LOS ANGELES - The Los Angeles Dodgers today acquired right-handed pitcher Joe Gunkel from the Baltimore Orioles in exchange for a player to be named later or cash consideration.
Gunkel, 25, has posted a 28-25 career record with a 3.30 ERA and has collected nine saves in nine opportunities in 99 games (65 starts) over four professional seasons with the Red Sox (2013-15) and Orioles (2015-16) organizations. He has struck out 356 career batters against only 75 walks in 430.1 innings, while limiting the opposition to a .248 average and posting a 1.12 WHIP in his professional career. Last season, he pitched for Baltimore's Triple-A Norfolk and Double-A Bowie and combined to go 8-14 with a 4.02 ERA in 28 starts, while striking out 109 batters against just 21 walks in 161.0 innings.
Gunkel was selected as New York-Penn League mid-season All-Star in 2013 with Boston's short-season Single-A Lowell Spinners and South Atlantic League mid-season All-Star in 2014 with Single-A Greenville. The Boynton Beach, Florida, native, who was designated for assignment by the Orioles on April 7, was originally selected by the Red Sox in the 18^th round of the 2013 First-Year Player Draft out of West Chester University of Pennsylvania.
The Dodgers now have 40 players on the 40-man roster.