Dunning enters his second year with the Flock and 10th in professional baseball. The right-hander returns to Long Island after making 14 appearances (seven starts) in 2017. He compiled a 2-3 record with a 3.65 ERA and 43 strikeouts to just 14 walks over 49 and one-third innings. In his first seven appearances, all of which came out of the bullpen, he surrendered just two runs over 10 and two-thirds innings while striking out eight. The 29-year-old went on to start Game Four of the Liberty Division Championship Series, limiting Somerset to just one unearned in five and two-thirds innings, as the Ducks clinched their second consecutive division title.

The Georgia native has two seasons of Major League experience with the San Francisco Giants. He made 30 appearances between 2013 and 2014, accruing a 2.77 ERA and 16 strikeouts over 26 innings. The Indiana University-Bloomington alum allowed a run in just one of his first 13 MLB appearances, yielding two runs total over 13 and one-third inning during that span. He spent the first eight seasons of his career in the Giants system before joining the Chicago White Sox organization to begin 2017. Dunning was originally drafted by the Giants in the 33rd round of the 2009 amateur draft.