Who Owned Baseball May 20, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Amed Rosario had a two homer day to help the Mets beat the reeling Diamondbacks, 4-1.

Jack Flaherty pitched into the 8th, finishing with 7 2/3 innings, 2 hits, 1 run and struck out 13 Phillies to earn the 5-1 decision for the Cardinals.

J. D. Martinez reached base 3 times, homering twice and driving in 3 to keep the Red Sox tied for first after blanking Baltimore, 5-0.

Reynaldo Lopez threw 8 shutout innings, allowing 2 hits and striking out 8 Rangers to give the White Sox a rare win, 3-0.

They all owned baseball on May 20, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Miguel Rojas got 3 hits, including a pair of homers, driving in 4 while scoring 3 but the Marlins bullpen had an eye popping meltdown and Atlanta walked off for the 10-9 win.

Stephen Strasburg pitched into the 7th, striking out 7 Dodgers over 6 2/3 innings. But he took the hard luck 7-2 loss in Washington.

Johnny Field doubled and homered, scoring twice in the Rays 5-2 defeat by the Angels.

Francisco Liriano took a no hitter into the 7th and finished with 8 innings of one hit shutout ball. The Tigers bullpen would drop the lead in the bottom of the 9th and Seattle walked off, 3-2 in the 11th.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 4 1/2

Mookie Betts, – 3 1/2

Matt Davidson, – 3

Manny Machado, – 2 1/2

Justin Smoak, – 2 1/2

Xander Bogaerts, – 2

Carlos Correa, – 2
Didi Gregorius, – 2

Mitch Haniger, – 2

Francisco Lindor, – 2

Leonys Martin, – 2

Daniel Palka, – 2
Hanley Ramirez, – 2

Jose Ramirez, – 2

Gary Sanchez, – 2

Jose Abreu, – 1 1/2

Andrew Benintendi, – 1 1/2

Khris Davis, – 1 1/2

Eduardo Escobar, – 1 1/2

Ryon Healy, – 1 1/2

Adam Jones, – 1 1/2

George Springer, – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Bryce Harper, – 4 1/2
Brandon Belt, – 3
Matt Adams, – 2 1/2
Javier Baez, – 2 1/2
Jose Martinez, – 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
A. J. Pollock, – 1 1/2
Anthony Rizzo, – 1 1/2
Eugenio Suarez, – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Charlie Morton, – 5 1/2

José Berríos, – 3

Gerrit Cole, – 3

David Price, – 3

Justin Verlander, – 3

Carlos Carrasco, – 2 1/2

Reynaldo Lopez, – 2 1/2

Sean Manaea, – 2 1/2

Lance McCullers Jr., – 2 1/2

James Paxton, – 2 1/2

Jakob Junis, – 2

Corey Kluber, – 2

Luis Severino, – 2

Dylan Bundy, – 1 1/2

Kyle Gibson, – 1 1/2

Junior Guerra, – 1 1/2

Cole Hamels, – 1 1/2

Andrew Heaney, – 1 1/2

Dallas Keuchel, – 1 1/2

Francisco Liriano, – 1 1/2

Aaron Sanchez, – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Max Scherzer, – 3 1/2

Jacob deGrom, – 3

Johnny Cueto, – 2 1/2

Kenta Maeda, – 2 1/2

Stephen Strasburg, – 2 1/2

Jake Arrieta, – 2

Jon Gray, – 2

Zack Greinke, – 2

José Quintana, – 2

Tanner Roark, – 2

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 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

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, Matthew Boyd, Walker Buehler, Trevor Cahill, Lorenzo Cain, Shane Carle, Nicholas Castellanos, Welington Castillo, Starlin Castro, Bartolo Colon, Willson Contreras, Brandon Crawford, Ian Desmond, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Zach Eflin, Doug Fister, Jack Flaherty, Todd Frazier, Greg Garcia, Jarlin Garcia, Brett Gardner, Kevin Gausman, Domingo German, Mychal Givens, Adrian Gonzalez, Niko Goodrum, Dee Gordon, Yasmani Grandal, J. A. Happ, Austin Hedges, Jeremy Hellickson, Kyle Hendricks, Teoscar Hernandez, Aaron Hicks, Rhys Hoskins, Nick Hundley, Ian Kennedy, Clayton Kershaw, Nick Kingham, Chad Kuhl, Jed Lowrie, Jordan Lyles, Tyler Mahle, Luke Maile, Starling Marte, Carlos Martinez, J. D. Martinez, Andrew McCutchen, Daniel Mengden, Devin Mesoraco, 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, Nick Pivetta, Gregory Polanco, Rick Porcello, Adam Putko, Wilson Ramos, J. T. Realmuto, Josh Reddick, Mark Reynolds, Clayton Richard, Garrett Richards, Joey Rickard, Eduardo Rodriguez, Fernando Romero, Amed Rosario, Eddie Rosario, Tyson Ross, CC Sabathia, Chris Sale, Anibal Sanchez, Corey Seager, Kyle Seager, Andrelton Simmons, Tyler Skaggs, Yangervis Solarte, Denard Span, Giancarlo Stanton, Trevor Story, Jameson Taillon, Chris Tillman, Nick Tropeano, Justin Turner, Jose Urena, Vince Velasquez, Christian Villanueva,Joey Votto, Luke Weaver, 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, Jaime Barria, Trevor Bauer, Matt Belisle, Josh Bell, Christian Bergman, Chad Bettis, Ty Blach, Charlie Blackmon, Justin Bour, Michael Brantley, Alex Bregman, Lewis Brinson, Kole Calhoun, Francisco Cervelli, Yoenis Cespedes, Jhoulys Chacin, Jesse Chavez, Yonny Chirinos, Mike Clevinger, Nicky Delmonico, Derek Dietrich, Brian Dozier, Adam Duvall, Edwin Encarnacion, Marco Estrada, Jacob Faria, Johnny Field, Mike Fiers, Wilmer Font, Michael Fulmer, Tyler Glasnow, Zack Godley, Carlos Gomez, Carlos Gonzalez, Gio Gonzalez, Robert Gsellman, Yuli Gurriel, Jason Hammel, Ian Happ, Cesar Hernandez, 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, Logan Morrison, Jake Odorizzi, Hernan Perez, Tommy Pham, Kevin Pillar, Buster Posey, Anthony Rendon, Trevor Richards, Sean Rodriguez, Miguel Rojas, Austin Romine, Yolmer Sanchez, Miguel Sano, Jonathan Schoop, Kyle Schwarber, Blake Snell, Jackson Stephens, Noah Syndergaard, Justin Upton, José Váldez, Michael Wacha, Alex Wood, Ryan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann

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