YSUsports.com - Baseball: Former Penguin Brandon Caipen Promoted to Short-Season "A" Club

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Sept. 12, 2006

Former Penguin Brandon Caipen Promoted to Short-Season "A" Club

    Youngstown -- Former Youngstown State utility player Brandon Caipen has been promoted to the Tri-City ValleyCats of the Short-Season Class "A" New York-Penn League.
    Caipen, a 28th-round selection by the Houston Astros in the June Major League Baseball First-Year Player Draft, had previously been playing for the Greenville Astros of the Appalachian League.
    In 66 games with Greenville, Caipen ranked third on the team in hitting with a .265 average and led the squad in walks (37) and stolen bases (15).
    He singled, scored and walked twice in his second game with the ValleyCats, who advanced to the NYPL Championship Series with a sweep of the Auburn Doubledays. The ValleyCats won the Stedler division of the New York-Penn League and finished two games behind Staten Island, who they will face in the Championship starting Tuesday, for the best record in the league.
    Caipen is not the only former Penguin having success in the minors. Justin Thomas, a fourth-round selection by Seattle in 2005, currently has a record of 9-4 for the Inland Empire 66ers of the Class "A" Advanced California League. The former Horizon League Pitcher of the Year has made 17 starts, thrown one shutout, and has struck out an impressive 111 hitters against 45 walks in 105 1/3 innings. He had previously gone 5-5 with an ERA of 3.10 for the Wisconsin Timber Rattlers.
    Cleveland Indians free agent signee Kevin Libeg finished his first season in the Gulf Coast League with an ERA of 3.86 in 12 appearances. Eric Shaffer finished 0-1 with an ERA of 4.46 in 12 games for the Evansville Otters of the Frontier League.