As you might have heard two days ago, the Tampa Bay Rays and the Pittsburgh Pirates completed a deal that sent second baseman Akinori Iwamura from the Rays to the Pirates for reliever Jesse Sanchez. Though Joe Frisaro said the Marlins would be a team of interest for Iwamura when the initial rumor showed up that the that a National League team was interested, ultimately the deal had nothing to do with the Marlins.
So why am I talking about it here? Because there is a lesson to be learned in what happened to the Rays and Iwamura, a lesson on the power of leverage in any market.
Check out my discussion on the Marlins and leverage over at Marlin Maniac.
