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Juan Rincon Signed by Tribe, Sent to Triple-A
By Chad Gramling | June 24, 2008
Earlier this month, Juan Rincon refused a minor league assignment from the Twins and chose to become a free agent instead. Given the disarray that the Cleveland Indian’s bullpen has seen this season, it’s easy to see why he elected to accept one from the Tribe.
“He’s struggled the last year and a half or so,” manager Eric Wedge said. “Hopefully we can get him over here and prepared to pitch, so he can get up here and help us” [source: mlb.com]
July 9th, 2008 at 7:47 pm
[…] the Twins’ organization until earlier this season. After being release by Minnesota, Rincon signed a minor league deal with Cleveland in June. The reliever had a 6.75 ERA in four appearances for Buffalo, but got a […]