Pittsburgh Pirates - Acquired 2B Akinori Iwamura from the Tampa Bay Rays for P Jesse Chavez
A nifty little pickup for the Pirates here. Iwamura is a solid second baseman and fills a pretty big hole for the Pirates in return for a decent, but replaceable reliever. I think the Rays were a little too quick to trade Iwamura, but on the other hand, Japanese players have some decent leverage because of the possibility of going back to Japan and Aki may not have wanted to wait too long to see the R...
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