Who Owned Baseball April 22, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Brandon Belt had a mind boggling 21 pitch at bat in the first inning and finished the game with 3 hits including a homer and 2 runs scored to help the Giants top the Angels, 4-2.

Johnny Cueto did not allow a hit until the 6th and finished with 6 shutout innings, allowing 2 hits and striking out 7 Angels to lead the Giants to a 4-2 victory.

Jose Ramirez hit a pair of homers and walked, driving in 3, in the Indians 7-3 win over Baltimore.

Luis Severino threw 7 strong innings, allowing 3 hits and 1 run, earning the 5-1 decision for the Yankees over the Blue Jays.

They all owned baseball on April 22, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Charlie Blackmon got 3 hits, including a homer, but his Rockies dropped a 9-7 slug fest Cubs.

Trevor Williams allowed one hit and 2 runs over 6 innings, striking out 7 Phillies. But the Pirates lost the 3-2 game in extra innings.

Manny Machado homered twice and added another hit but the Orioles were beaten by Cleveland, 7-3.

Francisco Liriano pitched into the 6th and allowed only 2 hits over 5 1/3 innings. He did not factor in the 8-5 decision as the Tigers came up short against Kansas City.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 3
Mookie Betts, – 2

Carlos Correa, – 2
Didi Gregorius, – 2

Manny Machado, – 2
Hanley Ramirez, – 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
Brandon Belt, – 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

Johnny Cueto, – 2 1/2

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 2

Max Scherzer, – 2

Chris Stratton, – 2
Trevor Williams, – 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, 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, Jose Ramirez, J. T. Realmuto, Josh Reddick, Garrett Richards, Tanner Roark, Tyson Ross, Aaron Sanchez, Anibal Sanchez, Gary Sanchez, Corey Seager, Luis Severino, Justin Smoak, Denard Span, Stephen Strasburg, Jameson Taillon, Vince Velasquez, Christian Villanueva, Zack Wheeler,

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, Charlie Blackmon, 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, Francisco Liriano, 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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