Akinori Iwamura is coming to the Pirates

Developing. No word on who's going to Tampa. More later. UPDATE: The Post-Gazette reports that it's Jesse Chavez for Iwamura and an unknown player. (Update to the update: no other player) Analysis Update: I have mixed feelings about this trade. I did mention Iwamura as a player to target this off-season, when I assumed Tampa would decline his option and grant him free agency (the Rays, or now, the Pirates, should hold his rights for two years after this year since it will only be his fourth in the majors, but he's got an interesting contract clause that requires him to be released if he's not signed to an extension), but a trade for Chavez makes me a little uneasy. Assuming the Pirates can't sign Iwamura to an extension, they're trading five years of Chavez for one year of Iwamura. I'm not terribly high on Chavez; he found some success with better control in 2009, but his strikeout rate also dropped from 7.9 K/9 in the minors to 6.3 K/9 and he faltered a ...