According to Susan Slusser of the San Francisco Chronicle, the A’s have signed Akinori Iwamura .  The move was recently confirmed by A’s assistant GM David Forst.

Iwamura had been designated twice this season for assignment.  He was originally designated for assignment on June 16th.  Iwamura was then designated again designated this past Monday (the 6th of Sept.) and was then unconditionally released this past Friday.

Iwamura, 30, was hitting .182/.292/.267 in 54 games for the Pirates this season.