Who Owned Baseball April 25, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Justin Verlander kept the Angels hitless into the 5th and finished with 7 innings, 4 hits, 2 runs, 9 strikeouts, no walks and a 5-2 decision for the Astros.

Jon Gray struck out 11 Padres over 6 innings of 3 hit shutout ball to earn the 5-2 Colorado victory.

Nicholas Castellanos reached base 5 times, including a homer and 4 RBI in the Tigers 13-10 slug fest Game 1 win over Pittsburgh. He added another hit and RBI in the nightcap which Detroit dropped.

Matt Adams singled, doubled and launched a homer, driving in 6 runs as the Nationals demolished the Giants, 15-2.

They all owned baseball on April 25, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Aaron Sanchez threw 6 strong innings, allowing 3 hits, 2 runs and struck out 8 Boston batters. The Toronto bullpen would blow the 4-3 game.

Jon Lester held the Indians to 4 hits in 7 innings but he would be on the wrong end of a 4-1 Cubs final.

Miguel Sano reached base 4 times, including a homer, but the Twins fell to the Yankees, 7-4.

Francisco Cervelli doubled, homered, walked, singled twice and drove in 6 runs in the wild Pirates 13-10 loss to the Tigers.

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

Jose Abreu, – 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
Brandon Belt, – 2
Ozzie Albies, – 1 1/2
Asdrubal Cabrera, – 1 1/2
Scooter Gennett, – 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,

Aaron Sanchez, – 1 1/2

Justin Verlander, – 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

Jon Lester, – 1 1/2

Kenta Maeda, – 1 1/2

Sal Romano, – 1 1/2
Trevor Williams, – 1 1/2

Shohei Ohtani Combined Pitcher and Hitter WOB Total

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

Players Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2017 MLB

Matt Adams, Chase Anderson, Jake Arrieta, Homer Bailey, Andrew Benintendi, Xander Bogaerts, Matthew Boyd, Lorenzo Cain, Shane Carle, Nicholas Castellanos, Bartolo Colon, Patrick Corbin, Matt Davidson, Jacob deGrom, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Maikel Franco, Todd Frazier, Kyle Freeland, Greg Garcia, Jarlin Garcia, Kyle Gibson, Mychal Givens, Jon Gray, J. A. Happ, Austin Hedges, Teoscar Hernandez, Aaron Hicks, Rhys Hoskins, Adam Jones, Ian Kennedy, Clayton Kershaw, Reynaldo Lopez, Jed Lowrie, Tyler Mahle, Starling Marte, Carlos Martinez, Lance McCullers Jr., Andrew McCutchen, Daniel Mengden, Yoan Moncada, Colin Moran, Mike Moustakas, Wil Myers, 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, Anibal Sanchez, Gary Sanchez, Corey Seager, Luis Severino, Andrelton Simmons, Tyler Skaggs, Justin Smoak, Denard Span, Stephen Strasburg, Jameson Taillon, Vince Velasquez, Christian Villanueva, Zack Wheeler,

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

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, Francisco Cervelli, Yonny Chirinos, Khris Davis, Nicky Delmonico, Derek Dietrich, Adam Duvall, Edwin Encarnacion, Eduardo Escobar, Jacob Faria, Freddie Freeman, Wilmer Font, Michael Fulmer, Kevin Gausman, Tyler Glasnow, Carlos Gonzalez, Yasmani Grandal, Zack Greinke, Yuli Gurriel, Cole Hamels, Jason Hammel, Mitch Haniger, Kyle Hendricks, Derek Holland, Chris Iannetta, Tommy Kahnle, Matt Koch, Dallas Keuchel, Juan Lagares, Francisco Liriano, Joey Lucchesi, Dixon Machado, Nick Markakis, Ivan Nova, Hernan Perez, Tommy Pham, Buster Posey, Anthony Rendon, Clayton Richard, Trevor Richards, Sean Rodriguez, Austin Romine, Chris Sale, Yolmer Sanchez, Miguel Sano, Jonathan Schoop, Kyle Schwarber, George Springer, Justin Upton, Luke Weaver, Alex Wood, Ryan Zimmerman

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