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Juan Rincón (born January 23, 1979 in Maracaibo, Zulia State, Venezuela) is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Minnesota Twins (2001-present). He bats and throws right-handed.
Currently, Rincon is a long reliever in the Minnesota pitching staff. He throws a slider, curve, changeup and a fastball that tops out around 90 MPH. In his career Rincón has posted a .208 BAA against left-handed hitters and a .248 BAA against right-handed hitters.
In a four-year career, Rincón has posted a 16-14 record with 194 strikeouts and a 3.70 ERA in 202 innings pitched.
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 new drug policy. He was suspended indefinitely for 10 days without pay as the current policy dictates for a first offense Yahoo story (http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=ap-drugs-twins-rincon&prov=ap&type=lgns=lgns).
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External links
- ESPN (profile and daily updates) (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/players/profile?statsId=6676)
- Baseball Reference (statistics and analysis) (http://www.baseball-reference.com/r/rincoju01.shtml)
- MLB and Minor League Statistics (http://www.thebaseballcube.com/players/juan_rincon.shtml)es:Juan Rincón