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Is Joe GunkeI a Threat to Join the Miami Marlins Opening Day Bullpen?

Throughout the 2018/2019 offseason, Marlin Maniac will devote one article each for every player who appeared in the Miami Marlins system for the 2018 season. Every. Single. Player. This is Part 180 of 286. For the first 100, click here.

Joseph Dillon Gunkel is a 6’5″, 225 lb. right-handed pitcher from Boynton Beach, Florida. Five players have come out of Boynton, including Marlon Byrd and Rick Rhoden. Gunkel was born on December 30th, 1991, and was a starting pitcher for West Chester University in college. In three seasons of Division II play for the Golden Rams, he was 21-7 with a 2.