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Winter In Tampa
Winter In Tampa
Update: The Tampa Bay Rays are almost certain to pick up Carl Crawford's $10 mil option for 2010, but then the hard part begins. Mark Topkin of TampaBay.com says the Rays feel like they can win in '10 and that Crawford is an integral part of the team. However, if the Rays and Crawford can't ...
Pirates Set to Acquire Akinori Iwamura
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 ... (more) Pirates Set to Acquire Akinori Iwamura
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)
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