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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