Curtis Granderson hit his 7th lead off homer of the year, added another one, walked and made a leaping catch to end an 8th inning rally as the Mets won 5-3 in Baltimore.

Josh Donaldson reached base 4 times, including a pair of homers, and drove in 4 to help the Blue Jays come from behind to top the Phillies, 8-5.

Jacob deGrom pitched into the 8th, finishing with 7 2/3 innings, 5 hits, 1 run and 1 walk, earning the 5-3 decision for the Mets against the Orioles.

Eduardo Rodriguez gave Boston 8 strong innings, walking none and allowing just 6 hits and 1 run to earn the 9-1 win over the Indians.

They all owned baseball on August 18, 2015

Earning 1/2 WOBs on losing efforts.

Jose Reyes went 4 for 5 with a double and a homer in Colorado’s 15-6 loss to the Nationals.

Jose Abreu doubled and added 2 singles, driving in a run in the White Sox 5-3 loss to the Angels.

Raisel Iglesias pitched 7 innings of 3 hit, 1 walk shutout ball against the Royals. The bullpen would blow his lead and the Reds would lose, 3-1 in 13 innings.

Jake Odorizzi struck out 9 batters and walked just 1 in 6 innings, allowing 6 hits and 1 run. He would get a no decision as the Astros walked off against Tampa Bay, 3-2 in 10.

 

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So Let’s factor in yesterday’s heroics into the year long WOB standings

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Andrew McCutchen, 7,

Joey Votto, 6 1/2,

Giancarlo Stanton, 6,

Todd Frazier, 5 1/2,

Paul Goldschmidt, 5 1/2,

Bryce Harper, 4 1/2,

Carlos Gonzalez, 4,

Randal Grichuk , 4,

Matt Kemp, 4,

Yasiel Puig, 4,

Lucas Duda, 3 1/2,

Andre Ethier, 3 1/2,

Carlos Gomez, 3 1/2, [Brewers Only]

Buster Posey, 3 1/2,

Nolan Arenado, 3,

Khris Davis, 3,

Matt Duffy, 3,

Freddie Freeman, 3,

Joc Pederson, 3,

Anthony Rizzo, 3,

Justin Upton, 3,

Zack Cozart, 2 1/2,

Howie Kendrick, 2 1/2,

Adam Lind, 2 1/2,

Derek Norris, 2 1/2,

Brandon Phillips, 2 1/2,

Kyle Schwarber, 2 1/2,

Brandon Belt, 2,

Jay Bruce, 2

Kris Bryant, 2,

Maikel Franco, 2,

Adrian Gonzalez, 2,

Yasmani Grandal, 2,

Curtis Granderson, 2,

Martin Maldonado, 2,

Kirk Nieuwenhuis, 2,

Scott Van Slyke, 2,

Neil Walker, 2,

Ryan Braun, 1 1/2,

Marlon Byrd, 1 1/2,

Brandon Crawford, 1 1/2,

Dexter Fowler, 1 1/2,

Dee Gordon, 1 1/2,

Billy Hamilton, 1 1/2,

Odubel Herrera, 1 1/2,

Jason Heyward, 1 1/2,

Ryan Howard, 1 1/2,

Cole Gillespie, 1 1/2,

Joe Panik, 1 1/2,

A.J. Pierzynski, 1 1/2,

Ben Revere, 1 1/2,

Jimmy Rollins, 1 1/2,

Addison Russell, 1 1/2,

Jorge Soler, 1 1/2,

Yasmany Tomas, 1 1/2,

Justin Turner, 1 1/2,

Kolten Wong, 1 1/2,

 

2015 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Clayton Kershaw, 9,

Jacob deGrom, 7 1/2,

Matt Harvey, 7,

Jake Arrieta, 6,

Shelby Miller, 6,

Johnny Cueto, 5 1/2, (REDS ONLY)

Zack Greinke, 5 1/2,

Noah Syndergaard, 5 1/2,

Chris Heston, 5,

Mike Leake, 5,

Max Scherzer, 5,

John Lackey, 4,

Jimmy Nelson, 4,

Jon Niese, 4,

Chase Anderson, 3 1/2,

Madison Bumgarner, 3 1/2,

Andrew Cashner,3,

Bartolo Colon, 3,

Cole Hamels, 3,

Jason Hammel, 3,

Jon Lester, 3,

Francisco Liriano, 3,

Lance Lynn, 3,

Carlos Martinez, 3,

Michael Wacha, 3,

Jordan Zimmermann, 3,

Anthony DeSclafani, 2 1/2,

Jaime Garcia, 2 1/2,

Aaron Harang, 2 1/2,

Tyson Ross, 2 1/2,

Stephen Strasburg, 2 1/2,

Chad Bettis, 2,

Mike Bolsinger, 2,

Welington Castillo, 2,

Josh Collmenter, 2,

Gio Gonzalez, 2,

Tim Lincecum, 2,

David Phelps, 2,

Travis Wood, 2,

Brett Anderson, 1 1/2,

Gerrit Cole, 1 1/2,

Rubby De La Rosa, 1 1/2,

Raisel Iglesias, 1 1/2,

Kyle Kendrick, 1 1/2,

Tom Koehler, 1 1/2,

Mat Latos, 1 1/2,

Joe Ross, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mike Trout, 8,

Josh Donaldson, 5 1/2,

Adam Jones, 5 1/2

Miguel Cabrera, 5,

Mark Teixeira, 5,

Manny Machado, 4,

Albert Pujols, 4,

Alex Rodriguez, 4,

Jose Bautista, 3 1/2,

Nelson Cruz, 3 1/2,

Chris Davis, 3 1/2,

Edwin Encarnacion, 3 1/2,

Jose Altuve, 3,

Robinson Cano, 3,

Eric Hosmer, 3,

José Iglesias, 3,

Mitch Moreland, 3,

Hanley Ramirez, 3,

Preston Tucker, 3,

Lorenzo Cain, 2 1/2,

Kole Calhoun, 2 1/2,

Alex Gordon, 2 1/2,

Jason Kipnis, 2 1/2,

Brian McCann, 2 1/2,

David Ortiz, 2 1/2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2 1/2,

Jose Abreu, 2,

Xander Bogaerts, 2,

Jackie Bradley Jr., 2

Michael Brantley, 2,

Curt Casali, 2

Carlos Correa, 2,

Brian Dozier, 2,

Brett Gardner, 2

Ian Kinsler, 2,

Brett Lawrie, 2,

J. D. Martinez, 2,

Trevor Plouffe, 2,

George Springer, 2,

Devon Travis, 2,

Erick Aybar, 1 1/2,

Mookie Betts, 1 1/2,

Shin-Soo Choo, 1 1/2,

Aaron Hicks, 1 1/2,

Chris Iannetta, 1 1/2,

Evan Longoria, 1 1/2,

Mike Napoli, 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, 1 1/2,

Colby Rasmus, 1 1/2,

Eddie Rosario, 1 1/2,

Kyle Seager, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

2015 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Sonny Gray, 9,

Corey Kluber, 7 1/2,

David Price, 7 1/2, (6 with Tigers. 1 1/2 with Blue Jays)

Chris Sale, 7,

Dallas Keuchel, 6 1/2,

Chris Archer, 5 1/2,

Scott Kazmir, 5 1/2

Edinson Volquez, 4 1/2,

Trevor Bauer, 4,

Mark Buehrle, 4,

Masahiro Tanaka, 4,

Carlos Carrasco, 3 1/2,

Wei-Yin Chen, 3 1/2,

Felix Hernandez, 3 1/2,

Colby Lewis, 3 1/2,

C.J. Wilson, 3 1/2,

R.A. Dickey, 3,

James Paxton, 3,

Michael Pineda, 3,

Hector Santiago, 3,

Taijuan Walker, 3,

Kyle Gibson, 2 1/2,

Shane Greene, 2 1/2,

Ubaldo Jimenez, 2 1/2,

Mike Montgomery, 2 1/2,

Eduardo Rodriguez, 2 1/2,

Anibal Sanchez, 2 1/2,

Clay Buchholz, 2,

Kevin Gausman, 2,

Chi Chi Gonzalez, 2,

Jesse Hahn, 2,

Hisashi Iwakuma, 2,

Nathan Karns, 2,

Jake Odorizzi, 2,

Mike Pelfrey, 2,

Jose Quintana, 2,

Garrett Richards, 2,

Jeff Samardzjia, 2,

Matt Shoemaker, 2

Alfredo Simon, 2,

Jered Weaver, 2,

Cody Anderson, 1 1/2,

Aaron Brooks, 1 1/2,

Johnny Cueto, 1 1/2, (ROYALS ONLY)

John Danks, 1 1/2,

Yovani Gallardo, 1 1/2,

Kendall Graveman, 1 1/2,

Phil Hughes, 1 1/2,

Joe Kelly, 1 1/2,

Lance McCullers, 1 1/2,

Carlos Rodon, 1 1/2,

Danny Salazar, 1 1/2,

Ervin Santana, 1 1/2,

Chris Tillman, 1 1/2,

 

 

 

 

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2015 MLB,

Matt Adams, Abraham Almonte, Yonder Alonso, Pedro Alvarez, Nori Aoki, Cody Asche, Mike Aviles, Carlos Beltran, Adrian Beltre, Charlie Blackmon, Kyle Blanks, A.J. Burnett, Billy Butler, Starlin Castro, Chris Carter, Francisco Cervelli, Yoenis Cespedes, Chris Coghlan, C. J. Cron, Alejandro De Aza, Jorge De La Rosa, Stephen Drew, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Roenis Elias, Jacoby Ellsbury, Eduardo Escobar, Marco Estrada, Scott Feldman, Prince Fielder, Wilmer Flores, Scooter Gennett, Hector Gomez, Miguel Gonzalez, Josh Hamilton, Dan Haren, Chase Headley, Andrew Heaney, Adeiny Hechavarria, Roberto Hernandez, Elian Herrera, Brock Holt, Tim Hudson, Torii Hunter, Drew Hutchinson, Travis Ishikawa, Taylor Jungmann, Kevin Kiermaier, Juan Lagares, DJ LeMahieu, Kyle Lobstein, Jeff Locke, Kyle Lohse, James Loney, Russell Martin, John Mayberry Jr., Steven Matz, James McCann, Michael McKenry, Wade Miley, Brad Miller, Tommy Milone, Kendrys Morales, Logan Morrison, Brandon Morrow, Charlie Morton, Mike Moustakas, Daniel Murphy, Wil Myers, Rougned Odor, Marcell Ozuna, Angel Pagan, Jimmy Paredes, Manny Parra, Steve Pearce, Martín Pérez, Jace Peterson, Aramis Ramirez, Erasmo Ramirez, J. T. Realmuto, Jose Reyes [BLUE JAYS ONLY], Clint Robinson, Jordan Schafer, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, Travis Shaw, Justin Smoak, Jake Smolinski, Kurt Suzuki, Julio Teheran, Troy Tulowitzki, Dan Uggla, Luis Valbuena, Ryan Vogelsong, Stephen Vogt, Tsuyoshi Wada, Adam Wainwright, David Wright, Steven Wright, Christian Yelich, Chris Young,

Guys Who Owned Baseball 1/2 A WOB 2015 MLB,

Alexi Amarista, Scott Baker, Chris Bassitt, Michael Bourn, Billy Burns, Mark Canha, Ezequiel Carrera, Nick Castellanos, Jesse Chavez, Chris Colabello, Alex Colome, Patrick Corbin, Jarred Cosart, Tyler, Cravy, Coco Crisp. Michael Cuddyer, Travis d’Arnaud, Ike Davis, Ian Desmond, Odrisamer Despaigne, Nathan Eovaldi, Yunel Escobar, Ryan Flaherty, Jeff Francoeur, David Freese, Carlos Frias, Freddy Galvis, Avisail Garcia, Johnny Giavotella, Yan Gomes, Carlos Gomez [Astros Only], Jon Gray, Jeremy Guthrie, Franklin Gutierrez, J. A. Happ, Kyle Hendricks, Enrique Hernandez, Matt Holliday, Nick Hundley, Austin Jackson, Chris Johnson, Kelly Johnson, Matt Joyce, Adam LaRoche, Jonathan LuCroy, Leonys Martin, Nick Martinez, Joe Mauer, Bryan Mitchell, Brandon Moss, J.R. Murphy, Daniel Norris, Vidal Nuno, Chris Owings, Gerardo Parra, Jake Peavy, Bryan Pena, Hunter Pence, David Peralta, Williams Perez, Martin Prado, Rick Porcello, Alexei Ramirez, Anthony Ranaudo, Anthony Recker, Josh Reddick, Jose Reyes [Rockies Only], Mark Reynolds, David Ross, Darin Ruf, Chris Rusin, Kyle Ryan, Aaron Sanchez, Miguel Sano, Jordan Schafer, Andrelton Simmons, Seth Smith, Yangervis Solarte, Ruben Tejada, Juan Uribe, Chase Utley, Danny Valencia, Justin Verlander, Jonathan Villar, Adam Warren, Mike Wright, Alex Wood, Ryan Zimmerman,

2015 WOB Totals for Players Who Changed Leagues,.

Johnny Cueto, 7, [5 1/2- Reds / 1 1/2 Royals]

Carlos Gomez, 4, [3 1/2 – Brewers / 1/2 Astros]

Jose Reyes, 1 1/2, [1 Blue Jays / 1/2 Rockies]

 

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