Week 23 (Playoffs, Week 5) Transactions and Lineups

Ryan "Jumbo" Schimpf is basically Dave Kingman playing second base.

Players acquired

• Lawyers, Guns & Money sign OF Yasiel Puig (September move #1), 2B Ryan Schimpf (September move #2) and SP Wily Peralta (September move #3).
• Arbitration Losers sign RP Jim Johnson (September move #1).
• Hundley Eyes sign OF Jose Peraza (September move #1).
• Retire 21 sign SP Homer Bailey (September move #1) and SP Chad Kuhl (September move #2).

Players released

• SP Matt Cain
• OF Peter Bourjos
• SP Zach Davies
• RP Tony Watson
• SP Jaime Garcia
• SP James Shields
• OF Odubel Herrera

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)
• SP Braden Shipley (LG&M)
• SP Jimmy Nelson (PYB)
• 3B/SS Jose Reyes (Arbitration Losers)
• OF Billy Hamilton (Hundley Eyes)
• OF Keon Broxton (Retire 21)

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

• SP Jeff Locke (Rookies), C Francisco Cervelli (LY) and OF Nick Markakis (R21) 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 and OF Hunter Pence.
• Rookies: None.
• The Lumbar Yard: Bench SP Robbie Ray; activate SP Luke Weaver.
• Goldschmidt Happens: None.
• Misfits: Bench 1B Brandon Belt; move Brandon Moss from OF to 1B; activate OF Ender Inciarte.
• Lawyers, Guns & Money: Bench 2B Dee Gordon, SP Braden Shipley, SP Julio Urias and RP A.J. Ramos; activate 2B Ryan Schimpf, OF Yasiel Puig, SP Wily Peralta, SP John Lackey (from DL) and RP Tony Cingrani.
• Pitch You Blockhead: Bench SP Christian Friedrich; activate SP Tyler Chatwood (from DL).
• Arbitration Losers: Bench 3B Jedd Gyorko, OF Joc Pederson and SP Reynaldo Lopez; activate 3B Matt Duffy, OF Curtis Granderson, SP Gio Gonzalez and RP Jim Johnson.
• Hundley Eyes: Bench OF Billy Hamilton; activate SP Jerad Eickhoff and OF Jose Peraza.
• Retire 21: Bench SP Francisco Liriano; activate SP Chad Kuhl and SP Homer Bailey.