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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Orioles have acquired minor league RHP Joe Gunkel from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for OF Alejandro De Aza and cash considerations</p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The Orioles have acquired minor league RHP Joe Gunkel from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for OF Alejandro De Aza and cash considerations</p>— Roch Kubatko (@masnRoch) <a href="
">June 3, 2015</a></blockquote>

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http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=gunkel000joe

http://www.soxprospects.com/players/gunkel-joe.htm

Future sixth/seventh-inning reliever. Fastball/slider combo especially effective against right-handed batters, but delivery gives lefties a good look at the ball. Knows how to pitch.

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From Hershey High School. Just up the road from me.

Posted by: Jason Bristol HAGERSTOWN, Maryland -- It's a long ride from Hershey to Boston, but one minor league pitcher is determined to get there. Right-hander Joe Gunkel, a graduate of Hershey High School, is quickly becoming one of the Boston Red Sox better prospects, despite lasting until the 18th round of the 2013 draft. Gunkel is 2-0 for the Greenville Drive, Boston's South Atlantic League farm team. "It's just a different feel," said Gunkel, who won a national title at West Chester University. "It's a lot more low key than college was. It's more of a job now." Gunkel was recently selected for the South Atlantic League All-Star game. Since signing as a pro, he's average more than a strikeout per inning and opposing batters are hitting under .200 against him." "From the instructional league to now, he's been lights out," said Greenville pitching coach Paul Abbott, a former major leaguer. "Sometimes (pitchers like Joe) just step it up a notch; and they actually have a little bit more than what they were showing us (in college)." Gunkel has yet to lose a decision as a professional pitcher. Pitching in the minors is far from his ultimate dream, though. "It's been a lot of fun," he said. "It's not really a dream yet. The dream is to play with the big league club and travel all over the country; but you know this is a small taste -- and it's only going to get different from here."

Read More at: http://www.local21news.com/sports/features/local-sports/stories/hersheys-gunkel-impressing-climbing-boston-ladder-1166.shtml

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