Juan Rincón
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Rincón with the Minnesota Twins
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Born: January 23, 1979 Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela |
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| MLB debut | |||
| June 7, 2001, for the Minnesota Twins | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| June 20, 2010, for the Colorado Rockies | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 35–29 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.03 | ||
| Strikeouts | 469 | ||
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Juan Manuel Rincón (born January 23, 1979) is a professional baseball coach and retired relief pitcher. Rincón bats and throws right-handed. He throws a low 90s fastball and a mid to low 80s slider. In his career, Rincón has posted a .208 BAA against left-handed hitters and a .248 BAA against right-handed hitters.
He was originally signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1996. He worked his way up through the Twins farm system and was selected as a Midwest League All-Star in 1999 when he went 14–8 with a 2.92 ERA in 28 starts with the Quad Cities River Bandits.
Rincón made his Major League debut on June 7, 2001, for the Twins against the Cleveland Indians when he worked one scoreless inning in relief. He spent eight seasons with the Twins, appearing in 386 games, ending with a 30–26 record and 3.69 ERA, mostly working in relief.
On May 2, 2005, Rincón became the fifth baseball player to be suspended for testing positive for illegal performance-enhancing drugs under Major League Baseball's drug policy. He was suspended for ten days without pay as the policy dictates for a first offense.
On June 12, 2008 the Twins cut ties with him and after rejecting a minor league assignment, he became a free agent.
He signed as a free agent with the Cleveland Indians on June 24, 2008, and was 1–1 with a 5.60 ERA in 23 appearances for the Indians in 2008.
On January 20, 2009, Rincón was signed by the Detroit Tigers to a minor league contract. He made the major league roster after spring training, but was designated for assignment on May 13, 2009, to make room on the 25 man active roster for Dontrelle Willis. Rincón had three days to accept an outright assignment to the AAA Toledo Mudhens or become a free agent. On May 17, 2009, Rincon rejected an assignment to AAA Toledo, thus hitting the free agent market. Rincon posted a 5.23 ERA and was 1–0 in 10 appearances with the Tigers.
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