Who Owned Baseball May 31, 2016 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings

Jun 1

Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan

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Mookie Betts homered three times, driving in 5 as the Red Sox topped Baltimore, 6-2.

DJ LeMahieu went 4 for 4 with a homer, helping the Rockies slug the Reds, 17-4.

Colby Lewis allowed 2 hits over 6 shutout innings to lead the Rangers past Cleveland, 7-3.

Jose Fernandez held the Pirates scoreless over 7 innings, allowing 3 hits and earned the 3-1 decision for Miami.

They all owned baseball on May 31, 2016.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Lonnie Chisenhall got 3 hits including a homer but the Indians fell short to Texas, 7-3.

Jay Bruce went 3 for 4 with a homer in the Reds 17-4 loss to Colorado.

Jake Arrieta was his typical dominant self, going 7 shutout innings, allowing 2 hits and striking out 8. The decision was in the hands of the bullpen as LA topped the Cubs, 5-0.

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Nolan Arenado, 3 1/2,

Chris Carter, 3,

Trevor Story, 3,

Brandon Belt, 2 1/2,

Daniel Murphy, 2 1/2,

Wilson Ramos, 2 1/2,

Melvin Upton Jr., 2 1/2,

Jay Bruce, 2,

Kris Bryant, 2,

Matt Carpenter, 2,

Freddie Freeman, 2,

Aaron Hill, 2,

DJ LeMahieu, 2,

Nick Markakis, 2,

Starling Marte, 2,

Gregory Polanco, 2,

Ichiro Suzuki, 2,

Michael Conforto, 1 1/2,

Paul Goldschmidt, 1 1/2,

Jeremy Hazelbaker, 1 1/2,

Chris Herrmann, 1 1/2,

Andrew McCutchen, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Clayton Kershaw, 5,

Jake Arrieta, 4 1/2,

Jose Fernandez, 3,

Jeremy Hellickson, 3,

Francisco Liriano, 3,

Stephen Strasburg, 3,

Jeff Locke, 2 1/2,

Joe Ross, 2 1/2,

Noah Syndergaard, 2 1/2, (1 as hitter)

Madison Bumgarner, 2,

Bartolo Colon, 2,

Johnny Cueto, 2,

Jacob deGrom, 2,

Mike Leake, 2,

Steven Matz, 2,

Jeff Samardzija, 2,

Adam Conley, 1 1/2,

Jerad Eickhoff, 1 1/2,

John Lackey, 1 1 /2,

Kenta Maeda, 1 1/2,

Jimmy Nelson, 1 1/2,

Aaron Nola, 1 1/2,

Drew Pomeranz, 1 1/2,

Tanner Roark, 1 1/2,

Max Scherzer, 1 1/2,

Ross Stripling, 1 1/2,

Julio Teheran, 1 1/2,

Michael Wacha, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mookie Betts, 4 1/2,

Robinson Cano, 3,

Miguel Cabrera, 2 1/2,

David Ortiz, 2 1/2,

Jackie Bradley Jr., 2,

Ryan Goins, 2,

Brandon Guyer, 2,

Ian Kinsler, 2,

Manny Machado, 2,

Jose Ramirez, 2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2,

George Springer, 2,

Jose Altuve, 1 1/2,

Carlos Beltran, 1 1/2,

Lorenzo Cain, 1 1/2,

Carlos Correa, 1 1/2,

Khris Davis, 1 1/2,

Edwin Encarnacion, 1 1/2,

Adam Lind, 1 1/2,

Colby Rasmus, 1 1/2,

Jonathan Schoop, 1 1/2,

Mike Trout, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Rich Hill , 4,

Corey Kluber 4,

Chris Sale, 4,

Colby Lewis, 3,

Jose Quintana, 3,

Justin Verlander, 2 1/2,

Nathan Eovaldi, 2,

Michael Fulmer, 2,

J.A. Happ, 2,

Ian Kennedy, 2,

David Price, 2,

Aaron Sanchez, 2,

Hector Santiago, 2,

Danny Salazar, 2,

Marcus Stroman, 2,

Jordan Zimmerman n, 2,

Derek Holland, 1 1/2,

Dallas Keuchel, 1 1/2,

Ervin Santana, 1 1/2,

Chris Tillman, 1 1/2,

Edinson Volquez, 1 1/2,

Steven Wright, 1 1/2,

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2016 MLB,

( Chase Anderson, Matt Andriese, Justin Bour, Trevor Brown, Carlos Carrasco, Nick Castellanos, Jhoulys Chacin, Tyler Chatwood, Gerrit Cole, Hank Conger, Brandon Crawford, Chris Davis, Rajai Davis, Josh Donaldson, Jerad Eickhoff, Maikel Franco, Todd Frazier, Jaime Garcia, Kevin Gausman, Mychal Givens, Tyler Goeddel, Curtis Granderson, Jon Gray, Sonny Gray, A.J. Griffin, Bryce Harper, Chase Headley, Adeiny Hechavarria, Enrique Hernandez, Kyle Hendricks, Odubel Herrera, Brock Holt, Eric Hosmer, Phil Hughes, Matt Joyce, Matt Kemp, Jake Lamb, Mat Latos, Brett Lawrie, Jon Lester, Jed Lowrie, Sean Manaea, Carlos Martinez, J.D. Martin ez , Victor Martinez, Nomar Mazara, Collin McHugh, Wade Miley, Brad Miller, Charlie Morton, Eduardo Nunez, Jake Odorizzi, Marcell Ozuna, Joe Panik, Joc Pederson, Dustin Pedroia, David Phelps, Trevor Plouffe, Josh Reddick, Robbie Ray, Colin Rea, Anthony Rizzo, Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Rua, Cameron Rupp, Michael Saunders, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, Travis Shaw, James Shields, Matt Shoemaker, Andrelton Simmons, Drew Smyly, Justin Smoak, Trayce Thompson, Mark Teixeira, Mark Trumbo , Troy Tulowitzki, Justin Upton, Chase Utley, Danny Valencia, Vincent Velasquez, Yordano Ventura, Neil Walker, Tyler White , Alex Wood, David Wright, Ryan Zimmerman, Ben Zobrist, )

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

( Matt Adams, Pedro Alvarez, Erick Aybar, Darwin Barney, Jose Bautista, Gordon Beckham, Brandon Belt, Xander Bogaerts, Michael Bourn, Matt Boyd, Ryan Braun, Marlon Byrd, Melky Cabrera, Matt Cain, Kole Calhoun, Welington Castillo, Francisco Cervelli, Wei-Yin Chen, Lonnie Chisenhall, Coco Crisp, Ivan De Jesus, Ian Desmond, Chris Devenski, Brandon Drury, Lucas Duda, Jarrod Dyson, Marco Estrada, Scott Feldman, Brandon Finnegan, Doug Fister, Mike Foltynewicz, Dexter Fowler, Adonis Garcia, Oswaldo Garcia, Carlos Gonzalez, Alex Gordon, Dee Gordon, Zack Greinke, Billy Hamilton, Matt Holliday, Tommy Joseph, Kevin Kiermaier, Jason Kipnis, Evan Longoria , Kris Medlen, Jordy Mercer, Matt Moore, Logon Morrison, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Angel Pagan, Byung-ho Park, Gerardo Parra, David Peralta, Hernan Perez, Stephen Piscotty, Alex Presley, Hanley Ramirez, Mark Reynolds, Carlos Rodon, CC Sabathia, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Aaron Sanchez , Danny Santana, Mallex, Smith, Dan Straily, Kurt Suzuki, Masahiro Tanaka, Cesar Vargas, Carlos Villanueva, Jonathan Villar, )

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