draysbay.com - 17 days ago
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by Steve Nesius - AP
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It seems odd, but the most compelling Rays hot stove item has nothing to do with this off-season. Well, it has something to do with this year, just not as much as it ...
hardballtimes.com - 22 days ago
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hardballtimes.com —
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 ...
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Rays get something for nothing in Iwamura trade
beyondtheboxscore.com - 22 days ago
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beyondtheboxscore.com —
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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Rays hand Pirates some free wins (because they had to)
raysindex.com - 23 days ago
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raysindex.com —
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 ...
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Topkin: Rays Close To Trading Iwamura
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