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Rank The Pirates' Offseason Acquisitions

You know what the funny thing about this picture of Erik Bedard is? He's not moving his arm.
You know what the funny thing about this picture of Erik Bedard is? He's not moving his arm.

Brian Kenny's praise for the Clint Barmes signing makes me think: How can we rank the Pirates' offseason acquisitions? I'm going to put my very hasty and ill-considered list up after the jump, and I invite you to do the same in comments.

Ground rules: Consider the contract and players given up in trade (if any) in your rankings. You don't have to rank non-roster invitations, but you can. I'm not counting decisions not to keep players, but you can do that too, because honestly at this point a big argument about Paul Maholm would be more appealing than another A.J. Burnett discussion.

My rankings:

1. Erik Bedard

2. Clint Barmes

3. Yamaico Navarro

4. Rod Barajas

5. Casey McGehee

6. Jose Morales

7. Juan Cruz

8. Nick Evans

9. Nate McLouth

12. Gustavo Nunez