Week 9 Transactions and Lineups

Longtime readers of the blog may remember a time in the distant past when
Chase Utley was hitting better than .180 on June 1.

Players acquired

• Fresh Fish sign SP Ryan Vogelsong (June move #1).

Players released

• 3B Eric Campbell
• SP Homer Bailey
• C Martin Maldonado

Lineup changes

• Rookies: None.
• Retire 21: Bench SP Charlie Morton; activate SP Aaron Harang.
• Misfits: Bench SP Chase Anderson; activate SP Chris Heston.
• Soler Eclipse: Bench 3B Aramis Ramirez and OF Nick Markakis; activate 3B Will Middlebrooks and OF Dexter Fowler.
• Pitch You Blockhead: Bench SP A.J. Burnett; activate C Jonathan Lucroy (from DL) and SP Jason Hammel.
• The Bryce is Right: Bench OF Ben Revere, SP Julio Teheran and SP Kyle Lohse; activate OF Billy Hamilton, SP Archie Bradley and SP Carlos Frias.
• Chateau Marmol: None.
• Arbitration Losers: Bench 3B Maikel Franco; activate 3B Jung-Ho Kang.
• Already Zaun: Bench 2B Chase Utley and SP Tyson Ross; activate 2B Neil Walker and SP Rubby De La Rosa.
• Fresh Fish: Bench SP David Phelps; place SP Stephen Strasburg and OF Khris Davis on the DL; activate SP Johnny Cueto, SP Ryan Vogelsong and OF Carlos Gonzalez.