Rank The Pirates' Offseason Acquisitions

1. Clint Barmes
2. Erik Bedard
3. everyone else, blah, blah, etc, etc…

• Barmes and Bedard are probably my 2 favorite FA signings for as long as I can remember; just too bad NH did’nt follow that up with another acquisition or two of that quality i.e Rizzo, Alonso, Jackson, etc..

Although I think I’d put McGehee ahead of Barajas. I think that even if there isn’t a huge likelihood of returning to his 09-10 form, there’s enough of a shot that it was a worthewhile move.

I think the re up of grilli is a nice move which makes mcgehee for versa an easy trade to make and cruz will be solid to so here goes
1 gussy nunes (only cuz Noones giving him love)
2bedard
3barmes
4/5 grilli cruz
6 mcgehee
7navarro
8 nick evans
Actually typing this makes me feel it wasn’t a bad offseason considering how many players might contribute

1. Bedard
2. Barajas
3. McGehee
4. Navarro
5. Morales
6. Barmes
7. Cruz
8. Evans
9. Nunez
12. McLouth

I guess I fell a little like with what we had at short and what we are paying for Barmes makes him a bit less. I am counting decisions not to keep players. Barmes is not that big of an upgrade. I am also excited about McGehee because I have no faith in Jones. Also it has been a long time since the Pirates had any pinch hitting power threat. And McLouth is a giant waste of money if we cannot trade him before the deadline. I would have rather resigned Brian Bixler and given him a shot in the outfield. And I am only half joking.

Favorite things we didn’t do..
1.Resign Cedeno
2. Sign Edwin Jackson to a 3 year overpaid contract.
3.Sign Maholm or pick up his option. He was overrated and might have been overpaid had we kept him.

But my list.
1.Bedard
2. Barmes
3. Barajas (tied at 2 if we get Burnett i like the fact they were together before)
4. McGahee (if we dont get Burnett. #3 over Barajas)

After that i like the Juan Cruz signing and the Nate McClouth signing. So far i see comments on here putting him (McClouth) way too low. IMO obviously.

1. Erik (the viking) Bedard with the berserker face
2. Rod (is god) Barajas – will dust off the Woodson signs with effect on staff
3. Clint (Hurdle) Barmes – or Clint Jr – funny how some people now ‘like’ the signing
4. Nick Evans – the new Schneider?
5. Juan (Jose Veras) Cruz – should get alot of work
6. Casey Mcgehee – hope he doesnt get alot of work but nice to have
7. Yamaico Navarro – will make us forget the legend
8. Nate ‘The o.k.’ Mcclouth – will make us forget Nate Mclouth
9. Shairon Martis – could surpass Owens/Locke as the next ‘great’ lefty on the farm
10. Jose Morales – because if last year taught us anything..

I considered this season, and seasons in the future. That is the only reason that Bedard isn’t #1 on the list.

Clint Barmes-huge hole, solid 2 year guy
Nick Evans-young RH bat with 5-6 years to show his worth
Erik Bedard
Rod Barajas-solid receiver with a better injury record than Doumit or Snyder.
Casey McGehee-bounce back candidate
Yamaico Navarro-long term guy with offensive upside
Juan Cruz
Nate McLouth
Sharon Martis
Aaron Poveda
Jose Morales
Jake Fox

1. Bedard
2. Barmes
3. through 27. Empty space. Tumbleweeds.
28. All the other acquisitions.

1. Bedard-I can’t tell you why and I have no actual evidence to back this up, but I think he makes 25 starts this year. With his numbers, that is HUGE!
2. Barmes-Very good defensive SS and at least middle-of-the-pack enough offensively to not cripple you at the position. Plus, he won’t bunt w/2 outs and the bases loaded…
3. McGehee-As a 3B insurance policy, I like him. As a platoon partner for GFJ, I like him. If he returns to ‘09-’10 form then he’s a frickin’ steal!
4. Barajas-I like him more because after him, the catching market fell of a cliff. Hernandez was a Type A free agent, Doumit was apparently not coming back so it was Barajas or…exactly. Not a great player but a decent 1-year guy.
5. McLouth-he’s not going to start and XP was what, 1-35 as a pinch hitter last year? Again, he’s not great but he can be a functional major league reserve OF.
6. Cruz-we traded Jose Veras and then went out and signed Jose Veras…kinda. Never bad having a reliver with double digit K/9.
7. Navarro-because there’s still some upside there
8. Morales-because Jason Jaramillo, Wyatt Torregas, Matt Pagnozzi, Dusty Brown, Eric Fryer and Kris Watts (I think) all played catcher for us last year.
9. Evans-I would like this more except I really don’t see him making the team. He’s a decent player but I just don’t the Pirates keeping him, GFJ and McGehee
10. Martis-Has upside but I don’t think he ever reaches it.
11. Nunez-He was a stupid Rule V pick and I’m going to be annoyed if he makes the opening day roster as Ciriaco 2.0 then gets dumped after 6 weeks of wasting a roster spot.
12. Fox-he’s at the bottom of the list because he’s going to hit 17 HR’s in Spring Training and have people clamoring for him to start at C on opening day or something. I just don’t want to hear that crap…

1. Bedard
2. Barmes
3. Navarro
4. McGehee
5. Evans
6. Morales
7. Fox
8. Barajas
9. Cruz
10. McLouth
11. Nunez

1- Bedard
2-
3-
4- Barmes (Couldn’t place him or Barajas in top 3)
5- Barajas
6- McGeeeeheeeheeeheee
7- Navarro
8- Evans
9- Morales
10- Cruz
11- Nunez

And I’ll put McLouth at a negative 10.

Why? Why? Whyyyyyy? Did we give McLouth a major league deal? And WHYYY for more than 1 million dollars? That seems like a mistake, given that he bashed the team just a few years ago.

1. Bedard – Only lefty starter. Solid when healthy.
2. Barnes – Other SS options stink.
3. Barajas – Decent all-around catcher. Should play the majority of the games there.
4. McGehee – Provides options at both 1B and 3B. Can he get close to his 2010 form?
5. McLouth – 5th OF unless he returns to his pre-trade form.
6. Evans – Decent bat. Could stick as a bench player.
7. All others – Not expecting much if anything from them.