Week 17 Transactions and Lineups

David Dahl - the next great Rockies outfielder?

Players acquired

• Rookies sign C Tucker Barnhart (July move #1).
• Goldschmidt Happens sign OF David Dahl (July move #3).
• Arbitration Losers sign SP Zach Eflin (July move #3).
• Hundley Eyes sign RP Aroldis Chapman (July move #3).

Players released

• SP Jon Niese
• RP Trevor Rosenthal

Players unprotected/available to be stolen

• none on Fresh Fish
• 3B Aaron Hill (Rookies) 
• C Francisco Cervelli (The Lumbar Yard)
• 2B Cesar Hernandez (Goldschmidt Happens)
• 2B Kelby Tomlinson (Misfits)
• SP Aaron Nola (LG&M)
• SP Matt Cain (PYB)
• 3B Conor Gillaspie (Arbitration Losers)
• none on Hundley Eyes
• RP Fernando Rodney (Retire 21)

Please email the commish by first pitch Saturday to change your unprotected player.

• SP Brandon Finnegan (Rookies) and SS Trea Turner (FF) are also available to be stolen after spending four weeks on the bench.

Lineup changes

• Fresh Fish: None.
• Rookies: Bench C Cameron Rupp and SP Jeff Locke; activate C Tucker Barnhart and SP Jaime Garcia.
• The Lumbar Yard: Bench OF Ben Revere and SP Tyler Chatwood; move C Francisco Cervelli from DL to bench; place SP Hyun-Jin Ryu on DL; activate OF Chris Owings (from DL) and SP Jeremy Hellickson.
• Goldschmidt Happens: Bench SP Matt Wisler and OF Jason Heyward; place SP Wei-Yin Chen on DL; activate SP Michael Wacha and OF David Dahl.
• Misfits: None.
• Lawyers, Guns & Money: Bench OF Adam Duvall, SP John Lackey and SP Aaron Nola; activate OF Odubel Herrera, SP James Shields and SP Kyle Hendricks.
• Pitch You Blockhead: Bench SP Christian Friedrich; move SP Matt Cain from DL to bench; activate SP Colin Rea.
• Arbitration Losers: Bench OF Curtis Granderson, SP Archie Bradley and SP Bud Norris; activate OF Joc Pederson, SP Zach Eflin and SP Gio Gonzalez.
• Hundley Eyes: Bench SP Jon Gray and RP Seung-Hwan Oh; activate SP Patrick Corbin and RP Aroldis Chapman.
• Retire 21: Bench SP Brandon McCarthy; activate SP Steven Matz.