Eric Hosmer collected 5 hits, including a grand slam, scored 5, drove in 6 and added a stolen base for good measure as the Royals embarrassed the Tigers, 16-2.

Chris Sale gave the Red Sox a much needed win after pitching 7 innings of 3 hit shutout ball, striking out 11 Mariners in the 4-0 final.

Christian Yelich reached base 5 times with a homer and 4 runs scored in the Marlins wild 22-10 slugfest with Texas.

Aaron Nola struck out 10 Astros in 6 shutout innings as the Phillies rolled, 9-0.

 

They all owned baseball on July 26, 2017

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Ian Kinsler, – 2,

Jason Kipnis, – 2,

Whit Merrifield, – 2,

Logan Morrison, – 2,

Jose Ramirez, – 2,

Gary Sanchez, – 2,

Justin Smoak, – 2,

Jose Abreu, – 1 1/2,

Jesus Aguilar, – 1 1/2,

Jorge Bonifacio,- 1 1/2

Kole Calhoun, – 1 1/2,

Shin-Soo Choo, – 1 1/2,

Tyler Collins, – 1 1/2,

Nelson Cruz, – 1 1/2,

Chris Davis, – 1 1/2,

Clint Frazier, – 1 1/2,

Marwin Gonzalez, – 1 1/2,

Chase Headley, – 1 1/2,

Matt Holliday, – 1 1/2,

Eric Hosmer, – 1 1/2,

Manny Machado, – 1 1/2,

Kendrys Morales, – 1 1/2,

Mike Napoli, – 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, – 1 1/2,

Jean Segura, – 1 1/2,

Ronald Torreyes, – 1 1/2,

Mike Trout, – 1 1/2,

Bradley Zimmer, – 1 1/2,

Mike Zunino, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Nolan Arenado, – 6 1/2,

Cody Bellinger, – 5,

Bryce Harper, – 5,

Giancarlo Stanton, – 4,

Gerardo Parra, – 3 1/2,

Maikel Franco, – 3,

Joey Votto, – 3,

Aaron Altherr, – 2 1/2,

Javier Baez, – 2 1/2,

Yoenis Cespedes, – 2 1/2,

Zack Cozart, -2 1/2,

Brandon Drury, – 2 1/2,

Wilmer Flores, – 2 1/2,

Jake Lamb, – 2 1/2,

Tommy Pham, – 2 1/2,

Corey Seager, – 2 1/2,

Keon Broxton, – 2,

Travis d’Arnaud, – 2,

Adam Duvall, – 2,

Scooter Gennett,- 2,

Paul Goldschmidt, – 2,

Randal Grichuk, – 2,

Jedd Gyorko, – 2,

Ender Inciarte, -2,

Marcell Ozuna, – 2,

A. J. Pollock, – 2,

Anthony Rendon, – 2,

Travis Shaw, – 2,

Eric Thames, – 2,

Neil Walker, -2,

Ryan Zimmerman, – 2,

Charlie Blackmon, – 1 1/2,

Justin Bour, – 1 1/2,

Ryan Braun, – 1 1/2,

Kris Bryant, – 1 1/2,

Matt Carpenter, – 1 1/2,

Paul DeJong, – 1 1/2,

Aledmys Diaz, – 1 1/2,

Freddie Freeman, – 1 1/2,

Brian Goodwin,- 1 1/2,

Austin Hedges, -1 1/2,

Manuel Margot, – 1 1/2,

Stephen Piscotty, – 1 1/2,

Buster Posey, – 1 1/2,

Domingo Santana, – 1 1/2,

Ryan Schimpf, – 1 1/2,

Dernard Span, – 1 1/2,

Jayson Werth, – 1 1/2,

Christian Yelich, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Corey Kluber, – 6 1/2,

Chris Sale – 6 1/2,

Ervin Santana, – 6,

Jason Vargas, – 5,

Dallas Keuchel, – 4 1/2,

Marcus Stroman, – 4 1/2,

Jose Berrios, – 4,

Sonny Gray – 4,

Luis Severino, – 4,

Masahiro Tanaka, – 4,

Chris Archer, – 3 1/2,

Michael Fulmer, – 3 1/2,

Ariel Miranda, – 3 1/2,

Alex Cobb, – 3,

Yu Darvish,- 3,

Sean Manaea, – 3,

Alex Meyer, – 3,

Jake Odorizzi, – 3,

Jose Quintana, – 3, (WHITE SOX ONLY)

Justin Verlander, – 3,

Austin Bibens-Dirkx, – 2 1/2,

Marco Estrada, – 2 1/2,

Cole Hamels, – 2 1/2,

Ian Kennedy, – 2 1/2,

Charlie Morton, 2 1/2,

James Paxton, – 2 1/2,

Josh Tomlin, – 2 1/2,

Matt Andriese, 2,

Carlos Carrasco, – 2,

Mike Fiers, – 2,

Kevin Gausman, – 2,

Miguel Gonzalez, – 2,

A. J. Griffin, – 2,

Michael Pineda, – 2,

Rick Porcello, – 2,

Matthew Boyd, – 1 1/2,

Andrew Cashner, – 1 1/2,

Mike Clevinger, – 1 1/2,

Jesse Hahn, – 1 1/2,

Felix Hernandez, – 1 1/2,

Derek Holland, – 1 1/2,

Francisco Liriano, – 1 1/2,

Lance McCullers, Jr., – 1 1/2,

Jordan Montgomery, – 1 1/2,

Ricky Nolasco, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for National League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Clayton Kershaw, – 8,

Max Scherzer, – 8,

Carlos Martinez, – 5 1/2,

Robbie Ray, – 5 1/2,

Jhoulys Chacin, – 4 1/2,

Jacob deGrom, – 4 1/2,

Jimmy Nelson, 4 1/2,

Jon Lester, – 4,

Zach Davies,- 3 1/2,

Dan Straily, – 3 1/2,

Stephen Strasburg, – 3 1/2,

Julio Teheran, – 3 1/2,

Ty Blach, – 3,

Patrick Corbin – 3,

Gio Gonzalez, – 3,

Lance Lynn, – 3,

Matt Moore, – 3,

Ivan Nova, -3,

Jeff Samardzija, – 3,

Michael Wacha, – 3,

Adam Wainwright, – 3,

Tyler Chatwood, – 2 1/2,

Amir Garrett, – 2 1/2,

Zack Greinke, – 2 1/2,

Rich Hill, – 2 1/2,

Mike Leake, – 2 1/2,

Aaron Nola, – 2 1/2,

Alex Wood, – 2 1/2,

Jake Arrieta, – 2,

Madison Bumgarner (1/2 WOB as hitter), – 2,

Gerrit Cole, – 2,

Johnny Cueto, – 2,

Scott Feldman, – 2,

Mike Foltynewicz. -2,

Jaime Garcia, – 2,

Jeremy Hellickson, – 2,

Kenta Maeda, – 2,

Taijuan Walker, – 2,

Chase Anderson, 1 1/2,

Wei-Yin Chen, – 1 1/2,’

R. A. Dickey, – 1 1/2,

Zack Godley, – 1 1/2,

Brandon McCarthy, – 1 1/2,

Luis Perdomo,- 1 1/2,

Edinson Volquez, – 1 1/2,

Leaders with WOBs in Each League

Jose Quintana, – 4 (3 with White Sox, 1 with Cubs)

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2017 MLB

Matt Adams, Yonder Alonso, Alec Asher, Austin Barnes, Jose Bautista, Carlos Beltran, Christian Bergman, Joe Biagini, Paul Blackburn, Michael Brantley,  Jay Bruce,Melky Cabrera, Lorenzo Cain, Matt Cain, Johan Camargo, Mark Canha, Nicholas Castellanos, Darrell Ceciliani, Francisco Cervelli, Matt Chapman, Jesse Chavez , Robinson Chirinos, Bartolo Colon, Michael Conforto, Adam Conley,  Wilton Contreras, Brandon Crawford, Matt Davidson, Ian Desmond, Lucas Duda, Jerad Eickhoff, Jacon Faria, Brandon Finnegan, Logan Forsythe, Nick Franklin, Kyle Freeland, David Freese, Ben Gamel, Brett Gardner, Chris Gimenez, Yasmani Grandal, Kendall Graveman, Mitch Haniger, Matt Harvey, Ryan Healy, Odubel Herrera, Jeff Hoffman, Chris Iannetta, Jose Iglesias, Hisashi Iwakuma, Brian Johnson, Adam Jones, Nathan Karns, Matt Kemp,  Dinelson Lamet, Jed Lowrie, Starling Marte, Steven Matz, Nomar Mazara, Andrew McCutchen, Andrew Miller, Brad Miller, Yadier Molina, Rafael Montero, Tyler Moore, Brandon Moss, Mike Moustakas, Daniel Murphy, Wil Myers, Matt Olson, Brad Peacock, Brandon Phillips, Nick Pivetta,  David Price, Yasiel Puig, Jose Quintana (CUBS ONLY), J.T. Realmuto, Hunter Renfroe, Mark Reynolds, Clayton Richard, JT Riddle, Anthony Rizzo, Tanner Roark, Sal Romano,  Joe Ross, Cameron Rupp, Addison Russell, CC Sabathia, Danny Salazar, Scott Schebler, Kyle Schwarber, Kyle Seager, Tyler Skaggs, Eric Skoglund, Yangervis Solarte, Geovany Soto, Steven Souza Jr., Eugenio Suarez, Kurt Suzuki, Dansby Swanson, Raimel Tapia, Michael Taylor, Devon Travis, Andrew Triggs, Mark Trumbom Trea Turner, Justin Upton, Julio Urias, Pat Valaika, Danny Valencia, Christian Vazquez, Jonathan Villar, Matt Wieters,

Guys Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2017 MLB,

Nick Ahmed, Tyler Anderson, Tim Anderson, Orlando Arcia, Erick Aybar, Homer Bailey, Tim Beckham, Chad Bell, Brandon Belt, Adrian Beltre, Lisalverto Bonilla, Archie Bradley, Jackie Bradley Jr. , Jake Buchanan, Garrett Cooper, Rajai Davis, Corey Dickerson, Danny Duffy, Jarrod Dyson, Zach Eflin, A. J. Ellis, Eduardo Escobar, Yunel Escobar, Dexter Fowler, Todd Frazier, Leury Garcia, Matt Garza, Domingo German, Daniel Gossett, Curtis Granderson, Justin Grimm, Jason Hammel, J. A. Happ, Cesar Hernandez, Jon Jay, Caleb Joseph, Tommy Joseph, Kevin Kiermaier, John Lackey, Juan Lagares, Ben Lively, Evan Longoria, Jonathan LuCroy, Martin Maldonado, Joe Mauer, Bruce Maxwell, Brian McCann, James McCann, Jordy Mercer, Wade Miley, Andrew Moore, Taylor Motter, Joe Musgrove, Daniel Nava, Brandon Nimmo, Ricky Nolasco, Rougned Odor, Chris Owings, Emilio Pagan, Joe Panik, Steve Pearce, David Peralta, Jose Pirela, Kevin Pillar, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, Ryan Pressly, Colby Rasmus, Josh Reddick, Joey Rickard, Miguel Rojas, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Carlos Sanchez, Marcus Semien, Magneuris Sierra, Andrelton Simmons, Chris Smith, Mallex Smith, Eric Sogard, Yangervis Solarte, Cory Spangenberg,  Jameson Taillon, Troy Tulowitzki, Luis Valbuena, Jered Weaver, Trevor Williams, Nick Wittgren, Asher Wojciechowski, 

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