Marion, IL (April 22, 2021) – The Southern Illinois Miners announce that they have selected left-handed pitcher Gunnar Kines, right-handed pitcher Justin Ferrell, and catcher Tyler Sandoval in the 2021 Frontier League Dispersal Draft. The draft was held to disseminate non-Canadian players from the rosters of the Trois-Rivières Aigles and Ottawa Titans, who will not play in 2021 due to uncertainty regarding the reopening of the United States-Canada border.
Kines, a 6’4” southpaw from South Carolina, comes to the club after spending the last four seasons as a mainstay in the rotation for the Schaumburg Boomers. He most-recently posted a 6-6 record in 17 starts with a 2.36 ERA in 2019, along with 112 strikeouts and just 20 walks and 85 hits allowed in 103 innings. He ranked fourth in the circuit in ERA and eighth in strikeouts that season, while also surrendering only three home runs.