Week 21 (Playoffs, Week 3) Transactions and Lineups

With hair like that, it's no wonder there were multiple claims this week on Dansby Swanson. 

Players acquired

• Rookies sign SP Rob Whalen (August move #2).
• Goldschmidt Happens sign SP Jake Thompson (August move #3).
• Misfits steal C Cameron Rupp (August move #3) from Rookies and sign SS Greg Garcia (bonus move).
• Pitch You Blockhead steal SS Jhonny Peralta (August move #2) from Hundley Eyes.
• Arbitration Losers sign SP Reynaldo Lopez (August move #2).
• Hundley Eyes sign 1B Josh Bell (bonus move).
• Retire 21 sign SS Dansby Swanson (August move #2).

Players released

• SP Matt Wisler
• OF Michael Conforto
• 2B Kelby Tomlinson
• SS Jordy Mercer
• SP Archie Bradley
• SP Bud Norris
• RP Hector Rondon

Trade

• Lawyers, Guns & Money send SS Addison Russell to Goldschmidt Happens for SP Braden Shipley.

Players unprotected/available to be stolen

• none on Fresh Fish
• 3B Aaron Hill (Rookies) 
• OF Melvin Upton, Jr. (The Lumbar Yard)
• C Miguel Montero (Goldschmidt Happens)
• C Derek Norris (Misfits)
• none on LG&M
• none on PYB
• 3B/SS Jose Reyes (Arbitration Losers)
• 1B James Loney (Hundley Eyes)
• OF Keon Broxton (Retire 21)

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

• SP Jeff Locke (Rookies) is also available to be stolen after spending four weeks on the bench.

Lineup changes

• Fresh Fish: Bench OF Jayson Werth and SP Tom Koehler; activate OF Yoenis Cespedes and SP Ivan Nova.
• Rookies: Place SP Stephen Strasburg on DL; activate SP Rob Whalen.
• The Lumbar Yard: Bench SP Adam Wainwright; activate SP Jeremy Hellickson.
• Goldschmidt Happens: Bench SS Asdrubal Cabrera; activate SS Addison Russell and SP Jake Thompson.
• Misfits: Bench C Derek Norris, SS Daniel Descalso and OF Ender Inciarte; activate C Cameron Rupp, SS Greg Garcia and OF Randal Grichuk.
• Lawyers, Guns & Money: Bench SP James Shields and RP Tony Cingrani; activate SP Braden Shipley, RP AJ Ramos (from DL) and SS Eduardo Nunez.
• Pitch You Blockhead: Bench OF Josh Reddick and SS Zach Cozart; activate OF Domingo Santana (from DL) and SS Jhonny Peralta.
• Arbitration Losers: Bench 3B Matt Duffy and SP Gio Gonzalez; activate 3B Jedd Gyorko and SP Reynaldo Lopez.
• Hundley Eyes: Bench 1B James Loney and SP Jerad Eickhoff; activate 1B Josh Bell and SP Jon Gray.
• Retire 21: Bench SP Jaime Garcia and SP Drew Pomeranz; activate SP Steven Matz, SP Julio Teheran (from DL) and SS Dansby Swanson.