Who Owned Baseball May 26, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Mike Trout had the best offensive night of his career, which is saying something. He went 5 for 5 with 3 doubles, a homer and 4 RBI to lead the Angels past the Yankees, 11-4.

Scooter Gennett also collected 5 hits, including a homer, as the Reds held on to take a 6-5 thriller in Colorado.

Daniel Mengden threw a complete game 2 hit shutout, striking out 5 Diamondbacks in the A’s 3-0 final.

Aaron Nola took a no hitter into the 7th, finishing with 6 2/3 innings, 1 hit and 1 run while striking out 10 Blue Jays. He did not get the decision but set up the Phillies’ 2-1 win.

They all owned baseball on May 26, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Jose Altuve singled twice, tripled and homered, scoring 3 times and driving in 2 but the Astros fell short in the 8-6 slugfest with the Indians.

Ronald Acuna Jr. went 3 for 5 with a homer in the Braves 8-6 loss in Boston.

Jaime Garcia allowed 1 run over 7 strong innings, walking no Phillies while striking out 5. Toronto’s bullpen would lose the 2-1 game.

Wei-Yin Chen pitched into the 8th, allowing 3 hits and 1 run over 7 1/3 innings. He did not factor into the decision as the Nationals topped the Marlins, 4-1.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 5 1/2

Mookie Betts, – 3 1/2

Matt Davidson, – 3

Manny Machado, – 2 1/2

Justin Smoak, – 2 1/2

George Springer, – 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

Tim Anderson,- 1 1/2

Andrew Benintendi, – 1 1/2

Alex Bregman, – 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

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Bryce Harper, – 4 1/2
Scooter Gennett – 4
Matt Adams, – 3
Brandon Belt, – 3
Javier Baez, – 2 1/2
Jose Martinez, – 2 1/2
Asdrubal Cabrera, – 2
Mark Reynolds, – 2
Eugenio Suarez, – 2
Ronald Acuña Jr., – 1 1/2
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

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Charlie Morton, – 5 1/2

José Berríos, – 4

James Paxton, – 3 1/2

Gerrit Cole, – 3

David Price, – 3

Justin Verlander, – 3

Dylan Bundy, – 2 1/2

Carlos Carrasco, – 2 1/2

Corey Kluber, – 2 1/2

Reynaldo Lopez, – 2 1/2

Sean Manaea, – 2 1/2

Lance McCullers Jr., – 2 1/2

Jakob Junis, – 2

Daniel Mengden, – 2

Chris Sale, – 2

Luis Severino, – 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

Jacob deGrom, – 3 1/2

Kenta Maeda, – 3 1/2

Max Scherzer, – 3 1/2

Johnny Cueto, – 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

Steven Matz, – 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

Yonder Alonso, Chase 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, Adam Engel, Doug Fister, Jack Flaherty, Todd Frazier, Greg Garcia, Jarlin Garcia, Brett Gardner, Domingo German, Mychal Givens, Tyler Glasnow, Marco Gonzales, Adrian Gonzalez, Niko Goodrum, Dee Gordon, Yasmani Grandal, J. A. Happ, Josh Harrison, 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, Devin Mesoraco, Miles Mikolas, Yoan Moncada, Colin Moran, Mike Moustakas, Joe Musgrove, Wil Myers, Sean Newcomb, Brandon Nimmo, Aaron Nola, 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, Travis Shaw, Andrelton Simmons, Tyler Skaggs, Caleb Smith, Yangervis Solarte, Denard Span, Giancarlo Stanton, Trevor Story,Noah Syndergaard, 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., Jose Altuve, 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, Lewis Brinson, Kole Calhoun, Francisco Cervelli, Yoenis Cespedes, Jhoulys Chacin, Jesse Chavez, Wei-Yin Chen, 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, Jaime Garcia, Zack Godley, Carlos Gomez, Carlos Gonzalez, Gio Gonzalez, Daniel Gossett, Robert Gsellman, Yuli Gurriel, Jason Hammel, Ian Happ, Cesar Hernandez, John Hicks, Jonathan Holder, Derek Holland, Jared Hughes, Chris Iannetta, Travis Jankowski, Brian Johnson, Aaron Judge, Tommy Kahnle, Matt Kemp, Howie Kendrick, Max Kepler, Matt Koch, Juan Lagares, Eric Lauer, Joey Lucchesi, Seth Lugo, Dixon Machado, Matt Magill, Austin Meadows, 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, Jean Segura, Blake Snell, Jackson Stephens, Mark Trumbo, Justin Upton, José Váldez, Michael Wacha, Alex Wood, Ryan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann

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