Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Welington Castillo homered twice but the Diamondbacks fell to Pittsburgh, 8-7.

Darwin Barney singled and homered in Toronto’s 8-5 loss to Oakland.

Justin Verlander struck out 10 Indians in 7 solid innings. But he would get the hard luck 2-1 loss for Detroit.

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

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Nolan Arenado, 2,

Starling Marte,  2,

Brandon Belt, 1 1/2,

Trevor Story, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Jake Arrieta, 2,

Joe Ross, 2,

Jerad Eickhoff, 1 1/2,

Noah Syndergaard, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mookie Betts, 2 1/2,

Ian Kinsler, 1 1/2,

Colby Rasmus, 1 1/2,

Robinson Cano, 1,

Nick Castellanos, 1,

Chris Davis, 1,

Ryan Goins, 1,

Brandon Guyer, 1,

Brock Holt, 1,

Eric Hosmer, 1,

Manny Machado. 1,

Trevor Plouffe, 1,

Jonathan Schoop, 1,

Andrelton Simmons, 1,

Steven Souza Jr., 1,

Mark Teixeira, 1,

Mark Trumbo, 1,

Justin Upton, 1,

Tyler White, 1,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Chris Sale, 2,

Carlos Carrasco, 1,

Sonny Gray, 1,

Cole Hamels, 1,

Felix Hernandez, 1,

Rich Hill, 1,

Derek Holland, 1,

Ian Kennedy, 1,

Dallas Keuchel, 1,

Mat Latos, 1,

Collin McHugh, 1,

David Price, 1,

Hector Santiago, 1,

Marcus Stroman, 1,

Edinson Volquez, 1,

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2016 MLB,

( Jose Altuve, Trevor Brown, Jay Bruce, Kris Bryant, Madison Bumgarner, Robinson Cano,  Carlos Carrasco, Chris Carter, Nick Castellanos, Tyler Chatwood, Chris Davis,  Jacob deGrom, Jerad Eickhoff, Jaime Garcia, Ryan Goins, Paul Goldschmidt, Curtis Granderson, Sonny Gray, Brandon Guyer, Cole Hamels, Jeremy Hazelbaker, Enrique Hernandez, Felix Hernandez,  Rich Hill, Derek Holland, Brock Holt,  Eric Hosmer, Matt Kemp, Ian Kennedy, Clayton Kershaw, Dallas Keuchel, John Lackey, Mat Latos, DJ LeMahieu, Francisco Liriano, Jed Lowrie, Kenta Maeda, Nick Markakis, Carlos Martinez,  Collin McHugh, Charlie Morton, David Phelps, Trevor Plouffe, Gregory Polanco, David Price, Jose Quintana, Wilson Ramos, Jeff Samardzija, Aaron Sanchez, Ervin Santana, Hector Santiago, Jonathan Schoop, Andrelton Simmons, Drew Smyly, Steven Souza., Stephen Strasburg, Marcus Stroman, Mark Teixeira,  Mark Trumbo, Justin Upton, Melvin Upton Jr., Vincent Velasquez, Edinson Volquez, Michael Wacha, Neil Walker, Tyler White, David Wright, Jordan Zimmermann, )

Guys Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2016 MLB,

( Erick Aybar, Darwin Barney, Jose Bautista, Brandon Belt, Carlos Beltran, Wellington Castillo, Francisco Cervelli, Wei-Yin Chen, Michael Conforto, Adam Conley, Carlos Correa, Lucas Duda, Edwin Encarnacion, Marco Estrada, Scott Feldman, Brandon Finnegan, Adonis Garcia, Dee Gordon, Bryce Harper, Jeremy Hellickson, Kevin Kiermaier, Corey Kluber, Jon Lester, Jeff Locke,  Evan Longoria, Jed Lowrie, Kris Medlen, Jimmy Nelson, Aaron Nola, Eduardo Nunez, Jake Odorizzi, Angel Pagan, David Peralta, Stephen Piscotty, Drew Pomeranz, Mark Reynolds, Carlos Rodon, Danny Salazar, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Aaron Sanchez, Michael Saunders,  Marcus Semien, Travis Shaw, Matt Shoemaker, Ross Stripling, Justin Verlander, Matt Wisler )

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