Who Owned Baseball April 19, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Jake Arrieta struck out 10 Pirates over 7 innings of one hit shutout ball as the Phillies cruised to a 7-0 final.

Charlie Morton shutout the Mariners over 7 innings, collecting 8 strikeouts as the champion Astros continued to roll, 9-2.

Lorenzo Cain walked, homered and hit two doubles, scoring 4 times as the Brewers broke open a 12-3 beating of the Marlins.

Leonys Martin singled, tripled and smacked a grand slam to lead the Tigers past the Orioles, 13-8.

They all owned baseball on April 19, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Ty Blach allowed 2 runs over 6 innings but was saddled with the hard luck 3-1 Giants defeat in Arizona.

Lewis Brinson homered twice in the Marlins 12-3 loss to Milwaukee.

Manny Machado homered twice and collected another hit but the Orioles lost the 13-8 slug fest in Detroit.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 3
Mookie Betts, – 2
Didi Gregorius, – 2
Hanley Ramirez, – 2

Manny Machado, – 1 1/2

Leonys Martin, – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Bryce Harper, – 3 1/2
Ozzie Albies, – 1 1/2
Javier Baez, – 1 1/2
Asdrubal Cabrera, 1 1/2
Jose Martinez, – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Charlie Morton, – 2 1/2

José Berríos, – 2

Gerrit Cole, – 2

Corey Kluber, – 2

David Price, – 2

Dylan Bundy, – 1 1/2

Carlos Carrasco, – 1 1/2,

Sean Manaea, – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Max Scherzer, – 2

Chris Stratton, – 2
Johnny Cueto, – 1 1/2

Shohei Ohtani Combined Pitcher and Hitter WOB Total

Shohei Ohtani, – 2 (1 as Hitter, 1 as Pitcher)

Guys Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2017 MLB

Chase Anderson, Jake Arrieta, Homer Bailey, Brandon Belt, Andrew Benintendi, Xander Bogaerts, Matthew Boyd, Lorenzo Cain, Shane Carle, Bartolo Colon, Patrick Corbin, Carlos Correa, Matt Davidson, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Maikel Franco, Todd Frazier, Greg Garcia, Kyle Gibson, Mychal Givens, Austin Hedges, Teoscar Hernandez, Aaron Hicks, Adam Jones, Jakob Junis, Ian Kennedy, Clayton Kershaw, Jon Lester, Reynaldo Lopez, Kenta Maeda, Tyler Mahle, Starling Marte, Carlos Martinez, Lance McCullers Jr., Andrew McCutchen, Daniel Mengden, Yoan Moncada, Colin Moran, Mike Moustakas, Shohei Ohtani (As Hitter), Shohei Ohtani (As Pitcher), Joe Panik, Luis Perdomo, Gregory Polanco, Rick Porcello, J. T. Realmuto, Garrett Richards, Tanner Roark, Hyun-Jin Ryu, Aaron Sanchez, Anibal Sanchez, Gary Sanchez, Corey Seager, Justin Smoak, Denard Span, Stephen Strasburg, Jameson Taillon, Vince Velasquez, Christian Villanueva, Zack Wheeler, Trevor Williams

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

Jose Abreu, Tim Anderson, Tyler Austin, Trevor Bauer, Josh Bell, Ty Blach, Justin Bour, Alex Bregman, Lewis Brinson, Kole Calhoun, Wellington Castillo, Yonny Chirinos, Khris Davis, Jacob DeGrom, Nicky Delmonico, Derek Dietrich, Adam Duvall, Edwin Encarnacion, Jacob Faria, Wilmer Font, Michael Fulmer, Jarlin Garcia, Scooter Gennett, Tyler Glasnow, Carlos Gonzalez, Yasmani Grandal, Zack Greinke, Yuli Gurriel, Kyle Hendricks, Derek Holland, Chris Iannetta, Tommy Kahnle, Matt Koch, Dallas Keuchel, Juan Lagares, Jed Lowrie, Joey Lucchesi, Dixon Machado, Hernan Perez, Tommy Pham, Buster Posey, Anthony Rendon, Clayton Richard, Trevor Richards, Sal Romano, Austin Romine, Yolmer Sanchez, Jonathan Schoop, Kyle Schwarber, George Springer, Justin Upton, Justin Verlander, Luke Weaver, Alex Wood, Ryan Zimmerman

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