NASWELL PAULINO NAMED SOUTHEAST LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE WEEK

NASWELL PAULINO NAMED SOUTHEAST LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE WEEK

First Dunedin Blue Jays pitcher to win since 2017

DUNEDIN, FL - Minor League Baseball announced earlier this week the Player of the Week winners for the

week of June 14- June 20. For the Low-A Southeast League, the award went to Dunedin Blue Jays Naswell

Paulino for his outing on June 19 against the Clearwater Threshers.

During his one outing in the week, Paulino went six innings with no runs allowed. He gave up two hits,

struck out three, and earned his second consecutive victory. The opponent batting average for the week was

.105 with a 0.67 WHIP both top of the league. Over the month of June, the Dominican Republic native has

lowered his ERA from 6.06 to 3.47 in the past four starts. The lefty has not given up an earned run in his last

11.0 innings pitched.

Naswell Paulino became the second Dunedin Blue Jays player to win the award in the Low-A Southeast

League after Addison Barger won in May, and he is the first Blue Jay to win pitcher of the week since Conor

Fisk won the award in the 2017 season.

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