Week 22 (Playoffs, Week 4) Transactions and Lineups

A 36-year-old soft-tossing lefty who has blisters and was in the Independent League not long ago? Sure, why not.

Players acquired

• Rookies sign SP Rich Hill (August move #3).
• The Lumbar Yard sign SP Luke Weaver (August move #3).
• Hundley Eyes sign SP Alex Reyes (August move #3).

Players released

• C Miguel Montero
• OF Gerardo Parra
• SP Rob Whalen
• SP Homer Bailey
• 1B James Loney

Players unprotected/available to be stolen

• none on Fresh Fish
• 3B Aaron Hill (Rookies) 
• OF Melvin Upton, Jr. (The Lumbar Yard)
• OF Jorge Soler (Goldschmidt Happens)
• C Derek Norris (Misfits)
• none on LG&M
• 3B/SS Jhonny Peralta (PYB)
• 3B/SS Jose Reyes (Arbitration Losers)
• SP Alex Reyes (Hundley Eyes)
• OF Keon Broxton (Retire 21)

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

• SP Jeff Locke (Rookies), SP Jake Peavy (Rookies) and OF Nick Markakis (R21) are also available to be stolen after spending four weeks on the bench.

Lineup changes

• Fresh Fish: Bench OF Hunter Pence and SP Jason Hammel; activate OF Jayson Werth and SP Tom Koehler.
• Rookies: Activate SP Rich Hill.
• The Lumbar Yard: Activate SP Adam Wainwright.
• Goldschmidt Happens: Bench SP Gerrit Cole and OF Jorge Soler; activate OF Jason Heyward.
• Misfits: None.
• Lawyers, Guns & Money: None.
• Pitch You Blockhead: Bench SS Jhonny Peralta and OF Domingo Santana; activate SS Zach Cozart and OF Josh Reddick.
• Arbitration Losers: None.
• Hundley Eyes: Bench SP Kenta Maeda; activate SP Zach Davies.
• Retire 21: None.