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Because that's what teams do?

id love to see the sox make a trade for him with the pirates and move him to short

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Originally posted 08:13 AM ET  11.04 by mike hawkinya

id love to see the sox make a trade for him with the pirates and move him to short

the sox should end the shenanigans and just sign that a. gonzalez dude to play short...the minute he jooined the team the sox played better.

so you're telling me that PITTSBURGH was willing to pay his
salary but the rays weren't ??

- how f'n cheap are they?
- they guy was a real solid player for them- this makes NO sense

As a south florida resident, The rays are cheap and as long as the fans continue to support this franchise palyers will come and go. Bottom line = profit , only concern

The fans in Florida support the Rays?

As a lifelong Buccos fan, I assure you that Iwamura will bat .230 with 14 HRs this year

i like this trade not cause im a yankees fan. he is a pretty good player. pirates are looking to start over and this was a good move. i dont know that much about who they gave up, but good luck to both teams. tampa has zobrist who is good so we'll see how it goes.

Iwamura is talented but thirty years old, no way he stays with the Pirates through 2010. He's great trade bait for someone who needs a good second baseman to get them over the hump or into the playoffs. The Pirates will get a young prospect or two probably a AAA and AA player for him, I'm sure that's exactly why they aquired him in the first place.

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Originally posted 08:23 AM ET  11.04 by ME DUM DUM

the sox should end the shenanigans and just sign that a. gonzalez dude to play short...the minute he jooined the team the sox played better.

Completely agree. Now that Varitek will no longer be the automatic out in the lineup, there is room for a weak bat at SS if it comes with above-average defense. SS is the most important defensive position and that guy is incredible. Keep him this time, and stop comparing your SS to everyone else's. It's not about your SS hitting better than the other team's (although Gonzalez actually hit pretty well when he needed to this season), it's about your TEAM being better than the other team. But Epstein has a bizarre shortstop fetish and won't stop messing with it despite all the other REAL problems he should be addressing.

When you are small market, you have to operate this way.

A team with a $200M a year payroll, a total moron can run the team.

They must be looking for extra money to pick up Carl Crawford's 10 million dollor option.

at least I hope that's waht there doing........

This was a great move. Zobrist was a beast last year after Iwamura got hurt. Moving him to fulltime 2B allows the Rays to bring up Jennings to play OF, and the TB infield remains stacked for next season (Longoria, Bartlett, Zobrist and Pena). The Rays save salary by getting rid of Iwamura - allowing them to focus on resigning Crawford - and they pick up a promising young pitcher who led all rookie relievers in innings pitched last year.

Hopefully BJ Upton is next and they can get some value for him.

As much as it bothers me it may be a good move. The Rays have a few 2Bs they can play for a lot cheaper and this frees up loot for Crawford. Small market teams have to operate on the cheap and try to make good moves. And Iwamura will not be a shortstop

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Originally posted 12:14 PM ET  11.04 by Clintster

A team with a $200M a year payroll, a total moron can run the team.

Cue Omar Minaya................

Good move for the Pirates. This guy plays good defense at 2B, and has a decent stick. They'll make it a better move if they give him a new contract. If he stays for just one year, then I'd say that the Rays win this trade.

This team has to get over this little hang up they have about paying players "too much". You have a middle reliever making $3.6, an underachieving left fielder making $7mil, and a 40 year old closer who's always hurt making almost 5....and you can't live with your starting 2B making 5? Granted Iwamura's not going to set the world on fire but it really seems like this team has weird priorities when it comes to $$$...

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Originally posted 03:45 AM ET  11.05 by ACEintheHOLE

This team has to get over this little hang up they have about paying players "too much". You have a middle reliever making $3.6, an underachieving left fielder making $7mil, and a 40 year old closer who's always hurt making almost 5....and you can't live with your starting 2B making 5? Granted Iwamura's not going to set the world on fire but it really seems like this team has weird priorities when it comes to $$$...

how in the world is Crawford underachieving? Someone is smoking the funny stuff...

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Originally posted 08:32 PM ET  11.05 by Jimmer69

how in the world is Crawford underachieving? Someone is smoking the funny stuff...

I was referring to Burrell, who plays leftfield as well as DH. Obviously .221 is slightly underachieving.

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Originally posted 10:15 PM ET  11.05 by ACEintheHOLE

I was referring to Burrell, who plays leftfield as well as DH. Obviously .221 is slightly underachieving.

You can understand my confusion since Burrell was signed to be the DH and only played one game in LF