Who Owned Baseball May 2, 2016 (Daily MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings

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Bartolo Colon gave the Mets 8 shutout innings, striking out 7 Braves and getting the 4-1 victory.

Brandon Crawford went 2 for 5, knocking in 4 and hitting a come from behind homer that propelled the Giants past the Reds, 9-6.

A.J. Griffin struck out 9 Blue Jays in 6 innings and allowed only 1 run, earning the 2-1 decision for the Rangers.

Robinson Cano got 3 hits, including a double, and scored a pair in Seattle’s 4-3 win in Oakland.

They all owned baseball on May 2, 2016.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Jon Gray struck out 11 Padres in 6 innings, allowing just 2 runs along the way. But he would out dueled and the Rockies fell, 2-1.

Jordy Mercer reached base 4 times, scoring a run, in Pittsburgh’s 7-2 defeat to the Cubs.

Edinson Volquez pitched into the 8th, finishing with 7 2/3 innings, letting up just 2 runs along the way. He would be on the wrong end of a 2-0 Royals loss to the Nationals.

Mike Trout went 4 for 5 with a homer, 3 RBI and a pair of runs scored but the Angels fell short in Milwaukee, 8-5.

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

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Nolan Arenado, 3,

Brandon Belt, 2 1/2,

Nick Markakis, 2,

Starling Marte, 2,

Marcus Stroman, 2,

Michael Conforto, 1 1/2,

Paul Goldschmidt, 1 1/2,

Jeremy Hazelbaker, 1 1/2,

Trevor Story, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Jake Arrieta, 2,

Clayton Kershaw, 2,

Francisco Liriano, 2,

Joe Ross, 2,

Stephen Strasburg, 2,

Adam Conley, 1 1/2,

Jerad Eickhoff, 1 1/2,

Jeremy Hellickson, 1 1/2,

Jeff Locke, 1 1/2,

Aaron Nola, 1 1/2,

Tanner Roark, 1 1/2,

Noah Syndergaard, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mookie Betts, 2 1/2,

Robinson Cano, 2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2,

Ian Kinsler, 1 1/2,

Colby Rasmus, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Felix Hernandez, 2,

Rich Hill, 2,

Corey Kluber, 2,

Chris Sale, 2,

Edinson Volquez, 1 1/2,

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2016 MLB,

( Jose Altuve, Jackie Bradley., Justin Bour, Trevor Brown, Jay Bruce, Kris Bryant, Madison Bumgarner, Miguel Cabrera, Carlos Carrasco, Chris Carter, Nick Castellanos, Tyler Chatwood, Bartolo Colon, Brandon Crawford, Johnny Cueto, Chris Davis, Jacob deGrom, Jerad Eickhoff, Nathan Eovaldi, Freddie Freeman, Jaime Garcia, Mychal Givens, Ryan Goins, Curtis Granderson, Sonny Gray, A. J. Griffin, Brandon Guyer, Cole Hamels, Enrique Hernandez, Odubel Herrera, Derek Holland, Brock Holt, Eric Hosmer, Matt Kemp, Ian Kennedy, Dallas Keuchel, John Lackey, Mat Latos, Brett Lawrie, DJ LeMahieu, Jed Lowrie, Manny Machado, Kenta Maeda, Carlos Martinez, Victor Martinez, Andrew McCutchen, Collin McHugh, Wade Miley, Charlie Morton, Eduardo Nunez, Dustin Pedroia, David Phelps, Trevor Plouffe, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, David Price, Jose Quintana, Wilson Ramos, Anthony Rizzo, Alex Rodriguez, Danny Salazar, Jeff Samardzija, Aaron Sanchez, Ervin Santana, Hector Santiago, Michael Saunders, Jonathan Schoop, Jean Segura, Andrelton Simmons, Drew Smyly, Mark Teixeira, Chris Tillman, Mark Trumbo , Troy Tulowitzki, Justin Upton, Melvin Upton Jr., Vincent Velasquez, Yordano Ventura, Michael Wacha, Neil Walker, Tyler White , David Wright, Jordan Zimmerman n, )

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

( Pedro Alvarez, Erick Aybar, Darwin Barney, Jose Bautista, Brandon Belt, Carlos Beltran, Matt Boyd, Ryan Braun, Welington Castillo, Francisco Cervelli, Wei-Yin Chen, Carlos Correa, Ivan De Jesus, Ian Desmond, Brandon Drury, Lucas Duda, Jarrod Dyson, Edwin Encarnacion, Marco Estrada, Scott Feldman, Brandon Finnegan, Adonis Garcia, Dee Gordon, Jon Gray, Zack Greinke, Billy Hamilton, Bryce Harper, Phil Hughes, Kevin Kiermaier, Jon Lester, Evan Longoria , Kris Medlen, Jordy Mercer, Brad Miller, Matt Moore, Jimmy Nelson, Jake Odorizzi, Angel Pagan, David Peralta, Stephen Piscotty, Hanley Ramirez, Mark Reynolds, Carlos Rodon, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Aaron Sanchez , Marcus Semien, Travis Shaw, James Shields, Matt Shoemaker, Ross Stripling, Julio Teheran, Mike Trout, Justin Verlander, Jonathan Villar, Matt Wisler, Alex Wood )

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