Juan Rincon Signed in Nov of 1996 by the MN Twins and the Lara Cardenales in the Venezuelan Winter League (LVBP). He won the Rookie of the Year Award in his 1st season in the LVBP in the 1997-98 season. In 1999 Rincon was named Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Months in April and July. He was named TOPPS Midwest Pitcher of the Month for July. He led the Midwest League in strikeouts and game stared, second in wins, third in ERA and fifth in innings pitched. He was rated 9th best prospect in the Midwest League (A) by Baseball America and MN Twins system and named 1999 Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Year. In 2001 he lead the club in Innings pitched and strikeouts; Was third in the league in wins, forth in Complete games and eighth in ERA. In the same year He made MLB with Twins against the Cleveland Indians. He also had his 1st MLB hit off Jon Leiber of the Chicago Cubs. Rincon was rated 9th best Prospect in The Easter League (AA)by Baseball America, 5th best prospect in MN Twins minor league system and Twins Minor League Pitcher of the Year.

 

In the 2004-05-06 seasons, Juan Rincon was rated top 5 set up man in MLB. He played in 5 ALDS (2002,03,04,06,09) and 1 ALCS in 2002. After 2004 season he won the Charles O. Johnson Award as Most Improved Twins. He also played in the majors with the Cleveland Indians, Detroit Tigers and Colorado Rockies. In LVBP Rincon won 6 championships with the Lara Cardenales, Aragua Tigres and Navegantes del Magallanes. He played on two Minor League Championship teams in 2001 (AA) and in 2002 (AAA) and played 10 seasons in the MLB recording 444 games pitched, 35 wins as a reliever, more than 500 innings and 469 Ks. Between the 2004 and 2006 season Rincon pitched 227 games, 233 innings, 255 strikeouts and a record of 20 wins and 11 loses, all as reliever. He also played independent ball at the Atlantic league for 4 seasons before retiring before the 2015 season.