Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Ryan Braun went 3 for 4 with a homer in the Brewers 5-4 loss in Cincinnati.

Luis Perdomo struck out 6 Cardinals in 6 innings, allowing 2 runs but took the hard luck 2-0 decision for San Diego.

Matt Olson got 3 hits and 2 homers, including a game tying shot in the 9th but Oakland fell in extra innings to the Angels, 11-9.

Erasmo Ramirez allowed just 4 hits and 2 runs over 6 strong innings but the Mariners bullpen dropped the 6-2 game to Houston.

Brandon Moss, – 2,

Mike Zunino, – 2,

Jesus Aguilar, – 1 1/2,

Tim Beckham, – 1 1/2,

Jorge Bonifacio,- 1 1/2,

Lorenzo Cain, – 1 1/2,

Kole Calhoun, – 1 1/2,

Nicholas Castellanos, – 1 1/2,

Shin-Soo Choo, – 1 1/2,

Tyler Collins, – 1 1/2,

Chris Davis, – 1 1/2,

Josh Donaldson, – 1 1/2,

Eduardo Escobar, – 1 1/2,

Clint Frazier, – 1 1/2,

Ben Gamel, – 1 1/2,

Marwin Gonzalez, – 1 1/2,

Mitch Haniger, – 1 1/2,

Chase Headley, – 1 1/2,

Matt Holliday, – 1 1/2,

Kevin Kiermaier, – 1 1/2,

Evan Longoria, – 1 1/2,

Mike Napoli, – 1 1/2,

Rougned Odor, – 1 1/2,

Matt Olson, – 1 1/2,

Dustin Pedroia, – 1 1/2,

Jorge Polanco, – 1 1/2,

Jean Segura, – 1 1/2,

Andrelton Simmons, – 1 1/2,

Steven Souza Jr.,- 1 1/2,

Ronald Torreyes, – 1 1/2,

Bradley Zimmer, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Giancarlo Stanton, – 8 1/2,

Nolan Arenado, – 6 1/2,

Bryce Harper, – 6,

Cody Bellinger, – 5 1/2,

Joey Votto, – 5,

Zack Cozart, -3 1/2,

Jake Lamb, – 3 1/2,

Gerardo Parra, – 3 1/2,

Corey Seager, – 3 1/2,

Ryan Zimmerman, – 3 1/2,

Brandon Drury, – 3,

Wilmer Flores, – 3,

Maikel Franco, – 3,

Paul Goldschmidt, – 3,

Ender Inciarte, -3,

Marcell Ozuna, – 3,

Tommy Pham, – 3,

Aaron Altherr, – 2 1/2,

Javier Baez, – 2 1/2,

Yoenis Cespedes, – 2 1/2,

Scooter Gennett,- 2 1/2,

Andrew McCutchen, – 2 1/2,

Stephen Piscotty, – 2 1/2,

Anthony Rizzo, – 2 1/2,

Domingo Santana, – 2 1/2,

Dernard Span, – 2 1/2,

Eric Thames, – 2 1/2,

Christian Yelich, – 2 1/2,

Ryan Braun, – 2,

Keon Broxton, – 2,

Willson Contreras, – 2,

Travis d’Arnaud, – 2,

Adam Duvall, – 2,

Freddie Freeman, – 2,

Chris Gimenez, – 2,

Randal Grichuk, – 2,

Jedd Gyorko, – 2,

Odubel Herrera, – 2,

Tommy Joseph, – 2,

Howie Kendrick, – 2,

Starling Marte, – 2,

Yadier Molina, – 2,

Daniel Murphy, – 2,

A. J. Pollock, – 2,

Yasiel Puig, – 2,

Anthony Rendon, – 2,

Scott Schebler, – 2,

Travis Shaw, – 2,

Cory Spangenberg, – 2,

Eugenio Suarez, – 2,

Neil Walker, -2,

Charlie Blackmon, – 1 1/2,

Justin Bour, – 1 1/2,

Kris Bryant, – 1 1/2,

Matt Carpenter, – 1 1/2,

Brandon Crawford, – 1 1/2,

Paul DeJong, – 1 1/2,

Aledmys Diaz, – 1 1/2,

Dexter Fowler, – 1 1/2,

Brian Goodwin,- 1 1/2,

Austin Hedges, -1 1/2,

Rhys Hoskins, – 1 1/2,

Jon Jay, 1 1/2,

Manuel Margot, – 1 1/2,

Wil Myers, – 1 1/2,

Buster Posey, – 1 1/2,

Ryan Schimpf, – 1 1/2,

Yangervis Solarte, – 1 1/2,

Kurt Suzuki, – 1 1/2,

Chris Taylor, – 1 1/2,

Trea Turner, – 1 1/2,

Jayson Werth, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2017

Corey Kluber, – 11,

Chris Sale – 7 1/2,

Dallas Keuchel, – 7.

Ervin Santana, – 7,

Jose Berrios, – 6 1/2,

Luis Severino, – 6,

Justin Verlander, – 6,

Kevin Gausman, – 5 1/2,

Masahiro Tanaka, – 5 1/2,

Marcus Stroman, – 5,

Jason Vargas, – 5,

Chris Archer, – 4,

Carlos Carrasco, – 4,

Michael Fulmer, – 4,

Sonny Gray – 4,

Ariel Miranda, – 4,

Doug Fister, – 3 1/2,

Miguel Gonzalez, – 3 1/2,

Cole Hamels, – 3 1/2,

Sean Manaea, – 3 1/2,

Charlie Morton, 3 1/2,

Jake Odorizzi, – 3 1/2,

James Paxton, – 3 1/2,

Alex Cobb, – 3,

Yu Darvish,- 3 (RANGERS ONLY),

Dylan Bundy, – 3,

Marco Estrada, – 3,

Mike Fiers, – 3,

Alex Meyer, – 3,

Jose Quintana, – 3, (WHITE SOX ONLY)

Josh Tomlin, – 3,

Austin Bibens-Dirkx, – 2 1/2,

Mike Clevinger, – 2 1/2,

Ian Kennedy, – 2 1/2,

CC Sabathia, – 2 1/2,

Danny Salazar, – 2 1/2,

Matt Andriese, 2,

Andrew Cashner, – 2,

A. J. Griffin, – 2,

Wade Miley, – 2,

Brad Peacock, – 2,

Michael Pineda, – 2,

Rick Porcello, – 2,

Trevor Bauer, – 1 1/2,

Joe Biagini, – 1 1/2,

Matthew Boyd, – 1 1/2,

Jesse Chavez,  – 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,

Jacob deGrom, – 7,

Carlos Martinez, – 7,

Patrick Corbin – 6,

Jimmy Nelson, – 6,

Stephen Strasburg, – 6,

Zach Davies,- 5 1/2,

Robbie Ray, – 5 1/2,

Zack Greinke, – 5,

Jeff Samardzija, – 5,

Madison Bumgarner (1/2 WOB as hitter), – 4 1/2,

Jhoulys Chacin, – 4 1/2,

Matt Moore, – 4 1/2,

Ty Blach, – 4,

Gio Gonzalez, – 4,

Jon Lester, – 4,

Lance Lynn, – 4,

Julio Teheran, – 4,

Jake Arrieta, – 3 1/2,

Rich Hill, – 3 1/2,

Aaron Nola, – 3 1/2,

Dan Straily, – 3 1/2,

Kenta Maeda, – 3,

Ivan Nova, -3,

Michael Wacha, – 3,

Adam Wainwright, – 3,

Tyler Chatwood, – 2 1/2,

Amir Garrett, – 2 1/2,

Zack Godley, – 2 1/2,

Mike Leake, – 2 1/2,

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 2 1/2,

Taijuan Walker, – 2 1/2,

Trevor Williams, – 2 1/2,

Alex Wood, – 2 1/2,

Gerrit Cole, – 2,

Johnny Cueto, – 2,

Scott Feldman, – 2,

Mike Foltynewicz. -2,

Jaime Garcia, – 2,

Jeremy Hellickson, – 2,

Luis Perdomo,- 2,

Clayton Richard, – 2,

Chase Anderson, 1 1/2,

Matt Cain, – 1 1/2,

Luis Castillo, – 1 1/2,

Wei-Yin Chen, – 1 1/2,

Adam Conley, – 1 1/2,

R. A. Dickey, – 1 1/2,

Zach Eflin, – 1 1/2,

Jerad Eickhoff, – 1 1/2,

Mark Leiter Jr.,  – 1 1/2,

Brandon McCarthy, – 1 1/2,

Jose Quintana (CUBS ONLY), – 1 1/2,

Tanner Roark, – 1 1/2,

Chris Stratton, – 1 1/2,

Jameson Taillon, – 1 1/2,

Edinson Volquez, – 1 1/2,

Leaders with WOBs in Each League

Jose Quintana, – 4 1/2 (3 with White Sox, 1 1/2 with Cubs)

Yu Darvish – 4 (3 with Rangers, 1 with Dodgers).

J. D. Martinez, – 3 1/2 (2 1/2 with Tigers, 1 with Diamondbacks),

Norichika Aoki – 1 (1/2 with Blue Jays, 1/2 with Mets)

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2017 MLB

Matt Adams, Jesus Aguilar, Yonder Alonso, Tim Anderson, Alec Asher, Homer Bailey,  Austin Barnes, Jose Bautista, Josh Bell,  Carlos Beltran, Christian Bergman, Chad Bettis, Paul Blackburn, Michael Brantley,  Jay Bruce, Byron Buxton, Melky Cabrera, Johan Camargo, Mark Canha, Starlin Castro, Darrell Ceciliani, Francisco Cervelli, Matt Chapman, Robinson Chirinos, Dusty Coleman, Bartolo Colon, Michael Conforto, C. J. Cron, Yu Darvish (DODGERS ONLY),  Ian Desmond, Yandy Diaz, Lucas Duda, Phillip Ervin, Jacon Faria, Brandon Finnegan, Logan Forsythe, Nick Franklin, Kyle Freeland, David Freese, Brett Gardner, Evan Gattis, Yasmani Grandal, Kendall Graveman, J. A. Happ, Josh Harrison,  Matt Harvey, Ryan Healy, Jeff Hoffman, Chris Iannetta, Jose Iglesias, Hisashi Iwakuma, Brian Johnson, Jake Junis, Nathan Karns, Matt Kemp, Max Kepler,  Dinelson Lamet, Jed Lowrie, J. D. Martinez (DIAMONDBACKS ONLY) Jose Martinez, Steven Matz, Joe Mauer,  Nomar Mazara, Collin McHugh, Jordy Mercer,  Andrew Miller, Brad Miller, Rafael Montero, Tyler Moore, Mitch Moreland, Vance Morely, Mike Moustakas, Daniel Nava, Eduardo Nunez, David Peralta, Martin Perez, Brandon Phillips, Jose Pirela, Nick Pivetta, David Price, Albert Pujols, Erasmo Ramirez, J.T. Realmuto, Josh Reddick,  Hunter Renfroe, Mark Reynolds, JT Riddle,  Sal Romano,  Joe Ross, Cameron Rupp, Addison Russell, Carlos Santana, Kyle Schwarber, Kyle Seager, Tyler Skaggs, Eric Skoglund, Yangervis Solarte, Geovany Soto, Trevor Story, Brent Suter, Dansby Swanson, Raimel Tapia, Michael Taylor, Devon Travis, Andrew Triggs, Mark Trumbom, Justin Turner, Jose Urena, Julio Urias, Pat Valaika, Danny Valencia, Christian Vazquez, Jonathan Villar, Tyler White, Matt Wieters, Travis Wood,

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

Nick Ahmed, Albert Almora Jr., Brett Anderson Tyler Anderson, Norichika Aoki (BLUE JAYS ONLY), Norichika Aoki (METS ONLY), Orlando Arcia, Erick Aybar, Tucker Barnhart, Chad Bell, Brandon Belt, Adrian Beltre, Lisalverto Bonilla, Archie Bradley, Jackie Bradley Jr. , Jake Buchanan, A. J. Cole, Garrett Cooper, Rajai Davis, Alejandro de Aza, Nicky Delmonico, Chris Devenski, Rafael Devers, Danny Duffy, Jarrod Dyson, A. J. Ellis, Yunel Escobar, Todd Frazier, Yovani Gallardo, Leury Garcia, Matt Garza, Domingo German, Daniel Gossett, Curtis Granderson, Justin Grimm, Robert Gsellman, Jason Hammel, Alen Hanson, Kyle Hendricks, Cesar Hernandez, Caleb Joseph, John Lackey, Juan Lagares, Ben Lively, Jonathan LuCroy, Martin Maldonado, German Marquez, Bruce Maxwell, Brian McCann, James McCann, Mike Montgomery, Andrew Moore, Taylor Motter, Joe Musgrove, Brandon Nimmo, Ricky Nolasco, Chris Owings, Emilio Pagan, Joe Panik, Steve Pearce,  Dillon Peters, Kevin Pillar, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, Ryan Pressly,  Austin Pruitt, Colby Rasmus, Joey Rickard, Carlos Rodon, Eduardo Rodriguez, Miguel Rojas, Carlos Sanchez, Danny Santana, Marcus Semien, Magneuris Sierra, Lucas Sims, Chris Smith, Mallex Smith, Eric Sogard, Carlos Torres, Troy Tulowitzki, Luis Valbuena, Jered Weaver, Nick Wittgren, Asher Wojciechowski, Jordan Zimmermann,

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