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By Jenifer Langosch / MLB.com 11/03/09 10:35 PM EST Pirates general manager Neal Huntington wasted no time addressing one of the team's most critical offseason needs, doing so before the Hot Stove season even officially began. On Tuesday, the Pirates acquired second baseman Akinori Iwamura from ...
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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 ...
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Pirates Set to Acquire Akinori Iwamura
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Jays Hoffpauir, Off Murphy
Batter's Box Interactive Magazine —
The second waiver claim of the Alex Anthopoulos era is second baseman Jarrett Hoffpauir from the St. Louis Cardinals. To make room on the 40-man roster, the Jays have designated left-handed reliever Bill Murphy for assignment.
A sixth round pick by St. Louis in the 2004 amateur draft, the 26 year-old Hoffpauir made his big league debut with the Cardinals this season. After being named the Cardinals minor league player of the month in June, the 5-9, 165 pound right-handed hitter was called up on Canada Day to fill in for an injured Mark ...
Fantasy Impact: Iwamura to the Pirates
Rotoprofessor —
According to mlb.com (click here for the article), the Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired 2B Akinori Iwamura from the Tampa Bay Rays in exchange RP Jesse Chavez. Let’s take a look at the fantasy impact of the deal: The Pirates: Iwamura fills a glaring hole for the team, which was created when they traded Freddy Sanchez to the San Francisco Giants during their 2009 purge. Iwamura, who had lost his starting job to Ben Zobrist when he suffered a season-ending ACL tear, will provide a steady bat at the top of the line-up. He’s a career .281 hitter and has shown a decreasing strikeout rate as he’s grown accustomed to life in the Major Leagues: It is easy to point to an inflated BABIP ...
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Are five years of Jesse Chavez worth one year of Akinori Iwamura?
raisethejollyroger.com 11/4/2009 — 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 ...
Rays Trade Akinori Iwamura To Pirates
theghostofmoonlightgraham.wordpress.com 11/4/2009 — The Tampa Bay Rays and the Pittsburgh Pirates got together and made a trade yesterday.
The Tampa Bay Rays sent 2B Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates for RHP Jesse Chavez. The Pirates will assume all of the $4.85 million on Iwamura's contract for 2010.
Rays and Pirates Trade
baseballmusings.com 11/4/2009 — The Tampa Bay Rays send Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates for reliever Jesse Chavez :
UPDATE, 7:00: Rays make it official, trading Iwamura to Pirates for Chavez. Added bonus, Rays save the $550,000 buyout they would have had to pay Iwamura for declining his option.
UPDATE, 6:06: ...
Akinori Iwamura traded to Pirates for Jesse Chavez
raisethejollyroger.com 11/3/2009 — UPDATE, 8:02 PM:
Done deal . Iwamura for Chavez, straight up. There were rumblings about another player coming to Pittsburgh, but they were false. Sorry to leave you all hanging for a bit – new post on the way soon.
UPDATE: 5:33 PM:
[ Ken Rosenthal reports ] that the Pirates are ...
Pirates to acquire Rays' Iwamura in exchange for reliever
bases.nbcsports.com 30 days ago — Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura is headed to Pittsburgh, says the St. Petersburg Times and several other sources. According to ESPN's Buster Olney, right-hander Jesse Chavez will be the return when the deal is announced, something that might not ...
Akinori Iwamura Dealt To Pirates
tylersarticles.blogspot.com 11/4/2009 — As expected would happen this offseason, the Akinori Iwamura has come to an end in Tampa Bay. The Rays on Tuesday sent Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for relief pitcher Jesse Chavez. Given the context, I think that the deal makes sense for both sides. Iwamura was an excellent ...
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fangraphs.com 11/4/2009 — All things considered, maybe it’s for the best that no small market teams made the playoffs. Now the next four months will be void of asking who the next “x” is. The sensation grasped onto the Tigers, Rockies, and Rays unlikely runs and killed any ...
Finally! Something worth writing about!
northsidenotch.com 11/3/2009 — Dejan Kovacevic of the Post-Gazette just tweeted that the Pirates are in talks about a trade that would send 2B Akinori Iwamura to the Bucs from Tampa Bay.Iwamura, 30, played just 69 games in '09 due to injury, but has been a pretty consistent and solid performer for the Rays since his rookie ...
Akinori Iwamura to the Pirates?
buccofans.com 11/3/2009 — The Rays are expected to deal Akinori Iwamura today, according to Marc Topkin of the St. Petersburg Times. Roger Mooney of the Bradenton Herland believes Iwamura is headed to a National League club as a part of a sign and trade deal. So could that club be the Pirates?Dejan Kovacevic recently had ...
Iwamura 'interested' in talking long term
community.post-gazette.com 11/5/2009 — By Dejan Kovacevic | 10:25 p.m. Tuesday
Akinori Iwamura would be "interested" in exploring a long-term contract with the Pirates, he said in a conference call just now from Japan.
Some highlights of the call, during which agent Yoshi ...
Rays trade 2B Iwamura to Pirates (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 11/4/2009
The Tampa Bay Rays have traded second baseman Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates for right-handed reliever Jesse Chavez. The deal was announced Tuesday night. Iwamura hit .290 with one homer and 22 RBIs in 69 games during the final season of a ...
