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

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Luis Valbuena went 3 for 5, launching a 9th inning, 3 run come from behind walk off homer to give the Astros a stunning 10-9 victory over the A’s.

Yasmani Grandal went 5 for 5 with 3 homers and 6 RBI to lead the Dodgers in a wild 10-6 slugfest against San Diego.

Corey Kluber threw 8 strong innings, allowing 5 hits and 1 run, striking out 8 and walking no Yankee batters as Cleveland took the laugher, 10-2.

Stephen Strasburg struck out 9 Mets and gave up only 2 hits and 1 run as the Nationals won the critical divisional match up, 3-1.

They All Owned Baseball July 8, 2016

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Earning 1/2 WOBs in losing efforts.

Evan Longoria got 4 hits, including a homer, in the Rays 6-5 loss in Boston.

Melvin Upton Jr. went 4 for 5 with 2 homers, 3 RBI and a stolen base. It wasn’t enough as the Padres were out mashed by the Dodgers, 10-6.

Yordano Ventura pitched 7 innings, walking just 1 and allowing 3 runs. But he was saddled with a tough luck defeat as the Royals fell short against Seattle, 3-2.

Jon Gray struck out 8 in 6 2/3 innings, allowing 3 hits and 2 runs. He would not factor in the 5-3 decision as his Rockies dropped the game to Philadelphia.

It is time to update the 2016 WOB List After the heroics

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Hitter.

Freddie Freeman, 5 1/2,

Nolan Arenado, 4 1/2,

Kris Bryant, 4,

Chris Carter, 4,

Daniel Murphy, 4,

Melvin Upton Jr., 4,

Marcell Ozuna, 3 1/2,

Gregory Polanco, 3 1/2,

Brandon Belt, 3,

Matt Carpenter, 3,

DJ LeMahieu, 3,

Nick Markakis, 3,

Andrew McCutchen, 3,

Trevor Story, 3,

Starling Marte, 2 1/2,

Wil Myers, 2 1/2,

Wilson Ramos, 2 1/2,

Jay Bruce, 2,

Carlos Gonzalez, 2,

Aaron Hill, 2,

Ichiro Suzuki, 2,

Michael Bourn, 1 1/2,

Michael Conforto, 1 1/2,

Brandon Crawford, 1 1/2,

Maikel Franco, 1 1/2,

Paul Goldschmidt, 1 1/2,

Curtis Granderson, 1 1/2,

Jeremy Hazelbaker, 1 1/2,

Cesar Hernandez, 1 1/2,

Odubel Herrera, 1 1/2,

Chris Herrmann, 1 1/2,

Tommy Joseph, 1 1/2,

Mark Reynolds, 1 1/2,

Corey Seager,1 1/2,

Jean Segura, 1 1/2,

Yangervis Solarte, 1 1/2,

Chase Utley, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for the National League Pitcher,

Clayton Kershaw, 7,

Jose Fernandez, 5 1/2,

Jon Lester, 5 1/2,

Stephen Strasburg, 5,

Jake Arrieta, 4 1/2,

Drew Pomeranz, 4 1/2,

Madison Bumgarner, 4,

Max Scherzer, 4,

Bartolo Colon, 3 1/2,

Johnny Cueto, 3 1/2,

Noah Syndergaard, 3 1/2, (1 as hitter)

Julio Teheran, 3 1/2,

Jeremy Hellickson, 3,

Francisco Liriano, 3,

Kenta Maeda, 3,

Jeff Samardzija, 3,

Adam Conley, 2 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, 2 1/2,

Jon Gray, 2 1/2,

Zack Greinke, 2 1/2,

John Lackey, 2 1 /2,

Mike Leake, 2 1/2,

Jeff Locke, 2 1/2,

Carlos Martinez, 2 1/2,

Tanner Roark, 2 1/2,

Joe Ross, 2 1/2,

Aledmys Diaz, 2,

Jaime Garcia, 2,

Steven Matz, 2,

Michael Wacha, 2,

Wei-Yin Chen, 1 1/2,

Jerad Eickhoff, 1 1/2,

Jimmy Nelson, 1 1/2,

Aaron Nola, 1 1/2,

Robbie Ray, 1 1/2,

Ross Stripling, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Hitter,

Mookie Betts, 5,

Robinson Cano, 4,

George Springer, 4,

Jose Altuve, 3,

Miguel Cabrera, 3,

Josh Donaldson, 3,

Victor Martinez, 3,

Khris Davis, 2 1/2,

Edwin Encarnacion, 2 1/2,

Evan Longoria , 2 1/2,

Manny Machado, 2 1/2,

Rougned Odor, 2 1/2,

David Ortiz, 2 1/2,

Kurt Suzuki, 2 1/2,

Mike Trout, 2 1/2,

Jackie Bradley Jr., 2,

Lonnie Chisenhall, 2,

Chris Davis, 2,

Ryan Goins, 2,

Brandon Guyer, 2,

Ian Kinsler, 2,

Dustin Pedroia, 2,

Jose Ramirez, 2,

Michael Saunders, 2,

Steven Souza Jr., 2,

Mark Trumbo , 2,

Justin Upton, 2,

Carlos Beltran, 1 1/2,

Xander Bogaerts, 1 1/2,

Melky Cabrera, 1 1/2,

Lorenzo Cain, 1 1/2,

Carlos Correa, 1 1/2,

Nelson Cruz, 1 1/2,

Cheslor Cuthbert, 1 1/2,

Rajai Davis, 1 1/2,

Eric Hosmer, 1 1/2,

Brett Lawrie, 1 1/2,

Adam Lind, 1 1/2,

Trevor Plouffe, 1 1/2,

Colby Rasmus, 1 1/2,

Jonathan Schoop, 1 1/2,

Danny Valencia, 1 1/2,

2016 WOB Leaders for American League Pitcher,

Corey Kluber 8,

Rich Hill , 4,

Colby Lewis, 4,

Chris Sale, 4,

Jose Quintana, 3 1/2,

Hector Santiago, 3 1/2,

Trevor Bauer, 3,

Carlos Carrasco, 3,

Michael Fulmer, 3,

J.A. Happ, 3,

David Price, 3,

Danny Salazar, 3,

Danny Duffy, 2 1/2,

Doug Fister, 2 1/2,

Ian Kennedy, 2 1/2,

Dallas Keuchel, 2 1/2,

Matt Moore, 2 1/2,

Aaron Sanchez, 2 1/2,

Ervin Santana, 2 1/2,

Matt Shoemaker, 2 1/2,

Marcus Stroman, 2 1/2,

Justin Verlander, 2 1/2,

Edinson Volquez, 2 1/2,

Nathan Eovaldi, 2,

Wade Miley, 2,

Steven Wright, 2,

Jordan Zimmerman n, 2,

Marco Estrada, 1 1/2,

Sonny Gray, 1 1/2,

Derek Holland, 1 1/2,

Masahiro Tanaka, 1 1/2,

Chris Tillman, 1 1/2,

Yordano Ventura, 1 1/2,

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day In 2016 MLB,

( Pedro Alvarez, Chase Anderson, Matt Andriese, Elvis Andrus, Justin Bour, Trevor Brown, Nick Castellanos, Welington Castillo, Jhoulys Chacin, Tyler Chatwood, Gerrit Cole, Hank Conger, C.J. Cron, Jorge De La Rosa, Anthony DeSclafani, Brian Dozier, Tyler Duffey, Zach Eflin, Jerad Eickhoff, Danny Espinosa, Wilmer Flores Todd Frazier, Adonis Garcia, Evan Gattis, Kevin Gausm an, Conor Gillaspie, Mychal Givens, Tyler Goeddel, Miguel Gonzalez, Yasmani Grandal, Kendall Graveman, Junior Guerra, A.J. Griffin, Cole Hamels, Jason Hammel, Bryce Harper, Chase Headley, Adeiny Hechavarria, Enrique Hernandez, Kyle Hendricks, Brock Holt, Phil Hughes, Jon Jay, Matt Joyce, Scott Kazmir, Matt Kemp, Jason Kipnis, Jake Lamb, Mat Latos, Wade LeBlanc, Dae-Ho Lee, Jed Lowrie, Sean Manaea, Russell Martin, J.D. Martin ez, Nomar Mazara, Brian McCann, Collin McHugh, Jordy Mercer, Brad Miller, Kendrys Morales, Charlie Morton, Brandon Moss, Tyler Naquin, Ricky Nolasco, Jake Odorizzi, Joe Panik, Chris Parmelee, James Paxton, Jake Peavy, Joc Pederson, David Phelps, Michael Pineda, Martin Prado, Alexei Ramirez, Josh Reddick, Colin Rea, Anthony Rizzo, Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Rua, Cameron Rupp, Carlos Santana, Marcus Semien, Travis Shaw, James Shields, Drew Smyly, Giancarlo Stanton, Eugenio Suarez, Jameson Taillon, Yasmany Tomas, Troy Tulowitzki, Justin Turner, Luis Valbuena, Vincent Velasquez, Adam Wainwright, Neil Walker, Taijuan Walker, Jered Weaver, Jayson Werth, Tyler White , Matt Wieters, Alex Wood, David Wright, Ryan Zimmerman, Ben Zobrist, )

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

( Matt Adams, Chris Archer, Oswaldo Arcia, Cody Asche, Erick Aybar, Javier Baez, Darwin Barney, Jose Bautista, Gordon Beckham, Brandon Belt, Peter Bourjos, Matt Boyd, Ryan Braun, Marlon Byrd, Matt Cain, Kole Calhoun, Francisco Cervelli, Coco Crisp, Ivan De Jesus, Ian Desmond, Chris Devenski, R.A. Dickey, Brandon Drury, Lucas Duda, Adam Duvall, Jarrod Dyson, Adam Eaton,Yunel Escobar, Scott Feldman, Brandon Finnegan, Mike Foltynewicz, Dexter Fowler, Christian Friedrich, Adonis Garcia, Oswaldo Garcia, Matt Garza, Scooter Gennett, Johnny Giavotella Gio Gonzalez, Alex Gordon, Dee Gordon, Didi Gregorius, Billy Hamilton, Matt Harvey, Matt Holliday, Hisashi Iwakuma, Adam Jones, Kevin Kiermaier, Hyun Soo Kim, Ketel Marte, Michael Martinez, Kris Medlen, Taylor Motter, Logan Morrison, Kirk Nieuwenhuis, Eduardo Nunez, Angel Pagan, Byung-ho Park, Jarrett Parker, Gerardo Parra, David Peralta, Hernan Perez, Stephen Piscotty, Alex Presley, Hanley Ramirez, J.T. Realmuto, Carlos Rodon, CC Sabathia, Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Danny Santana, Mallex Smith, Dan Straily, Michael Taylor, Devon Travis, Cesar Vargas, Carlos Villanueva, Jonathan Villar, Stephen Vogt, Joey Votto, Adam Warren, Matt Wisler, )

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