Who Owned Baseball May 14, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Andrew Heaney threw 8 innings, allowing 4 hits, 1 walk and struck out 10 Astros as the Angels took the razor thin 2-1 divisional rival game.

Junior Guerra allowed 3 hits and 2 runs over 6 strong innings, striking out 6 Diamondbacks to earn the 7-2 decision for the first place Brewers.

Niko Goodrum homered twice, driving in 5, to help the Tigers sneak back into contention with a 6-3 final over Cleveland.

Brandon Belt singled, doubled and homered, driving in 3 to lead the Giants past Cincinnati, 10-4.

They all owned baseball on May 14, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Jake Odorizzi threw 6 shutout innings, striking out 7 Mariners but the Twins bullpen dropped the 1-0 game.

Jackson Stephens was pressed into duty in the third and responded with 2 2/3 shutout innings to keep Cincinnati in the game. The rest of the Reds bullpen would implode as the Giants bats pounded away, 10-7.

Whit Merrifield went 3 for 4 with a homer in the Royals 2-1 loss to Tampa Bay.

Albert Almora Jr. collected 3 hits, including a homer, but the Cubs fell short against Atlanta, 6-5.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 4

Mookie Betts, – 3

Matt Davidson, – 3

Xander Bogaerts, – 2

Carlos Correa, – 2
Didi Gregorius, – 2

Francisco Lindor, – 2

Manny Machado, – 2

Leonys Martin, – 2

Daniel Palka, – 2
Hanley Ramirez, – 2

Jose Ramirez, – 2

Jose Abreu, – 1 1/2

Eduardo Escobar, – 1 1/2

Ryon Healy, – 1 1/2

Adam Jones, – 1 1/2

Justin Smoak, – 1 1/2

George Springer, – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Bryce Harper, – 4 1/2
Matt Adams, – 2 1/2
Javier Baez, – 2 1/2
Brandon Belt, – 2 1/2
Asdrubal Cabrera, – 2
Scooter Gennett, – 2
Ozzie Albies, – 1 1/2
Maikel Franco, – 1 1/2
Freddie Freeman, 1 1/2
Nick Markakis, – 1 1/2
Jose Martinez, – 1 1/2
A. J. Pollock, – 1 1/2
Anthony Rizzo, – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Charlie Morton, – 4 1/2

Gerrit Cole, – 3

Carlos Carrasco, – 2 1/2

Sean Manaea, – 2 1/2

Lance McCullers Jr., – 2 1/2

José Berríos, – 2

Jakob Junis, – 2

Corey Kluber, – 2

David Price, – 2

Luis Severino, – 2

Justin Verlander, – 2

Dylan Bundy, – 1 1/2

Kyle Gibson, – 1 1/2

Junior Guerra, – 1 1/2

Cole Hamels, – 1 1/2

Dallas Keuchel, – 1 1/2

Reynaldo Lopez, – 1 1/2

James Paxton, – 1 1/2

Aaron Sanchez, – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Max Scherzer, – 3

Johnny Cueto, – 2 1/2

Jake Arrieta, – 2

Jacob deGrom, – 2

Jon Gray, – 2

Zack Greinke, – 2

Tanner Roark, – 2

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 2

Stephen Strasburg, – 2

Chris Stratton, – 2

Julio Teheran, – 2

Chad Bettis, – 1 1/2

Patrick Corbin, – 1 1/2

Kyle Freeland, – 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, Tim Anderson, Homer Bailey, Andrew Benintendi, Matthew Boyd, Walker Buehler, Trevor Cahill, Lorenzo Cain, Shane Carle, Nicholas Castellanos, Welington Castillo, Bartolo Colon, Willson Contreras, Ian Desmond, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Zach Eflin, Todd Frazier, Greg Garcia, Jarlin Garcia, Brett Gardner, Kevin Gausman, Domingo German, Mychal Givens, Adrian Gonzalez, Niko Goodrum, Dee Gordon, Yasmani Grandal, Mitch Haniger, J. A. Happ, Andrew Heaney, Austin Hedges, Jeremy Hellickson, Kyle Hendricks, Teoscar Hernandez, Aaron Hicks, Rhys Hoskins, Nick Hundley, Ian Kennedy, Clayton Kershaw, Nick Kingham, Chad Kuhl, Francisco Liriano, Jed Lowrie, Tyler Mahle, Luke Maile, 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), Joe Panik, David Peralta, Freddy Peralta, Jose Peraza, Luis Perdomo, Gregory Polanco, Rick Porcello, Adam Putko, Jose Quintana, J. T. Realmuto, Josh Reddick, Mark Reynolds, Clayton Richard, Garrett Richards, Joey Rickard, Eduardo Rodriguez, Fernando Romero, Eddie Rosario, Tyson Ross, CC Sabathia, Chris Sale, Anibal Sanchez, Gary Sanchez, Corey Seager, Kyle Seager, Andrelton Simmons, Tyler Skaggs, Yangervis Solarte, Denard Span, Giancarlo Stanton, Trevor Story, Eugenio Suarez, Jameson Taillon, Chris Tillman, Nick Tropeano, Jose Urena, Vince Velasquez, Christian Villanueva,Joey Votto, Zack Wheeler,

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

Nick Ahmed, Abraham Almonte, Albert Almora Jr., Nolan Arenado, Tyler Austin, Harrison Bader, Trevor Bauer, Matt Belisle, Josh Bell, Chad Bettis, Ty Blach, Charlie Blackmon, Justin Bour, Michael Brantley, Alex Bregman, Lewis Brinson, Kole Calhoun, Francisco Cervelli, Yoenis Cespedes, Jesse Chavez, Yonny Chirinos, Mike Clevinger, Khris Davis, Nicky Delmonico, Derek Dietrich, Brian Dozier, Adam Duvall, Edwin Encarnacion, Jacob Faria, Mike Fiers, Doug Fister, Wilmer Font, Michael Fulmer, Tyler Glasnow, Carlos Gomez, Carlos Gonzalez, Gio Gonzalez, Robert Gsellman, Yuli Gurriel, Jason Hammel, John Hicks, Jonathan Holder, Derek Holland, Jared Hughes, Chris Iannetta, Travis Jankowski, Tommy Kahnle, Matt Kemp, Howie Kendrick, Max Kepler, Matt Koch, Juan Lagares, Joey Lucchesi, Seth Lugo, Dixon Machado, Matt Magill, Steven Matz, Whit Merrifield, Mitch Moreland, Jake Odorizzi, Hernan Perez, Tommy Pham, Kevin Pillar, Buster Posey, Anthony Rendon, Trevor Richards, Sean Rodriguez, Austin Romine, Yolmer Sanchez, Miguel Sano, Jonathan Schoop, Kyle Schwarber, Blake Snell, Jackson Stephens, Noah Syndergaard, Justin Upton, Michael Wacha, Luke Weaver, Alex Wood, Ryan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann

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