Week 23 roster changes

A little late, but here it is. Week 24's changes are upcoming


Players acquired

• C Ramon Hernandez, by Halladay Road (Sept. #1)
• RP John Axford, by Pitch You Blockhead (Sept. #1)
• OF Cameron Maybin, by Triple-A's (Sept. #1)

Players released

• C Brian McCann, by Halladay Road
• RP Shaun Marcum, by Halladay Road
• OF Melky Cabrera, by Fresh Fish

Week 23 active roster changes

ROOKIES: No changes

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Placed RP Kenley Jansen on disabled list; benched OF Jon Jay, SP Edinson Volquez; activated OF Andrew McCutchen, SP Anibal Sanchez, RP John Axford.

HAMMERIN HANK: No changes.

FRESH FISH: Benched 1B Casey McGehee and OF Chris Young; Activated 1B Joey Votto and OF Justin  Ruggiano.

BAWG: Benched SP Adam Wainwright; activated SP Patrick Corbin

MISFITS: Benched OF Carlos Quentin and SP Paul Maholm; activated OF Hunter Pence and SP Tim Hudson in.

HALLADAY ROAD: Reeased C Brian McCann; activated C Ramon Hernandez

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched SP Josh Beckett; activated SP Homer Bailey

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched SP Tim Lincecum; activated SP Ross Detwiler

Head-to-head playoff update

The top-seeded Fresh Fish and Misfits posted Game 1 victories in the opening round of the semifinals series. The Fish eeked out a 172-168 win over Billy Ashley Wind Generator, while the Misfits used a big week to beat the Rookies 222-181. BAWG and Rookies must win this week to force a deciding Game 3. If the Fish and Misfits win, the championship series (and third-place series) will begin in Week 23.

The Arbitration Losers, Hammerin Hank and Halladay Road were winners in the first round of the consolation round-robin.

As far as the overall race goes, little has changed. Fresh Fish (3985), Misfits (3736), BAWG (3614) and Rookies (3561) hold onto the money spots. It would take a major charge by the fifth place Pitch You Blockhead (3349) to break up the top 4.

Week 22 roster changes

Players acquired

• RP Tyler Clippard, by Rookies (Aug. #1)
• OF Tyler Colivin, by Arbitration Losers (Aug. #2)
• SP Paul Maholm, by Misfits (Aug. #2)
• 3B Luis Cruz, by Pitch You Blockhead (Aug. #2)

Players released

• SP Lance Lynn, by Misfits
• 3B Chris Johnson, by Pitch You Blockhead
• SP Jhoulys Chacin, by Arbitration Losers

MIDWEEK REPLACEMENTS

ROOKIES: On Monday, placed RP Huston Street on disabled list; activated RP Tyler Clippard

ARBITRATION LOSERS: On Wednesday, placed OF Emilio Bonifacio on disabled list; activated OF Tyler Colvin

WEEK 22 ACTIVE ROSTER CHANGES

ROOKIES: Placed SP Chad Billingsley on disabled list; activated SP Tommy Hanson

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Released 3B Chris Johnson, benched OF Andrew McCutchen and SP James McDonald; activated 3B Luis Cruz, OF Jon Jay and SP Mat Latos

HAMMERIN HANK: No changes

FRESH FISH: No changes

BAWG: Benched SP Jordan Zimmermann, activated SP Michael Fiers

MISFITS: Benched OF Hunter Pence, SP Tim Hudson; activated OF Carlos Quentin, SP Paul Maholm

HALLADAY ROAD: Benched SP Alex White, activated SP Bud Norris

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched 1B Garrett Jones and SP Homer Bailey; activated 1B Adrian Gonzalez and SP Josh Beckett

ARBITRATION LOSERS: No changes

Week 21 roster changes

Players acquired

• SP Alex White by Halladay Road (August #2)
• C Ramon Hernandez, by Halladay Road (August #3)
• SP Patrick Corbin, by BAWG (August #2)
• 2B Mark Ellis, by Misfits (August #1)
• SP Lucas Harrell, by Pickle Bugs (August #1)

Players released

• SP Vance Worley, by Halladay Road
• C Yasmani Grandal, by Pitch You Blockhead
• SP Mike Leake, by BAWG
• SS Rafael Furcal, by Halladay Road
• SP Carlos Zambrano, by Pickle Bugs
• 1B Juan Rivera, by Hammerin Hank
• SP Johan Santana, by Arbitration Losers

TRADES

On Wednesday, Pickle Bugs traded OF Matt Holliday and SP Lucas Harrell to Pitch You Blockhead for OF Angel Pagan and 1B Yonder Alonso

On Wednesday, Pickle Bugs traded 1B Ike Davis to Arbitration Losers for SP Chris Capuano

MIDWEEK REPLACEMENTS

PICKLE BUGS: On Wednesday, traded 1B Ike Davis and OF Matt Holliday; activated 1B Yonder Alonso and OF Angel Pagan

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: On Wednesday, traded 1B Yonder Alonso; benched OF Jon Jay; activated 1B Anthony Rizzo and OF Matt Holliday

HALLADAY ROAD: On Tuesday, benched OF Drew Stubbs, moved 3B Todd Frazier to OF, activated 3B Pablo Sandoval from disabled list

WEEK 21 ACTIVE ROSTER CHANGES

ROOKIES: No changes

PICKLE BUGS: Benched SP Travis Wood; benched 2B Omar Infante, moved SS Danny Espinosa to 2B; activated SS Ian Desmond from disabled list; activated SP Chris Capuano

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched SP Mat Latos; activated SP Lucas Harrell

HAMMERIN HANK: Benched SP Barry Zito; activated SP Jaime Garcia from disabled list

FRESH FISH: Benched OF Melky Cabrera, activated OF Chris Young

BAWG: Benched OF Carlos Gonzalez and SP Micheal Fiers; activated OF Alex Amarista and SP Kris Medlen

MISFITS: Benched 2B Neil Walker and SP Lance Lynn; activated 2B Mark Ellis and SP Kyle Lohse

HALLADAY ROAD: Benched SP Bud Norris; activated SP Alex White

TRIPLE-A'S: No changes

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched OF Dexter Fowler and SP Ross Detwiler; activated OF Emilio Bonifacio from DL; activated SP Tim Lincecum

Head-to-head playoff results

The first round of the head-to-head playoffs is complete.

In Week 19, the Fresh Fish beat the Triple-A's 197-163 to eliminate the Triple-A's. But Hammerin Hank beat the Misfits 171-167 to stay alive.

In Week 20, the Misfits avoided the upset by winning 167-153.

The Rookies swept both games against Pitch You Blockhead. And Billy Ashley Wind Generator did the same to Halladay Road.

Now the semifinals are set.

Fresh Fish vs. Billy Ashley Wind Generator

Misfits vs. Rookies

The series are best two-of-three.

Meanwhile, the other six teams will begin a five-week consolation round-robin.

Week 19

• Fresh Fish 197, Triple-A's 163 (Triple-A's eliminated)
• Hammerin Hank 171, Misfits 167
• Rookies 179, Pitch You Blockhead 154
• BAWG 238, Halladay Road

Week 20

• Misfits 167, Hammerin Hank 153 (Misfits advance)
• Rookies 203, Pitch You Blockhead (Rookies advance)
• BAWG 181, Halladay Road 174 (BAWG advance)

Week 19 roster changes

Players acquired

• SP Kris Medlen, by Billy Ashley Wind Generator (August #1)
• C Kurt Suzuki, by Hammerin Hank (August #1)
• SS Paul Janish (August #1)
• OF Ryan Ludwick, by Halladay Road (August #2)
• RP Jason Motte, by Misfits (July #3)
• C Wilin Rosario, by Pitch You Blockhead (July #3)
• SS Danny Espinosa by Pickle Bugs (July #1)

Players released

• SP Erik Bedard
• SS Everth Cabrera
• OF Will Venable
• OF Tyler Colvin

Week 18 midweek replacements

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: On Wednesday; placed C Yasmani Grandal on disabled list; activated C Wilin Rosario

PICKLE BUGS: On Thursday, placed SS Ian Desmond on disabled list; activated SS Danny Espinosa

ARBITRATION LOSERS: On Saturday, placed OF Emilio Bonafacio on disabled list; activated OF Dexter Fowler

HALLADAY ROAD: On Sunday, placed OF Michael Cuddyer on disabled list; activated OF Norichika Aoki

Week 19 active roster changes

ROOKIES: Benched SP Tommy Hanson and SP AJ Burnett; activated SP Ben Sheets and SP Chad Billingsley

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched OF Jon Jay; activated OF Jayson Werth from disabled list

HAMMERIN HANK: Placed C Carlos Ruiz on disabled list; activated C Kurt Suzuki

FRESH FISH: Benched OF Justin Ruggiano and SP Trevor Cahill; activated OF Giancarlo Stanton from
disabled list; activated SP Wade Miley

BAWG: Released SP Erik Bedard; activated SP Adam Wainwright

MISFITS: Benched SP Kyle Lohse and RP Santiago Casilla; activated SP Lance Lynn and RP Jason Motte

HALLADAY ROAD: Benched SS Rafael Furcal, OF Norchika Aoki and SP Zach Greinke; activated SS Paul Janish, OF Ryan Ludwick and SP Josh Johnson

TRIPLE-A'S: No changes

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched SP Matt Harvey; activated SP Ross Detwiler

Week 18 scoring update

The head-to-head regular season is over, and the eight playoff spots have been claimed. Pitch You Blockhead earned the No. 6 seed over Hammerin Hank by virtue of a 74-point advantage in the overall point standings. And the Triple-A's claimed the eighth and final playoff berth by a nine-point overall margin over the Arbitration Losers.

As the top 2 seeds, the Fresh Fish and Misfits simply need to post wins either in Week 19 or Week 20 to advance to the semifinals. As for the matchups between the Rookies-Pitch You Blockhead and BAWG-Halladay Road, it basically becomes a two-week game -- the team the score the most points over the next two weeks advances to the semifinals.

Meanwhile, the Arbitration Losers and Pickle Bugs take a two-week hiatus before re-engaging for the consolation title.

First-round playoff matchups

(1) Fresh Fish vs. (8) Triple-A's

(2) Misfits vs. (7) Hammerin Hank

(3) Rookies vs. (6) Pitch You Blockhead

(4) Billy Ashley Wind Generator vs. (5) Halladay Road

Week 18 head-to-head finals

Rookies 229, Triple-A's 166

Arbitration Losers 171, Pickle Bugs 143

Misfits 242, Hammerin Hank 145

Pitch You Blockhead 198, Fresh Fish 157

BAWG 191, Halladay Road 134

Overall standings

1. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3438

2. Misfits (Reid) 3180

3. BAWG (Rich-Brian) 3022

4. Rookies (Henry) 2998

5. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 2876

6. Hammerin Hank (Pete) 2802

7. Halladay Road (Bill) 2798

8. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2738

9. Triple-A's (Ken) 2554

10. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2545

Saturday update

If the head-to-head season ending today, the playoff seeds would be: 1, Fresh Fish; 2, Misfits; 3, Rookies; 4, BAWG; 5, Halladay Road; 6, Pitch You Blockhead; 7, Hammerin Hank; 8, Arbitration Losers. These seedings are based on all of the teams leading right now winning this week. All have comfortable but not insurmountable leads. The other battle is the overall points tiebreaker between the Losers and T-A's. The Losers must finish ahead of T-A's to make the playoffs, and right now they hold a six-point lead.

Head-to-head scores

Rookies 148, Triple-A's 116

Arbitration Losers 136, Pickle Bugs 101

Misfits 156, Hammerin Hank 100

Pitch You Blockhead 137, Fresh Fish 99

BAWG 134, Halladay Road 91

Overall standings

1. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3380

2. Misfits (Reid) 3094

3. BAWG (Rich-Brian) 2965

4. Rookies (Henry) 2917

5. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 2815

6. Hammerin Hank (Pete) 2757

7. Halladay Road (Bill) 2755

8. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2696

9. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2510

10. Triple-A's (Ken) 2504

Players acquired

• SS Danny Espinosa, by Pickle Bugs (July #1)
• C Wilin Rosario, by Pitch You Blockhead (July #3)
• SS Paul Janish, by Halladay Road (August #1)
• RP Jason Motte, by Misfits (July #3)

Week 18 roster changes

Players acquired

• 3B Todd Frazier, by Halladay Road (July #1)
• C Yasmani Grandal, by Pitch You Blockhead (July #2)
• OF Carlos Gomez, by Misfits (July #2)
• SP Matt Harvey, by Arbitration Losers (July #3)
• SP Mike Leake, by BAWG (July #3)

Players released

• C Jesus Flores
• SP Trevor Bauer
• C Geovany Soto

Midweek replacements

Halladay Road -- On Wednesday, placed 3B Pablo Sandoval on disabled list; activated 3B Todd Frazier

Pickle Bugs -- On Wednesday, activated SP Aaron Harang as emergency pitcher for SP Matt Garza

Arbitration Losers -- On Thursday, activated C Jonathan Lucroy from disabled list; benched C Geovany Soto


Trade

Billy Ashley Wind Generator traded OF JD Martinez and SP Edwin Jackson to Hammerin Hank for OF Alfonso Soriano


Week 18 active roster changes

ROOKIES: No changes

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Released C Jesus Flores; benched 1B Anthony Rizzo and SP Anibal Sanchez; activated 1B Yonder Alonso C Yasmani Grandal and sP Yovani Gallardo

HAMMERIN HANK: Traded OF Alfonso Soriano; benched SP Randy Wolf; activated OF JD Martinez and SP Edwin Jackson

FRESH FISH: Benched OF Chris Young and SP Wade Miley; activated OF Justin Ruggiano and SP Trevor Cahilll

BAWG: Benched OF Alex Amarista and SP Adam Wainwright; activated OF Alfonso Soriano and SP Michael Fiers

MISFITS: Benched OF Carlos Quentin and SP Lance Lynn; activated OF Carlos Gomez and SP Kyle Lohse

HALLADAY ROAD: Benched OF Norichika Aoki and SP Josh Johnson; activated OF Drew Stubbs and SP Bud Norris

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched 1B Lance Berkman, OF Logan Morrison and SP Jeff Samardzija; activated 1B Garrett Jones, OF David DeJesus and SP Jon Niese

ARIBTRATION LOSERS: Benched 1B Bryan Lahair and SP Ross Detwiler; activated 1B Brandon Belt and SP Matt Harvey

Week 17 scoring update

Sorry for the delay. The Commish was on vacation. But here's the situation heading into week 18, the final week of the head-to-head regular season

Overall standings

1. Fresh Fish (Rick) 3281

2. Misfits (Reid) 2938

3. BAWG (Rich-Brian) 2830

4. Rookies (Henry) 2769

5. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 2678

6. Halladay Road (Bill) 2664

7. Hammerin Hank (Pete) 2657

8. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 2595

9. Triple-A's (Ken) 2388

10. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 2374

Week 17 head-to-head finals

Triple-A's 161 Pickle Bugs 149

Misfits 173, Pitch You Blockhead 171

Billy Ashley Wind Generator 225 Rookies 183

Hammerin Hank 201 Halladay Road 184

Fresh Fish 170, Arbitration Losers 130

Head-to-head standings

1. Fresh Fish 15-2

2. Misfits 10-7

3. Rookies 9-8

4. Halladay Road 9-8

5. BAWG 8-9

6. Hammerin Hank 8-9

7. Pitch You Blockhead 7-10

8. Triple-A's 7-10

9. Pickle Bugs 6-11

10. Arbitration Losers 6-11

Playoff possibilities

• Fresh Fish has clinched No. 1 seed to playoffs, and Misfits has essentially clinched No. 2 seed.
• Rookies and Halladay Road will be seeds No. 3 to 6.
• BAWG, Hammerin Hanks have clinched playoff berths.
• Pitch You Blockhead has essentially clinched a playoff berth
• Triple-A's will clinch playoff berth with a win or with loss and Arbitration Losers win, as long as Losers don't outscore Triple-A's by 14 points.
• Pickle Bugs clinch with win and Triple-A's loss.
• Arbitration Losers clinch with win and Triple-A's loss and  Losers outscore Triple-A's by 15 points in Week 18.