Tigers sign Rincon

by Todd1005fm on Jan 20, 2009 11:35 AM EST

I've just received word the Tigers have signed reliever Juan Rincon to a minor league deal and have invited him to camp. Rincon spent last season with the Twins and Indians.

His ERA was something like 5.98, so he should be a perfect fit for the Tigers bullpen! No, I don't think he would be the answer as far as a closer is concerned. Hopefully, Brandon Lyon is still being considered for that job.

EDIT (by Ian): Last season, Rincon posted a 5.86 ERA in 55.3 innings, with 39 strikeouts and 24 walks. Right-handers hit .279/.340/.419 against him, while lefties batted .323/.414/.510.

His best season was probably 2004, during which he struck out 106 batters in 82 innings, finishing with an 11-6 record and 2.63 ERA.

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It's weird...

It looks like he was pretty effective until 2007, when he became kinda terrible. And he got terrible right down the line, every peripheral. This has to be injury. If it’s a cheap minor league deal, though, I like it. Low risk, and a chance you get someone who’s rebounding.

by cherub_daemon on Jan 20, 2009 11:50 AM EST reply actions

Or

It also might have something to do with his success coming prior to being suspended for performance-enhancing drugs in 2005.

"I will drink my all for Tennessee today"

by TheGoldfishCowboy on Jan 20, 2009 1:11 PM EST reply actions

Hypogonadism

…is one kind of injury, I suppose. Though he was pretty good in 06, too.

In DD we trust; all others must bring data.

by cherub_daemon on Jan 21, 2009 12:56 AM EST up reply actions

must be hot off the presses news….funny thing, my company put the Obama inauguration on the big screen in our auditorium for employees to watch, but they had the fox news site streaming at first, but it crapped out, and eventually they switched to the feed from MLB.com

So, along with the inauguration of Barack Obama, I got my Mike Napoli and Tadahito Iguchi news on the bottomo of the screen crawl. Didn’t see anything about Rincon, though, that would have been awesome…

by ahtrap on Jan 20, 2009 1:55 PM EST reply actions

Lyon

Isn’t he supposedly supposed to announce this week which team he will sign with? I know the Twins made him an offer and other teams besides the Tigers were also interested. Sounds like he’s picking and choosing probably based on who gives him more
$$$$$$.

by densogirl on Jan 20, 2009 5:38 PM EST reply actions