Marty Pevey. He became the winningest manager in Fort Wayne franchise history last week. Under Dascenzo’s guidance, Fort Wayne set a franchise record with 45 wins in the first half and won its first division championship since 2003. Dascenzo was also recently named the Midwest League’s Best Manager Prospect by Baseball America.

The honors were awarded in the same week that Fort Wayne swept Midwest League weekly player honors when Simon Castro took Pitcher of the Week honors and Allen Dykstra was named Hitter of the Week.

Former Fort Wayne Wizard, Kyler Burke, who is now playing with Peoria in the Chicago Cubs organization also made the team.

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