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Overview The 2005 Twins stick out in the team’s grand narrative. The 2000s were a broadly successful era for Minnesota: only six franchises won more regular season games over this period, and the elite talent gathered in the north flourished in a way unseen since the great teams of the 60s. But, .
The 2006 Minnesota Twins had an exceptional bullpen. Led by superstar closer Joe Nathan, the entire unit posted a 2.91 ERA that season. This was the best bullpen ERA in baseball for the 2006 season, and it’s currently the ninth-best by any American League bullpen this century. A critical component of that bullpen was Juan Rincon.