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Rays Send Aki Iwamura to Pirates for Random Prospect
Royals Review — ... said with deals like this, "well, the Pirates will probably trade him later," however, as Royals fans, we know that sometimes that doesn't happen. Looks like Charlie at Bucs Dugout picked a bad day to get sick. What's your take? (Relevant links after the jump.) Rosenthal: Rays Will Receive Jesse Chavez in Return For Akinori Iwamura - DRaysBay Iwamura on his way to the Pirates? - Bucs Dugout The Value Of A Win To A Losing Team | FanGraphs Baseball Cameron ...

Rays hand Pirates some free wins (because they had to)
Beyond the Box Score — ... 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 did think it would be nice for us to whip out the good ol' fashioned Sky Kalkman Trade Value Calculator (a Beyond the Box Score original!) once again. The Players Akinori Iwamura was the Rays' starting second baseman this season, having moved ...

Vets are Important to Rebuilding Teams
obsessivegiantscompulsive — ... What got me started now is that there is a great post on Fangraphs that captures one particular aspect that I have seen people post their comments on: if a team is rebuilding, they should not be acquiring veterans. It was written by Dave Cameron and titled, "The Value of a Win To A Losing Team" and I think it discussed this issue well. ...

Are five years of Jesse Chavez worth one year of Akinori Iwamura?
Raise the Jolly Roger — ... Why not? Simple – you know it, I know it, everyone who knows anything about baseball knows it – the Pirates have a slim-to-none chance of contending in 2010. How, then, will Iwamura be of use to the Bucs’ long-term plans? [This post by Dave Cameron] attempts to answer that question–it’s an interesting read. Basically, it comes down to this: ...

Ruining the World Series, Just Like A-Rod and Boras: Rays Trade Iwamura
Driveline Mechanics — ... Despite revealing himself as an obvious egomaniac and possibly a sociopath, Iwamura is probably an average player at worst, and is getting paid like a part-timer in 2010 ($4.25M). Some might think this trade is pointless at best for the Pirates, although as Dave Cameron notes, there's something to be said for a team like the Pirates just getting a good player at a good price. It's not like Chavez looks like much of a loss at this point. And, (to beat it into the ground) maybe the Pirates can turn Iwamura into ...

Just Blogging Around: Reaction to the Aki Trade
Rise of the Rays — ... won’t be here much longer than that. In fact, he may even be shipped away at the deadline if Andy LaRoche is ready to move to 2nd and Pedro Alvarez is ready to come up and play 3rd. He also says this about Chavez Jesse, 26, boasted excellent velocity and his main problem–home runs allowed–is something that might have been correctable under Joe Kerrigan (I have a feeling it won’t be corrected now in the AL East, though). Dave Cameron from Fangraphs says this about Aki: Aki Iwamura is ...

Pirates Talk: Iwamura, Ankiel, Wilson
MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com — ... On a related note, Dave Cameron of FanGraphs explains that "just because a team won’t be contending in 2010 doesn’t mean they should avoid investing in the 2010 product."  ...