Who Owned Baseball May 22, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Scooter Gennett hit a grand slam and an RBI double, driving in 6 altogether in the Reds 7-2 win over Pittsburgh.

Yonder Alonso reached base 4 times, including a double, driving in 3 and scoring 2 in Cleveland’s 10-1 thrashing of the Cubs.

Caleb Smith pitched into the 7th, finishing with 6 2/3 innings, 1 run and struck out 8 Mets as Miami won, 5-1.

Chris Sale struck out 9 Rays over 7 2/3 innings, earning the 4-2 decision for Boston.

They all owned baseball on May 21, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Ian Desmond went 2 for 4 with a homer and 2 RBI but Colorado fell short against the Dodgers, 5-3.

Mark Trumbo collected 4 hits and drove in a run in the Orioles 3-2 loss to the White Sox.

Eric Lauer held the Nationals to 1 run over 6 innings but did not factor into the decision as the Padres lost the walk off 2-1 final.

Kevin Gausman struck out 10 White Sox in 6 1/3 scoreless innings but the Orioles bullpen dropped the 3-2 game to the White Sox.

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

Nicholas Castellanos, – 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
Scooter Gennett, – 3
Matt Adams, – 2 1/2
Javier Baez, – 2 1/2
Jose Martinez, – 2 1/2
Asdrubal Cabrera, – 2
Mark Reynolds, – 2
Ozzie Albies, – 1 1/2
Ian Desmond, – 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, – 4

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

Chris Sale, – 2

Luis Severino, – 2

Dylan Bundy, – 1 1/2

Kevin Gausman, – 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

Walker Buehler, – 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., Yonder Alonso, Chase Anderson, Tim Anderson, Homer Bailey, Matthew Boyd, Trevor Cahill, Lorenzo Cain, Shane Carle, Welington Castillo, Starlin Castro, Bartolo Colon, Willson Contreras, Brandon Crawford, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Zach Eflin, Doug Fister, Jack Flaherty, Todd Frazier, Greg Garcia, Jarlin Garcia, Brett Gardner, 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, Miles Mikolas, 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, Clayton Richard, Garrett Richards, Joey Rickard, Eduardo Rodriguez, Fernando Romero, Amed Rosario, Eddie Rosario, Tyson Ross, CC Sabathia, Anibal Sanchez, Corey Seager, Kyle Seager, Andrelton Simmons, Tyler Skaggs, Caleb Smith, Yangervis Solarte, Denard Span, Giancarlo Stanton, Trevor Story, Jameson Taillon, Chris Tillman, Gleyber Torres, 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, Eric Lauer, Joey Lucchesi, Seth Lugo, Dixon Machado, Matt Magill, Steven Matz, Whit Merrifield, Mitch Moreland, Logan Morrison, Max Muncy, Jake Odorizzi, Hernan Perez, Tommy Pham, Kevin Pillar, Buster Posey, Anthony Rendon, Trevor Richards, Sean Rodriguez, Miguel Rojas, Austin Romine, Yolmer Sanchez, Miguel Sano, Hector Santiago, Jonathan Schoop, Kyle Schwarber, Blake Snell, Jackson Stephens, Noah Syndergaard, Mark Trumbo, Justin Upton, José Váldez, Michael Wacha, Alex Wood, Ryan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann

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