Rays Trade Akinori Iwamura To Pirates
theghostofmoonlightgraham.wordpress.com 23 days ago — 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 23 days ago — 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 Dealt To Pirates
tylersarticles.blogspot.com 23 days ago — 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 24 days ago — 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 second baseman Iwamura to Pirates
sportsillustrated.cnn.com 24 days ago — ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) -- The Tampa Bay Rays have traded second baseman Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates for right-handed reliever Jesse Chavez.

Akinori Iwamura traded to Pirates for Jesse Chavez
raisethejollyroger.com 24 days ago — 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 ...

Bucs acquire Rays' Iwamura for Chavez
mlb.mlb.com 23 days ago — 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 ...

Rays send Iwamura to Pirates, get bullpen help
msn.foxsports.com 24 days ago — The Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday traded second baseman Akinori Iwamura to Pittsburgh for right-handed reliever Jesse Chavez.

Pirates Set to Acquire Akinori Iwamura
fangraphs.com 24 days ago — 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 ...

Fantasy Impact: Iwamura to the Pirates
rotoprofessor.com 23 days ago — 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:

Tampa Bay Rays Send 2B Akinori Iwamura to Pirates for RHP Jesse Chavez — Bleacher Report - MLB 24 days ago
Ken Rosenthal of FOX Sports announced Tuesday that the Tampa Bay Rays have sent 2B Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for right-handed relief pitcher Jesse Chavez. While trades are generally encouraged to wait until after the ...

Bucs acquire Rays' Iwamura for Chavez — Major League Baseball News 24 days ago
The Pirates acquired infielder Akinori Iwamura from the Rays on Tuesday in exchange for right-hander Jesse Chavez in a move that gave Pittsburgh its second baseman and saved Tampa Bay the cost of declining Iwamura's option.

Rays trade 2B Iwamura to Pirates (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 24 days ago
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 ...

Rays trade 2B Iwamura to Pirates — USATODAY.com MLB - Top Stories 24 days ago
The budget-conscious Tampa Bay Rays saved some money and added some promising bullpen help Tuesday night when they traded infielder Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates for right-hander Jesse Chavez.

Yankees now focus on winning 28th title (AP) — Yahoo! Sports - MLB News 22 days ago
The sign men were out bright and early at the Yankees minor league complex, sticking vinyl strips with a fresh, white "27" over the "26" that had been up on the board for nine, long years to mark the team's total of World Series ...