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Pittsburgh Pirates Off-Season Tracker

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:34:00 +0000

The Off-Season tracker will keep a list of all of the additions the Pittsburgh Pirates have made during the 2009/2010 off-season.The 2010 Proj. Role is the projected role for the player in question, according to the opinion of this web site.The 2010 salary is the major league salary. Official ...

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Going Back to Japan

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:37:00 +0000

It seems that there has been some news this week that Neal Huntington is going to continue to mine Japan for talent. We all remember Dave Littlefield's flirtation with Japan in signing Masumi Kuwata. Kuwata by the time he came here was well past his prime, but was a legend in Japan. Huntington ...

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Giants, Pirates Interested In Igarashi

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:00:31 +0000

The San Francisco Giants and Pittsburgh Pirates are among the teams interested in Japanese reliever Ryota Igarashi , according to Patrick Newman of NPB Tracker . Giants GM Brian Sabean says that while Igarashi isn't their main priority, he's someone they're "looking into." Meanwhile, Pittsburgh ...

Raise the Jolly Roger found this 14 days ago on mlbtraderumors.com

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Akinori Iwamura is a gateway Japanese baseball player

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:03:20 +0000

For the uninitiated, Igarashi has spent his entire professional career with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and apparently throws very hard. The right-handed reliever registered only three saves last season, but racked up an impressive 37 in 2004. The Bucs’ closer in 2004 was Jose Mesa, soooo.

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Pirates interested in Ryota Igarashi

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:14:00 +0000

According to Patrick Newman of NPB Tracker, the Pittsburgh Pirates are interested in Japanese relief pitcher Ryota Igarashi. The following quote came from Pirates general manager, Neal Huntington:“In acquiring(Akinori) Iwamura, we opened the door to getting Japanese players. We gave up a middle ...

twilliams posted 14 days ago from buccofans.com

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Interest for Igarashi

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:27:04 +0000

The market for Ryota Igarashi is showing it’s first signs of life. Sanspo has quotes from a couple of key figures… Pirates GM Neil Huntington: “In acquiring(Akinori) Iwamura, we opened the door to getting Japanese players. We gave up a middle reliever to get Iwamura, so he ...

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Pirates-Rays Trade a Win-Win

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 05:44:16 +0000

The Pittsburgh Pirates and the Tampa Bay Rays struck a deal today that will send secondbaseman Akinori Iwamura to the Pirates in exchange for right handed reliever Jesse Chavez. The Rays had to pick up the $4.85M 2010 contract option on Aki or buy it out for $650K. The Rays are in desperate...

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