Who Owned Baseball May 27, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Mike Leake threw 8 innings, allowing 4 hits, 1 run and no walks to earn the 3-1 decision for Seattle over Minnesota.

Greg Allen reached base 3 times including a walk off homer in the 14th to give the Indians an improbable 10-9 victory over the Astros.

Walker Buehler gave the Dodgers 7 innings, striking out 8 Padres and allowing 1 run in the 6-1 final.

Carlos Gonzalez went 4 for 4 with a homer and 2 RBI to help the first place Rockies top the Reds, 8-2.

They all owned baseball on May 27, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Gerrit Cole allowed 4 hits and 3 runs over 7 innings. He did not factor in the decision as his Astros fell in 14 to the Indians, 10-9.

Jose Altuve collected 4 hits, including a double, scoring a run and driving in 2 in the Astros wild and dramatic 14 inning 10-9 loss in Cleveland.

Zack Greinke allowed 2 runs over 6 innings, but they were enough runs to let the A’s beat Arizona, 2-1.

Asdrubal Cabrera singled and homered but the Mets dropped the 8-7 game to Milwaukee.

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
Asdrubal Cabrera, – 2 1/2
Jose Martinez, – 2 1/2
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
Carlos Gonzalez, – 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

Gerrit Cole, – 3 1/2

James Paxton, – 3 1/2

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

Walker Buehler, – 2 1/2

Johnny Cueto, – 2 1/2

Zack Greinke, – 2 1/2

Stephen Strasburg, – 2 1/2

Jake Arrieta, – 2

Jon Gray, – 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

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

Greg Allen, Yonder Alonso, Jose Altuve, 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, Mike Leake, 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., 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, 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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