Week 19 (Playoffs, Week 1) Transactions and Lineups

Just like the real trade deadline, pitching was the name of the game heading into the FBLG playoffs.
9 of 10 players signed today are pitchers, including Matt Moroe.

Players acquired

• Fresh Fish sign SP Ivan Nova (August move #1).
• The Lumbar Yard sign SP Homer Bailey (August move #2).
• Misfits sign SP Matt Moore (August move #1) and SS Daniel Descalso (August move #2).
• Lawyers, Guns & Money sign SP Julio Urias (August move #2).
• Pitch You Blockhead steal SP Tyler Chatwood (August move #1) from The Lumbar Yard.
• Arbitration Losers sign RP Tony Watson (August move #1).
• Hundley Eyes sign SP Zach Davies (August move #2).
• Retire 21 sign SP Jaime Garcia (bonus move) and SP Tyler Anderson (bonus move).

Players released

• 3B David Freese
• SP Mike Leake
• RP Fernando Rodney
• SP Patrick Corbin
• OF Yasiel Puig

Players unprotected/available to be stolen

• none on Fresh Fish
• 3B Aaron Hill (Rookies) 
• 3B Jung-Ho Kang (The Lumbar Yard)
• OF Michael Conforto (Goldschmidt Happens)
• 2B Kelby Tomlinson (Misfits)
• SP James Shields (LG&M)
• OF Ichiro Suzuki (PYB)
• IF/OF Kike Hernandez (Arbitration Losers)
• C Welington Castillo (Hundley Eyes)
• OF Keon Broxton (Retire 21)

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

• SP Christian Friedrich (PYB) is also available to be stolen after spending four weeks on the bench.

Lineup changes

• Fresh Fish: None.
• Rookies: None.
• The Lumbar Yard: Bench C Francisco Cervelli; move Willson Contreras from OF to C; activate OF Trea Turner.
• Goldschmidt Happens: Bench OF Jason Heyward and SP Junior Guerra; activate OF Jorge Soler.
• Misfits: Bench SP Mike Foltynewicz; place OF David Peralta and SS Aledmys Diaz on DL; activate SP Matt Moore, SS Daniel Descalso and OF Ender Inciarte.
• Lawyers, Guns & Money: Bench SP James Shields and SP Adam Conley; place SP Aaron Nola on DL; activate SP John Lackey and SP Julio Urias.
• Pitch You Blockhead: Bench SP Jimmy Nelson; activate SP Tyler Chatwood.
• Arbitration Losers: Bench RP Jonathan Papelbon and OF Joc Pederson; activate RP Tony Watson and OF Curtis Granderson.
• Hundley Eyes: Bench SP Jerad Eickhoff, SP Jon Gray and C Welington Castillo; activate SP Kenta Maeda, SP Zach Davies and C Yasmani Grandal.
• Retire 21: Bench SP Brandon McCarthy and SP Drew Pomeranz; activate SP Francisco Liriano, SP Tyler Anderson and SP Jaime Garcia.