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Top 10 prospects for 2010: Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles
Top 10 prospects for 2010: Tampa Bay Rays and Baltimore Orioles
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Rays get something for nothing in Iwamura trade
Rays get something for nothing in Iwamura trade
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 ... (more) Rays get something for nothing in Iwamura trade
Rays hand Pirates some free wins (because they had  to)
Rays hand Pirates some free wins (because they had to)
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 ... (more) Rays hand Pirates some free wins (because they had to)
Topkin: Rays Close To Trading Iwamura
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 ... (more) Topkin: Rays Close To Trading Iwamura
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Tomahawks Breaking Away
The DiaTribe — ... thing that the trades of Lee, Martinez, and DeRosa and (to a lesser extent) Garko and Betancourt brought into focus? The Shoppach PTBNL looks to be a continuation of that idea as it would certainly seem that the Rays would have some compelling candidates who would be a little more exciting than just a “low-level arm”, but it remains to be seen what the return truly ends up being. ...

Indians: Tomahawks Breaking Away
Ohio Sports Report — ... thing that the trades of Lee, Martinez, and DeRosa and (to a lesser extent) Garko and Betancourt brought into focus? The Shoppach PTBNL looks to be a continuation of that idea as it would certainly seem that the Rays would have some compelling candidates who would be a little more exciting than just a "low-level arm", but it remains to be seen what the return truly ends up being. Seeing as how the Nationals inexplicably just gave Pudge Rodriguez a 2-year deal for $6M to be their backup catcher, showing just how many teams were willing to pay a catcher $3M annually, let's ...

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