Juan Rincón

Juan Manuel Rincón (born January 23, 1979) is a Venezuelan professional baseball coach and former relief pitcher.

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 Single-A Quad Cities River Bandits.

[1] Rincón made his major league debut with the Twins on June 7, 2001, against the Cleveland Indians, striking out two in a scoreless inning in relief.

[8] Rincón had three days to accept an outright assignment to the Triple-A Toledo Mud Hens or become a free agent.

[14] He was released at the conclusion of spring training and signed with the Bridgeport Bluefish of the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball, where he went 2–1 with 23 saves and a 2.98 ERA in 42 relief appearances.

[15] Rincón hired Burton Rocks as his agent in 2013 to seek a job as player/coach with a big league organization.