Week 25 roster moves

Players acquired

1B Paul Goldschmidt, by Ubaldo Spots (Sept. #1)

SS Dee Gordon, by Ubaldo Spots (Sept. #2)

SP Brett Myers, by Holliday Road (Sept. #1)

OF Alex Presley, by Triple-A's (Sept. #2)

OF Jon Jay, by Arbitration Losers (Sept. #2)

SS Clint Barmes, by Chico's Chuggers (Sept. #2)

OF Angel Pagan, by  Goatwhisperers (Sept. #1)

RP Ryan Madson, by Goatwhisperers (Sept. #2)

3B Matt Dominguez, by VC Appraisers (Sept. #2)

Players released

OF Drew Stubbs, by Ubaldo Spots

SS Willie Bloomquist, by Ubaldo Spots

SS Wilson Valdez, by Triple-A's

SS Ryan Theriot, by Chico's Chuggers

SS Clint Barmes, by Pickle Bugs (stolen)

OF Angel Pagan, by Pickle Bugs (stolen)

OF Garrett Jones, by Goatwhisperers

1B Aubrey Huff, by Arbitration Losers

3B Brandon Wood, by VC Appraisers

RP Bobby Parnell, by Goatwhisperers

SP Charlie Morton, by Holliday Road

2B Justin Turner, by Misfits

Midweek replacements

TRIPLE-A'S: On Tuesday, placed SS Jimmy Rollins on disabled list; acquired and activated SS Wilson Valdez

HOLLIDAY ROAD: On Friday, placed OF Andre Ethier on disabled list; activated OF Ryan Ludwick from disabled list

ARBITRATION LOSERS: On Sunday, benched 2B Chase Utley (missed 3 games); moved 3B Emilio Bonafacio to 2B; moved OF Martin Prado to 3B; activated OF Raul Ibanez

Week 25 moves

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Released SS Ryan Theriot; activated SS Clint Barmes

TRIPLE-A'S: Released SS Wilson Valdez; benched OF Jose Tabata and SP Wandy Rodriguez; activated SS Jimmy Rollins, OF Alex Presley and SP Corey Luebke

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched SP Stephen Strasburg; activated SP Tim Stauffer

VC APPRAISERS: Released 3B Brandon Wood; activated 3B Matt Dominguez

UBALDO SPOTS: Released SS Willie Bloomquist; benched 1B Todd Helton, SP Bud Norris and SP Tim Hudson; activated 1B Paul Goldschmidt, SS Dee Gordon, SP Mike Leake and SP Roy Oswalt

MISFITS: Benched 2B Omar Infante; activated 2B Rickie Weeks from disabled list

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Released OF Garrett Jones and RP Bobby Parnell; benched SP James McDonald; activated OF Angel Pagan, SP Anibal Sanchez and RP Ryan Madson

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched OF Raul Ibanez; activated OF Jon Jay

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Benched RP Chris Narveson; activated SP Brett Myers

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. Triple-A's (Ken) 4044
2. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 4035
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 4035
4. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 3960
5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 3947
6. Misfits (Reid) 3917
7. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 3834
8. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 3712
9. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3644
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3222

Head to Head

Championship, Game 1

Arbitration Losers 198, Goatwhisperers 151 (Losers lead 1-0)

Third-place Game 1

Holliday Road 176, Triple-A's 174 (Holliday Road lead 1-0)

Consolation

VC Appraisers 165, Pickle Bugs 149
Pitch You Blockhead 202, Ubaldo Spots 118
Misfits 257, Chico's Chuggers 114

Notes

Two-and-a-half weeks in the season and we're headed to the closest possible finish in FBLG history. The Triple-A's hold a 9-point overall lead over both the Goatwhisperers and Losers, who after 24 weeks are tied. Holliday Road (86 points back) and the Ubaldo Spots (97) have their work cut out for them. A furious late charge has left the Misfits 127 points back and still in the run to finish in the money.

The Losers and Holliday Road won the first games of the the championship and third-place series.

The winner of this week's VC Appraisers-Chico's Chuggers matchup will clinch one spot in the consolation final. The Misfits are virtually assured of gaining the other spot.

Saturday's report

Overall standings

1. Triple-A's (Ken) 4031
2. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 4021
3. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3997
4. Holliday Road (Bill-Cliff) 3942
5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 3926
6. Misfits (Reid) 3855
7. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 3822
8. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 3670
9. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3632
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 3200

Head to head

Championship, Game 1

Arbitration Losers 160, Gladstone Goatwhisperers 137

Consolation, Game 1

Triple-A's 161, Holliday Road 158

Consolation round

VC Appraisers 153, Pickle Bugs 137

Pitch You Blockhead 160, Ubaldo Spots 97

Misfits 195, Chico's Chuggers 92

Notes

A big 67-point day shot the Triple-A's back into the overall lead. The Goatwhisperers and Losers remain very much in the thick of things, while Holliday Road and Ubaldo Spots need a big charge. ... The Arbitration Losers nurse a 23-point lead heading into Sunday in hopes of winning Game 1 of the head-to-head final. Both teams have one pitcher each throwing on Sunday.

Week 24 roster moves

Players acquired

SP Stephen Strasburg, by Pitch You Blockhead (Sept. #1)

SP Javier Vazquez, by Misfits (Sept. #1)

OF Gerardo Parra, by Arbitration Losers (Sept. #1)

SP Josh Collmenter, by VC Appraisers (Sept. #1)

Players released

SP Casey Blake, by Pitch You Blockhead

SP Jeff Karstens, by Misfits

SP R.A. Dickey, by Arbitration Losers

3B Pedro Alvarez, by VC Appraisers

Week 24 roster moves

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: No changes

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched SP Bronson Arroyo; activated SP Chris Capuano

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: SP Tim Stauffer and SP Ricky Nolasco; activated SP Stephen Strasburg and SP Jake Westbrook

VC APPRAISERS: No changes

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched SP Roy Oswalt; activated SP Dontrelle Willis

MISFITS: Benched SP Homer Bailey; activated SP Javier Vazquez

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched SP Anibal Sanchez; activated SP James McDonald

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Released SP R.A. Dickey; benched OF Aubrey Huff; activated OF Gerardo Parra and SP Aaron Harang

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Benched 3B Placido Polanco, OF Jason Heyward, SP Charlie Morton; moved 1B Mike Morse to OF; activated 1B Derrek Lee from disabled list; activated 3B Chipper Jones and SP Chris Narveson.

Week 23 roster moves

Players acquired

2B Omar Infante, by Misfits (August #1)

3B Aaron Miles, by Pitch You Blockhead (August #1)

SP RA Dickey, by Arbitration Losers (August #3)

RP: Bobby Parnell, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers (August #2)

Players released

1B James Loney, by Chico's Chuggers

SP Jordan Zimmerman, by Pitch You Blockhead

OF Jon Jay, by Arbitration Losers

RP Leo Nunez, by Gladstone Goatwhisperers

Week 23 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: No changes

TRIPLE-A'S: Placed OF Nate Schierholtz on disabled list; activated OF Jose Tabata

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Released SP Jordan Zimmerman; benched 3B Ty Wigginton and SP Jake Westbrook; activated 3B Aaron Miles, SP Tim Stauffer and SP Ricky Nolasco.

VC APPRAISERS: Placed SP Jonathan Sanchez on disabled list; benched SS Alex Gonzalez; activated SS Jose Reyes and SP Cole Hamels from disabled list

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched OF Drew Stubbs and SP Mike Leake; activated OF Logan Morrison and SP Ubaldo Jimenez

MISFITS: Placed SP Jonathan Niese on disabled list; benched 2B Justin Turner and SP Jeff Karstens; activated 2B Omar Infante and SP Hiroki Kuroda

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Released RP Leo Nunez; benched SP Jhoulys Chacin; activated RP Bobby Parnell and SP Anibal Sanchez.

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Released OF Jon Jay; benched OF Aubrey Huff and SP Jaime Garcia; activated 3B Emilio Bonafacio; moved 3B Martin Prado to OF; activated OF Chris Young and SP R.A. Dickey

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Bench 3B Chipper Jones and SP Chris Narveson; activated 3B Placido Polanco and SP Charlie Morton

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

Week 22 roster moves

Player acquired

RP Javy Guerra, by Holliday Road (Aug. #3)

OF Jon Jay, by Aribtration Losers (Aug. #2)

OF Cody Ross, by Chico's Chuggers (Aug. #1)

Players released

2B Omar Infante, by Triple-A's

SS Miguel Tejada, by Misfits

OF Laynce Nix, by Triple-A's

OF Allen Craig, by VC Appraisers

OF Jason Bourgeois, by Arbitration Losers

Week 22 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Placed OF Carlos Beltran on disabled list; activated OF Cody Ross

TRIPLE-A'S: Benched SP Corey Luebke; activated SP Dylan Gee

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched SP Tim Stauffer; activated SP Matt Garza

VC APPRAISERS: Benched SP Jonathan Sanchez; activated SP Jair Jurrjens from disabled list

UBALDO SPOTS: Benched SP Ubaldo Jimenez; activated SP Bud Norris

MISFITS: Benched SP Jonathan Niese; activated SP Jeff Karstens

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched OF Jayson Werth, SP James McDonald and SP Anibal Sanchez; activated OF Garrett Jones, SP Jhoulys Chacin and SP Daniel Hudson.

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Released OF Jason Bourgeois; benched 3B Emilio Bonafacio and SP Aaron Harang; moved OF Martin Prado to 3B and 1B Aubrey Huff to OF; activated 1B Jesus Guzman, OF Jon Jay and SP Jaime Garcia

HOLLIDAY ROAD: Placed RP Brian Wilson on disabled list; benched SP Charlie Morton; moved 1B Derrek Lee to disabled list; activated SP Chris Narveson from disabled list; activated RP Javy Guerra

PICKLE BUGS: No changes

Week 21 roster changes

Players acquired

SP Charlie Morton, by Holliday Road (Aug. #2)

OF JD Martinez, by Ubaldo Spots (Aug. #3)

SP Ted Lilly, by Pickle Bugs (Aug. #1)

Players released

C David Ross, by Triple-A's

Week 20 midweek replacements

Holliday Road placed SP Chris Narveson on disabled list; activated SP Charlie Morton; on Sunday, benched 1B Derrek Lee (missed 3 games), moved OF Mike Morse to 1B; activated OF Ryan Ludwick

Week 21 active roster changes

CHICO'S CHUGGERS: Benched 1B James Loney, moved 3B Albert Pujols to 1B; activated 3B Casey McGehee

TRIPLE-A'S: Released C David Ross; activated C Brian McCann from disabled list

PITCH YOU BLOCKHEAD: Benched 3B Ty Wigginton and SP Matt Garza;  activated OF Corey Hart and SP Jake Westbrook

MISFITS: Benched SP Hiroki Kuroda; activated SP Jon Niese

GLADSTONE GOATWHISPERERS: Benched TBA; activated SP James McDonald

ARBITRATION LOSERS: Benched 1B Jesus Guzman and SP Jaime Garcia; activated 1B Aubrey Huff and SP Aaron Harang.

HOLLIDAY ROAD: No changes

UBALDO SPOTS: Placed SP Jason Marquis on disabled list; benched OF Logan Morrison and SP Dontrelle Willis; activated OF JD Martinez, SP Mike Leake and SP Roy Oswalt

PICKLE BUGS: Placed SP Tommy Hanson; benched OF Angel Pagan; activated SP Ted Lilly and OF Seth Smith

Sunday's report

Overall standings

1. Triple-A's (Ken) 3396
2. Arbitration Losers (Tim) 3362
3. Gladstone Goatwhisperers (Arik) 3344
4. Pickle Bugs (Bill-Cliff) 3313
5. Ubaldo Spots (Rich) 3296
6. VC Appraisers (Dave-Kevin) 3239
7. Pickle Bugs (Jon) 3222
8. Misfits (Reid) 3095
9. Pitch You Blockhead (Scott) 3064
10. Chico's Chuggers (Shawn) 2814

Head-to-head scores

Triple-A's 222, Ubaldo Spots 175 (Triple-A's win series 2-0)
Holliday Road 122, VC Appraisers 104 (Holliday Road win series 2-0).

Semifinal matchups

Gladstone Goatwhisperers vs. Holliday Road
Arbitration Losers vs. Triple-A's

Players acquired

SP Charlie Morton, by Holliday Road (Aug. #2)

OF JD Martinez, by Ubaldo Spots (Aug. #3)

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.