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Are five years of Jesse Chavez worth one year of Akinori Iwamura?
Are five years of Jesse Chavez worth one year of Akinori Iwamura?
The Pirates don’t think so, as they made yet another trade Tuesday. Chavez is headed to Tampa Bay, and Iwamura is coming to Pittsburgh . The blogs/media I’ve read so far are happier about the Pirates’ end of the deal than I thought they would be. As much as I like Iwamura ...
Pirates close to acquiring Iwamura
community.post-gazette.com — The Pirates are close to acquiring infielder Akinori Iwamura from the Tampa Bay Rays, possibly as soon... as tonight. The word that they were involved in talks came at 3:04 p.m. this afternoon on the Post-Gazette's Twitter account . (more) Pirates close to acquiring Iwamura
Pirates Set to Acquire Akinori Iwamura
fangraphs.com — As Dave alluded to earlier, the Pirates are set to acquire second baseman Akinori Iwamura from the... Rays for (per Ken Rosenthal) right-handed reliever Jesse Chavez. In a vacuum, this is a win for the Pirates. Iwamura is at-worst a league average ... (more) Pirates Set to Acquire Akinori Iwamura
Sources: Pittsburgh Pirates acquire 2B Akinori Iwamura from Tampa Bay Rays
sports.espn.go.com — Sources say that the Pirates have agreed to acquire Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura.... (more) Sources: Pittsburgh Pirates acquire 2B Akinori Iwamura ...
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