Who Owned Baseball May 2, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Mookie Betts was one of two players to hit 3 homers today. He gets the slight edge over Encarnacion because his second homer was the go ahead shot in a razor thin 5-4 Red Sox win over the Royals.

Luis Severino threw a complete game 5 hit shutout, striking out 10 Astros and earning the 4-0 decision for the Yankees.

Nick Hundley doubled twice, singled and homered, scoring 4 times as the Giants rolled over the Padres, 9-4.

Sean Newcomb threw 7 shutout innings, striking out 8 Mets en route to the Braves 7-0 victory.

They all owned baseball on May 2, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Ryon Healy went 2 for 4 with a homer in the Mariners 3-2 loss to Oakland.

James Paxton struck out 16 A’s in 7 shutout innings but the Mariners bullpen collapsed in the 3-2 defeat.

Anthony Rizzo got a pair of hits, including a homer, but the Cubs were pounded by the Rockies, 11-2.

Jose Urena allowed 1 earned run and 1 unearned run over 7 strong innings, but the Marlins were blanked by the Phillies, 6-0.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mookie Betts, – 3

Matt Davidson, – 3

Mike Trout, – 3

Xander Bogaerts, – 2

Carlos Correa, – 2
Didi Gregorius, – 2

Manny Machado, – 2
Hanley Ramirez, – 2

Jose Abreu, – 1 1/2

Ryon Healy, – 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
Matt Adams, – 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

Charlie Morton, – 3 1/2

Sean Manaea, – 2 1/2

José Berríos, – 2

Gerrit Cole, – 2

Jakob Junis, – 2

Corey Kluber, – 2

Lance McCullers Jr., – 2

David Price, – 2

Luis Severino, – 2

Justin Verlander, – 2

Dylan Bundy, – 1 1/2

Carlos Carrasco, – 1 1/2

Kyle Gibson, – 1 1/2

James Paxton, – 1 1/2

Aaron Sanchez, – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Johnny Cueto, – 2 1/2

Jacob deGrom, – 2

Jon Gray, – 2

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 2

Max Scherzer, – 2

Chris Stratton, – 2

Kyle Freeland, – 1 1/2

Zack Greinke, – 1 1/2

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., Chase Anderson, Jake Arrieta, Homer Bailey, Andrew Benintendi, Matthew Boyd, Lorenzo Cain, Shane Carle, Nicholas Castellanos, Bartolo Colon, Patrick Corbin, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Todd Frazier, Greg Garcia, Jarlin Garcia, Mychal Givens, Adrian Gonzalez, Dee Gordon, Mitch Haniger, J. A. Happ, Austin Hedges, Kyle Hendricks, Teoscar Hernandez, Aaron Hicks, Rhys Hoskins, Nick Hundley, 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, Sean Newcomb, Shohei Ohtani (As Hitter), Shohei Ohtani (As Pitcher), Daniel Palka, Joe Panik, David Peralta, Jose Peraza, Luis Perdomo, Gregory Polanco, A. J. Pollock, Rick Porcello, Jose Quintana, J. T. Realmuto, Josh Reddick, Garrett Richards, Tanner Roark, Tyson Ross, CC Sabathia, Anibal Sanchez, Gary Sanchez, Corey Seager, Andrelton Simmons, Tyler Skaggs, Justin Smoak, Denard Span, Stephen Strasburg, Jameson Taillon, Chris Tillman, Nick Tropeano, Jose Urena, 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, Yoenis Cespedes, 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, Junior Guerra, Yuli Gurriel, Cole Hamels, Jason Hammel, Derek Holland, Chris Iannetta, Tommy Kahnle, Howie Kendrick, Max Kepler, Matt Koch, Dallas Keuchel, Juan Lagares, Francisco Liriano, Joey Lucchesi, Dixon Machado, Matt Magill, Nick Markakis, Mitch Moreland, Hernan Perez, Tommy Pham, Kevin Pillar, Buster Posey, Anthony Rendon, Clayton Richard, Trevor Richards, Anthony Rizzo, Sean Rodriguez, Austin Romine, Chris Sale, Yolmer Sanchez, Miguel Sano, Jonathan Schoop, Kyle Schwarber, George Springer, Noah Syndergaard, Justin Upton, Joey Votto, Luke Weaver, Alex Wood, Ryan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann

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