raysindex.com - 11/3/2009
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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 Rays are indeed close to a deal that would ...
community.post-gazette.com - 11/3/2009
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community.post-gazette.com —
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 .
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Pirates close to acquiring Iwamura
fangraphs.com - 11/4/2009
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fangraphs.com —
As Dave alluded to earlier, the Pirates are
set to acquire second baseman Akinori Iwamura from the...
Rays for (per Ken Rosenthal) right-handed reliever Jesse Chavez. In a vacuum, this is a win for the Pirates. Iwamura is at-worst a league average ...
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Pirates Set to Acquire Akinori Iwamura
sports.espn.go.com - 11/4/2009
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Akinori Iwamura traded to Pirates for Jesse Chavez
Raise the Jolly Roger —
... As for wondering what the Pirates might give up, [Rays Index] hopes that Tampa can get “a decent prospect and/or a relief pitcher that can contribute in 2010.” The Bucs will only be getting him for one year, so they’d better not be giving up anything of significant value. ...
Attention-Starved World Series Upstages Pirates-Devil Rays Blockbuster
Bugs & Cranks —
The biggest story of the offseason can’t be made official until the World Series is over, because god forbid we talk about anything other than the Yankees. But still it IS a pretty huge freakin’ deal when the 23rd Greatest Devil Ray Ever, Akinori Iwamura gets dealt to deepest coal-darkened Pittsburgh.
In return for Iwamura, who was made expendable by the MVP-worthy season of Ben “Zorilla” Zobrist, our beloved Devil Rays are getting right-handed reliever Jesse Chavez.
Chavez played his first ...
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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 working on Iwamura deal
blogs.tampabay.com 11/3/2009 — 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 ...
Cubs Potential Offseason Targets: Akinori Iwamura
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Let's move back to the infield and check in on another possible second basemen...the Rays Akinori Iwamura.
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Rays hand Pirates some free wins (because they had to)
beyondtheboxscore.com 11/4/2009 — 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 ...
Pirates acquire Iwamura from Tampa Bay
post-gazette.com 11/4/2009 — The Pirates tonight made the first move of what might be a busy offseason, acquiring veteran infielder Akinori Iwamura from the Tampa Bay Rays for reliever Jesse Chavez. Agreement on the trade was reached in the afternoon, but the teams waited until ...
Report: Pirates set to trade for Iwamura —
Major League Baseball News 11/3/2009
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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