Joel Espinal Gulf Coast League July 2016 POM

Joel Espinal of the Gulf Coast Blue Jays was selected the Gulf Coast League July 2016 Player of the Month.  For the month he was 3-0, 0.38 ERA, 24 K, 0.58 WHIP, .148 BAA in 24.0 IP over 4 games. This season the RHP is 3-0, 0.62 ERA, 30 K, 0.62 WHIP, .143 BA in 29.0 IP over 6 games with 5 GS at Gulf Coast and 1-0, 5.59 ERA, 8 K, 1.76 WHIP, .314 BAA in 9.2 IP over 2 games at Rookie Bluefield. Gulf Coast is a Rookie team of the Toronto Blue Jays. He originally signed with the Blue Jays in 2015 as an amateur free agent out of the Dominican Republic. Espinal will be 20 on August 15.