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Sources: Rays to deal 2B Iwamura to Pirates
Sources: Rays to deal 2B Iwamura to Pirates
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.
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Akinori Iwamura traded to Pirates for Jesse Chavez
Raise the Jolly Roger — ... [Ken Rosenthal reports] that the Pirates are sending Jesse Chavez to Tampa Bay in exchange for Iwamura. Can’t say I’m thrilled if that’s true. Chavez is a relatively young, promising reliever, and the Bucs are already pretty thin in that department…probably not worth giving up for just a year of Aki. We’ll wait for official word, though. ...

Rosenthal: Rays Will Receive Jesse Chavez in Return For Akinori Iwamura
DRaysBay — ... As seen here. Jesse Chavez is a 26-year-old right-handed reliever formerly of the Texas Rangers organization. He moved to Pittsburgh in the Kip Wells deal of 2006 and has pitched out of their bullpen parts of the last two seasons. Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 /* Style ...

FoxSports: Aki for Reliever Jesse Chavez
Rise of the Rays — ... FoxSports’ Ken Rosenthal and John Paul Morosi report that the Rays will get right-handed reliever Jesse Chavez in return from the Pittsburgh Pirates for Akinori Iwamura. ...

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