Tigers sign Rincon

The Tiger announced the signing of Juan Rincon to a minor league deal today. Rincon will get an invite to spring training and will be given a chance to make the Tigers bullpen.

This looks to be a decent signing. Rincon was a stud in 2004 through 2006. But he was busted for steroid use. In 2007 and 2008 he saw his home run rate balloon. In 04 throuh 06 he allowed 9 homers total. He allowed 9 in 2007 and 8 in 2008.

Still, it’s a low risk move and the type of signing I’d hope the team would make several of as they try and build their pen on the cheap.

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3 thoughts on “Tigers sign Rincon”

  1. In ’07 his ERA was high, but from an opponent’s AVG and OBP point of view, he was pretty average. In ’08 his AVG and OBP were in line with his ERA. I like this signing. It costs them very little to roll these dice.

  2. Arms. Need arms. Hopefully a few of them pan out and we can cobble together a decent bullpen.

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