Week 14 roster changes

Week 13 mid-week replacements

BAWG: On Thursday, benched 2B Jose Altuve, activated Danny Espinosa
MISFITS: On Sunday, benched OF Andre Ethier (missed 3 games), activated OF Carlos Quentin

Players acquired

• 2B Danny Espinosa, by BAWG (June #2)
• SP Mike Fiers, by BAWG (June #3)
• SP Mark Buehrle, by Hammerin Hank (June #2)
• 1B Anthony Rizzo, by Pitch You Blockhead (June #3)
• SP Andrew Cashner, by Triple-A's (June #2)
• SP Trevor Bauer, by Arbitration Losers (July #1)

Players released

• RP Jason Motte
• 2B Danny Espinosa
• 3B Todd Frazier
• SP J.A. Happ
• SP Daniel Hudson
• C Josh Thole

Week 14 active roster changes

ROOKIES: Benched SP Matt Cain; activated SP Chad Billingsley

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Conditionally placed 3B Chris Johnson on disabled list; benched 1B Yonder Alonso and SP Yovani Gallardo; activated 1B Anthony Rizzo, 3B Ty Wigginton and SP Anibal Sanchez

HAMMERIN HANK: Benched SP Randy Wolf; activated SP Mark Buehrle

FRESH FISH: No changes

BILLY ASHLEY WIND GENERATOR: Released 2B Danny Espinosa; benched SP Erik Bedard; activated 2B Jose Altuve and SP Jordan Zimmermann

MISFITS: Benched OF Lucas Duda and SP Tim Hudson; OF Carlos Quentin and SP Lance Lynn

HALLADAY ROAD: Benched SP Kevin Correia; activated SP Bud Norris from disabled list

TRIPLE-A'S: Released SP J.A. Happ; benched 1B Todd Helton, OF David DeJesus; moved OF Logan Morrison to 1B; activated OF Cameron Maybin, OF Mike Morse and SP Andrew Cashner

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Moved SS Stephen Drew from disabled list to bench; released SP Daniel Hudson; benched SP Johan Santana; activated SP Chris Capuano and SP Trevor Bauer

Week 13 report

Another week, and the Fresh Fish clinch something else. This week, the Fish basically clinched the No. 1 seed to the head-to-head playoffs. The Fish won to improve to 12-1 and the Misfits, Rookies and Halladay Road all lost, falling to 7-6. The Misfits had the worst of it, scoring a nice week of 213 -- only to lose by 3 points. And the Arbitration Losers, after 12 weeks in the cellar, finally broke into ninth place, thanks to a 92-point week by the Triple-A's.

Overall standings

1. Fresh Fish (Rick) 2596
2. Misfits (Reid) 2281
3. Rookies (Henry) 2169
4. Halladay Road (Bill) 2103
5. BAWG (Rich-Brian) 2086
6. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 2050
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2042
8. Hammerin' Hank (Pete) 2002
9. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 1889
10. Triple-A's (Ken) 1857

Head-to-head finals

Pitch You Blockhead 239, Rookies 189

Pickle Bugs 216, Misfits 213

Fresh Fish 188, Halladay Road 165

Billy Ashley Wind Generator 180, Triple-A's 92

Arbitration Losers 188, Hammerin' Hank 166