bradenton.com - 20 days ago
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The Tampa Bay Rays are rumored to be in the process of finalizing a deal that will send second baseman Akinori Iwamura to a National League team. The trade is expected to be completed Tuesday night.
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Rays' Iwamura Going to NL Team
Amazin' Avenue —
Rays' Iwamura Going to NL Team
please, please, please
Akinori Iwamura traded to Pirates for Jesse Chavez
Raise the Jolly Roger —
... [The Bradenton Herald] is reporting that Iwamura will likely be traded by tonight, and suggests he might be heading to a National League team. There have also been rumblings about Iwamura to the Twins, but Minnesota is, of course, in the AL. ...
Akinori Iwamura to the Pirates?
BUCCO Fans.com —
... . 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 ...
Report: Pittsburgh Pirates Involved in Trade Talks for Akinori Iwamura
DRaysBay —
... This would indeed confirm Roger Mooney's earlier report which stated the Rays were working on a deal with a National League team. As for the Pirates, they have some interesting relievers, including one of my long-time favs Joel Hanrahan. No idea what the return would be though. For some back-reading on the Iwamura situation you can check out ...
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blogs.tampabay.com 20 days ago — Just got back to New York and heard from an industry source who's not with the Rays that they are on the verge of completing a trade of 2B Akinori Iwamura. The Rays were looking to do some kind of deal since they weren't planning to pick up the ...
Sources: Rays to deal 2B Iwamura to Pirates
msn.foxsports.com 20 days ago — The Pirates and Rays have reached agreement on a trade that will send second baseman Akinori Iwamura to Pittsburgh for right-hander Jesse Chavez, multiple major-league sources told FOXSports.com on Tuesday afternoon.
Pirates close to acquiring Iwamura
community.post-gazette.com 20 days ago — 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 .
Topkin: Rays Close To Trading Iwamura
raysindex.com 20 days ago — You just knew the Rays would only pick up Akinori Iwamura’s option if they already the framework for a trade in place. With the deadline for the Rays to decide on Aki’s option either Thursday or Friday, Marc Topkin is reporting that the ...
Akinori Iwamura traded to Pirates for Jesse Chavez
raisethejollyroger.com 20 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 ...
Report: Pirates set to trade for Iwamura —
Major League Baseball News 20 days ago
The Pirates are on the verge of completing a deal for Rays second baseman Akinori Iwamura, according to The St. Petersburg Times, which is reporting that an announcement will come on Tuesday evening after Tampa Bay has been able to reach Iwamura in Japan.
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