Who Owned Baseball April 28, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Adrian Gonzalez singled, doubled and homered, driving in 5 to lead the Mets in a 14-2 thrashing of San Diego.

Nick Kingham made his big league debut a memorable one, not allowing a base runner for 6 2/3 innings, finishing with 7 innings of 1 hit ball, striking out 9 Cardinals and earning the 5-0 decision for Pittsburgh.

Ryon Healy homered twice and doubled, knocking in 4 as Seattle beat up Cleveland, 10-4.

CC Sabathia allowed 1 run over 7 tense innings, striking out 4, as the Yankees completed the sweep of the Angels, 2-1.

They all owned baseball on April 29, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Nick Ahmed went 3 for 4, with a double, in Arizona’s 3-1 loss to Washington.

Chad Bettis allowed 2 runs over 7 strong innings, striking out 5 Marlins but the Rockies were blanked, 3-0.

Jose Ramirez doubled twice and singled, driving in a pair, but the Indians were pounded by the Mariners, 10-4.

Matt Magill helped save the Twins bullpen with 2 1/3 shutout innings, striking out 2 Reds in the 8-2 defeat.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Matt Davidson, – 3

Mike Trout, – 3
Mookie Betts, – 2

Carlos Correa, – 2
Didi Gregorius, – 2

Manny Machado, – 2
Hanley Ramirez, – 2

Jose Abreu, – 1 1/2

Adam Jones, – 1 1/2

Leonys Martin, – 1 1/2

Jose Ramirez, – 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
Maikel Franco, – 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

Lance McCullers Jr., – 2

David Price, – 2

Dylan Bundy, – 1 1/2

Carlos Carrasco, – 1 1/2

Kyle Gibson, – 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

Jacob deGrom, – 2

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 2

Max Scherzer, – 2

Chris Stratton, – 2

Jon Lester, – 1 1/2

Kenta Maeda, – 1 1/2

Ivan Nova, – 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

Ronald Acuña Jr., Matt Adams, Chase Anderson, Jake Arrieta, Homer Bailey, Andrew Benintendi, Xander Bogaerts, Matthew Boyd, Lorenzo Cain, Shane Carle, Nicholas Castellanos, Bartolo Colon, Patrick Corbin, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Todd Frazier, Kyle Freeland, Greg Garcia, Jarlin Garcia, Mychal Givens, Adrian Gonzalez, Jon Gray, Mitch Haniger, J. A. Happ, Ryon Healy, Austin Hedges, Teoscar Hernandez, Aaron Hicks, Rhys Hoskins, Ian Kennedy, Clayton Kershaw, Nick Kingham, Reynaldo Lopez, Jed Lowrie, Tyler Mahle, Starling Marte, Carlos Martinez, Andrew McCutchen, Daniel Mengden, Yoan Moncada, Colin Moran, Mike Moustakas, Wil Myers, Shohei Ohtani (As Hitter), Shohei Ohtani (As Pitcher), Daniel Palka, Joe Panik, James Paxton, David Peralta, Jose Peraza, Luis Perdomo, Gregory Polanco, Rick Porcello, Jose Quintana, J. T. Realmuto, Josh Reddick, Garrett Richards, Tanner Roark, Tyson Ross, CC Sabathia, Anibal Sanchez, Gary Sanchez, Corey Seager, Luis Severino, Andrelton Simmons, Tyler Skaggs, Justin Smoak, Denard Span, Stephen Strasburg, Jameson Taillon, Chris Tillman, Vince Velasquez, Christian Villanueva, Zack Wheeler,

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

Nick Ahmed, Abraham Almonte, Tim Anderson, Nolan Arenado, Tyler Austin, Trevor Bauer, Matt Belisle, Josh Bell, Chad Bettis, 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, Mike Fiers, Wilmer Font, Freddie Freeman, Michael Fulmer, Kevin Gausman, Tyler Glasnow, Carlos Gonzalez, Yasmani Grandal, Zack Greinke, Junior Guerra, Yuli Gurriel, Cole Hamels, Jason Hammel, Kyle Hendricks, Derek Holland, Chris Iannetta, Tommy Kahnle, Howie Kendrick, Matt Koch, Dallas Keuchel, Juan Lagares, Francisco Liriano, Joey Lucchesi, Dixon Machado, Matt Magill, Nick Markakis, Hernan Perez, Tommy Pham, Kevin Pillar, Buster Posey, Anthony Rendon, Clayton Richard, Trevor Richards, Sean Rodriguez, Austin Romine, Chris Sale, Yolmer Sanchez, Miguel Sano, Jonathan Schoop, Kyle Schwarber, George Springer, Noah Syndergaard, Justin Upton, Jose Urena, Joey Votto, Luke Weaver, Alex Wood, Ryan Zimmerman

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