Who Owned Baseball April 20, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Sean Manaea threw the first no hitter of the season, shutting down the Red Sox with a 3-0 masterpiece in Oakland.

Hyun-Jin Ryu struck out 8 Nationals over 7 shutout innings, outdueling Strasburg and earning the 4-0 decision for the Dodgers.

Josh Reddick homered twice, including a grand slam, and walked in the Astros 10-1 pounding of the White Sox.

Rhys Hoskins hit a go ahead 3 run homer in the 6th and added an RBI single in the 8th to lead the Phillies past the Pirates, 6-2.

They all owned baseball on April 21, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Chris Sale struck out 10 Oakland batters over 7 innings, allowing 3 runs but he and the Red Sox were no match for Manaea’s 3-0 no hitter.

Jacob deGrom threw 7 shutout innings, striking out 10 Atlanta batters along the way. But the Mets bullpen melted down in the 8th and 9th and dropped the 4-3 final.

Abraham Almonte got 3 hits and scored a pair of runs but the Royals were blown out by the Tigers, 12-4.

Sean Rodriguez homered and singled, scoring all of the Pirates runs in their 6-2 loss to the Phillies.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 3
Mookie Betts, – 2

Carlos Correa, – 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
Javier Baez, – 2 1/2
Ozzie Albies, – 1 1/2
Asdrubal Cabrera, 1 1/2
Jose Martinez, – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Sean Manaea, – 2 1/2

Charlie Morton, – 2 1/2

José Berríos, – 2

Gerrit Cole, – 2

Jakob Junis, – 2

Corey Kluber, – 2

David Price, – 2

Dylan Bundy, – 1 1/2

Carlos Carrasco, – 1 1/2,

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 2

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, Matt Davidson, Jacob deGrom, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Maikel Franco, Todd Frazier, Greg Garcia, Kyle Gibson, Mychal Givens, Austin Hedges, Teoscar Hernandez, Aaron Hicks, Rhys Hoskins, Adam Jones, Ian Kennedy, Clayton Kershaw, Jon Lester, Reynaldo Lopez, Jed Lowrie, 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, Josh Reddick, Garrett Richards, Tanner Roark, Tyson Ross, 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, Abraham Almonte, Tim Anderson, Nolan Arenado, Tyler Austin, Trevor Bauer, Josh Bell, Ty Blach, Justin Bour, Alex Bregman, Lewis Brinson, Kole Calhoun, Wellington Castillo, Yonny Chirinos, Khris Davis, 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, Jason Hammel, Kyle Hendricks, Derek Holland, Chris Iannetta, Tommy Kahnle, Matt Koch, Dallas Keuchel, Juan Lagares, Joey Lucchesi, Dixon Machado, Ivan Nova, Hernan Perez, Tommy Pham, Buster Posey, Anthony Rendon, Clayton Richard, Trevor Richards, Sean Rodriguez, Sal Romano, Austin Romine, Chris Sale, Yolmer Sanchez, Jonathan Schoop, Kyle Schwarber, George Springer, Justin Upton, Justin Verlander, Luke Weaver, Alex Wood, Ryan Zimmerman

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