Who Owned Baseball June 8, 2016 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings

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Taijuan Walker threw 8 shutout innings, allowing 3 hits and striking out 11 Cleveland batters as Seattle cruised, 5-0.

Chris Parmelee homered twice, driving in 3 runs. He collected a third hit as the Yankees came from behind to beat the Angels, 12-6.

John Lackey struck out 8 in 7 shutout innings, allowing 3 hits as the Cubs rolled over the Phillies, 8-1.

Jayson Werth reached base 4 times, drove in 4 including a 3 run homer and helped the Nationals humiliate the White Sox, 11-4.

They all owned baseball on June 8, 2016.

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

David Price went the distance, allowing only 3 hits over 8 innings. 2 of those hits were solo homers and it was enough as the Giants topped Boston, 2-1.

Mike Trout went 3 for 5 with a homer in the 12-6 Angels loss to the Yankees.

Kenta Maeda pitched into the 7th and struck out 9 Rockies over 6 2/3 innings and giving up just 1 run. He would be on the wrong end of a pitchers duel as the Dodgers were shutout 1-0.

Wil Myers homered twice but the Padres came up short against Atlanta, 4-2.

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter,

Nolan Arenado, 4 1/2,

Chris Carter, 4,

Brandon Belt, 3,

Kris Bryant, 3,

Trevor Story, 3,

Starling Marte, 2 1/2,

Daniel Murphy, 2 1/2,

Wilson Ramos, 2 1/2,

Melvin Upton Jr., 2 1/2,

Jay Bruce, 2,

Matt Carpenter, 2,

Freddie Freeman, 2,

Aaron Hill, 2,

DJ LeMahieu, 2,

Nick Markakis, 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, 4,

Madison Bumgarner, 3,

Jeremy Hellickson, 3,

Jon Lester, 3,

Francisco Liriano, 3,

Stephen Strasburg, 3,

Jacob deGrom, 2 1/2,

John Lackey, 2 1 /2,

Jeff Locke, 2 1/2,

Drew Pomeranz, 2 1/2,

Joe Ross, 2 1/2,

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

Bartolo Colon, 2,

Johnny Cueto, 2,

Mike Leake, 2,

Kenta Maeda, 2,

Steven Matz, 2,

Jeff Samardzija, 2,

Adam Conley, 1 1/2,

Jerad Eickhoff, 1 1/2,

Zack Greinke, 1 1/2,

Jimmy Nelson, 1 1/2,

Aaron Nola, 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, 5,

Robinson Cano, 3,

George Springer, 3,

Miguel Cabrera, 2 1/2,

David Ortiz, 2 1/2,

Jose Altuve, 2,

Jackie Bradley Jr., 2,

Ryan Goins, 2,

Brandon Guyer, 2,

Ian Kinsler, 2,

Manny Machado, 2,

Jose Ramirez, 2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2,

Mike Trout, 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,

Evan Longoria , 1 1/2,

Colby Rasmus, 1 1/2,

Jonathan Schoop, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Rich Hill , 4,

Corey Kluber 4,

Chris Sale, 4,

Michael Fulmer, 3,

Colby Lewis, 3,

Jose Quintana, 3,

Danny Salazar, 3,

David Price, 2 1/2,

Aaron Sanchez, 2 1/2,

Justin Verlander, 2 1/2,

Nathan Eovaldi, 2,

J.A. Happ, 2,

Ian Kennedy, 2,

Wade Miley, 2,

Hector Santiago, 2,

Marcus Stroman, 2,

Jordan Zimmerman n, 2,

Marco Estrada, 1 1/2,

Derek Holland, 1 1/2,

Dallas Keuchel, 1 1/2,

Matt Shoemaker, 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, Elvis Andrus, Trevor Bauer, Justin Bour, Trevor Brown, Carlos Carrasco, Nick Castellanos, Jhoulys Chacin, Tyler Chatwood, Lonnie Chisenhall, Gerrit Cole, Hank Conger, Brandon Crawford, Nelson Cruz, Chris Davis, Rajai Davis, Josh Donaldson, Jerad Eickhoff, Maikel Franco, Todd Frazier, Jaime Garcia, Evan Gattis, Kevin Gausman, Mychal Givens, Tyler Goeddel, Curtis Granderson, Jon Gray, Sonny Gray, A.J. Griffin, Jason Hammel, Bryce Harper, Chase Headley, Adeiny Hechavarria, Enrique Hernandez, Kyle Hendricks, Odubel Herrera, Brock Holt, Eric Hosmer, Phil Hughes, Tommy Joseph, Matt Joyce, Matt Kemp, Jake Lamb, Mat Latos, Brett Lawrie, Dae-Ho Lee, Jed Lowrie, Sean Manaea, Carlos Martinez, J.D. Martin ez , Victor Martinez, Nomar Mazara, Collin McHugh, Brad Miller, Charlie Morton, Brandon Moss, Wil Myers, Rougned Odor, Jake Odorizzi, Marcell Ozuna, Joe Panik, Chris Parmelee, Joc Pederson, Dustin Pedroia, David Phelps, Michael Pineda, Trevor Plouffe, Alexei Ramirez, Robbie Ray, Josh Reddick, Colin Rea, Anthony Rizzo, Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Rua, Cameron Rupp, Michael Saunders, Corey Seager, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, Travis Shaw, James Shields, Eugenio Suarez, Mark Trumbo , Troy Tulowitzki, Justin Upton, Chase Utley, Danny Valencia, Vincent Velasquez, Yordano Ventura, Neil Walker, Taijuan Walker, Jayson Werth, 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, Coco Crisp, Cheslor Cuthbert, Ivan De Jesus, Ian Desmond, Chris Devenski, Brandon Drury, Lucas Duda, Danny Duffy, Jarrod Dyson, Adam Eaton, Scott Feldman, Brandon Finnegan, Doug Fister, Mike Foltynewicz, Dexter Fowler, Adonis Garcia, Oswaldo Garcia, Carlos Gonzalez, Alex Gordon, Dee Gordon, Billy Hamilton, Matt Harvey, Cesar Hernandez, Matt Holliday, Hisashi Iwakuma, Jon Jay, Kevin Kiermaier, Jason Kipnis, Kris Medlen, Jordy Mercer, Matt Moore, Logan Morrison, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Ricky Nolasco, Angel Pagan, Byung-ho Park, Jarrett Parker, Gerardo Parra, David Peralta, Hernan Perez, Stephen Piscotty, Alex Presley, Hanley Ramirez, Mark Reynolds, Carlos Rodon, CC Sabathia, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Danny Santana, Mallex Smith, Dan Straily, Kurt Suzuki, Masahiro Tanaka, Cesar Vargas, Carlos Villanueva, Jonathan Villar, Stephen Vogt, Adam Wainwright, )

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