Week 20 roster changes

Players acquired

SP Dontrelle Willis, by Ubaldo Spots (August #2)

OF Garrett Jones, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers (August #1)

1B Derrek Lee, by Holliday Road (August #1)

2B Darwin Barney, by Triple-A's (August #3)

RP Drew Stroen, by Arbitration Losers (August #1)

Players released

SP Paul Maholm, by Ubaldo Spots

SP Kyle Lohse, by Holliday Road

RP Francisco Cordero, by Arbitration Losers

Trade

Ubaldo Spots traded 3B Chipper Jones to Holliday Road for SP Roy Oswalt.

Week 20 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched SP Joe Saunders; activated SP Edwin Jackson

TRIPLE-A'S: No changes

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Conditionally placed SS Hanley Ramirez on disabled list; acquired/activated SS Jason Bartlett; benched OF Corey Hart and SP Ricky Nolasco; moved 3B Ty Wigginton to OF; activated 3B Casey Blake and SP Jordan Zimmermann

VC APPRAISERS: Placed SS Jose Reyes and SP Jair Jurrjens on disabled list; benched OF Will Venable and SP Kevin Correia; activated OF Carlos Gonzalez and SP Jonathan Sanchez from disabled list; activated SS Alex Gonzalez and SP Randy Wolf

UBALDO SPOTS: Released SP Paul Maholm; traded SP Hiroki Kuroda; benched SP Bud Norris; activated SP Tim Hudson, SP Ubaldo Jimenez and SP Dontrelle Willis

MISFITS: Released SS Ronnie Cedeno; benched OF Carlos Lee, SP Jonathan Niese and SP Jeff Karstens; activated SS Yuniesky Betancourt, OF Dexter Fowler, SP Hiroki Kuroda and SP Madison Bumgarner

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched SP Jhoulys Chacin; activated SP Daniel Hudson

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Released RP Francisco Cordero; benched OF Raul Ibanez; activated RP Drew Storen and OF Jason Bourgeois

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Released SP Kyle Lohse; placed 3B Chase Headley on disabled list; benched OF Ryan Ludwick and SP Kyle Lohse; moved 1B Mike Morse to OF; activated 3B Chipper Jones, 1B Derrek Lee and SP Chris Narveson

PICKLE BUGS: Moved C Ryan Doumit from disabled list to bench

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3216
2. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 3191
3. Triple-A's (Ken) 3174
4. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3161
5. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 3135
6. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 3121
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3044
8. Misfits (Reid) 2938
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 2904
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 2649

Head-to-Head scores

Gladstone Goatwhisperers 198, Pitch You Blockhead 190 (Goatwhisperers win series, 1-0)
Arbitration Losers 196, Misfits 152 (Arbitration Losers win series, 1-0)
Triple-A's 183, Ubaldo Spots 120 (Triple-A's lead series 1-0 with a +63 aggregate)
Holliday Road 239, VC Appraisers 131 (Holliday Road leads series 1-0 with a +108 aggregate)

Players acquired

1B Derrek Lee, by Holliday Road (August #1)
IF Darwin Barney, by Triple-A's (August #3)
SS Yuniesky Betancourt, by Misfits (August #1)

Notes

Bolstered by three solid pitching outings, the Arbitration Losers finished the week strong to recapture the overall lead and lock down the first-round win in the head-to-head playoffs. The Losers will take a week off from head-to-head competition and get ready to likely face the Triple-A's. Pitch You Blockhead put up a good fight, but losing Hanley Ramirez for the weekend really hurt, so the Gladstone Goatwhisperers advance to the semifinals, where they likely will face Holliday Road. The Triple-A's and Holliday Road easily won their playoff openers by such large margins that they are in good standing to claim the win on aggregate points. The Triple-A's have a 63-point advantage, while Holiday Road leads by 108 points. Big deficits indeed.