fanhouse.com - 10/26/2009
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In a surprising piece of mid-World Series news, the Tampa Bay Rays and Pittsburgh Pirates have agreed to a trade this afternoon . Tampa will send second baseman Akinori Iwamura to the Pirates in return for relief pitcher Jesse Chavez . According to the same report by the Pittsburgh ...
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Rays Trade Akinori Iwamura To Pirates
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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: ...
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beyondtheboxscore.com 11/4/2009 —
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FILE - In this May 13, 2009, file photo, Tampa Bay Rays' Akinori Iwamura throws out Baltimore Orioles' Brian Roberts (not shown) during the ...
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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 ...
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beyondtheboxscore.com 11/4/2009 — The news broke out today that the Pittsburgh Pirates acquired infielder Akinori Iwamura from the Tampa Bay Rays for reliever Jesse Chavez . Now, there have been many sources of analysis on this topic, so I won't delve too much further into this, but I ...
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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 ...
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 .
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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 ...
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hardballtimes.com 11/4/2009 — I have to say, I'm pretty impressed by Tampa Bay's ability to turn Akinori Iwamura into a young, cost-controllable fireballing reliever.
It was essentially a done deal that Iwamura would become a free agent so Tampa could move to Ben Zobrist as a full-time second baseman (with Sean Rodriguez ...
