Week 16 Transactions and Lineups

Henry benched one half of the Locke Niese Monster and activate the other half. We forget which.

Players acquired

• Goldschmidt Happens sign OF Michael Conforto (July move #2).
• Lawyers, Guns & Money steal C Travis d'Arnaud (bonus move) from Retire 21.

Players released

• SS Danny Espinosa

Players unprotected/available to be stolen

• none on Fresh Fish
• 3B Aaron Hill (Rookies) 
• none on The Lumbar Yard
• 2B Cesar Hernandez (Goldschmidt Happens)
• 2B Kelby Tomlinson (Misfits)
• SP James Shields (LG&M)
• none on PYB
• none on Arbitration Losers
• RP Trevor Rosenthal (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: Bench SP Tom Koehler and OF Yasmany Tomas; activate SP Clayton Kershaw (from DL) and OF Jayson Werth.
• Rookies: Bench SP Jon Niese; activate SP Jeff Locke.
• The Lumbar Yard: Bench SP Jeremy Hellickson; activate SP Tyler Chatwood..
• Goldschmidt Happens: Bench SP Michael Wacha; place OF Trayce Thompson on DL; activate SP Matt Wisler and OF Michael Conforto..
• Misfits: Bench C Yasmani Grandal; activate C Derek Norris.
• Lawyers, Guns & Money: Bench 1B Justin Bour, SP James Shields and SP Kyle Hendricks; move Buster Posey from C to 1B; activate C Travis d'Arnaud, SP Carlos Martinez and SP Aaron Nola.
• Pitch You Blockhead: Bench SP Jeff Samardzija; activate SP Christian Friedrich.
• Arbitration Losers: Bench SP Matt Garza; activate SP Jameson Taillon (from DL).
• Hundley Eyes: Bench SP Kenta Maeda and SP Patrick Corbin; activate SP Jose Fernandez and SP Noah Syndergaard.
• Retire 21: None.