Who Owned Baseball May 30, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Nathan Eovaldi threw 6 innings of no hit ball before being lifted for a reliever. The bullpen blew the no hitter but Tampa Bay blanked Oakland, 6-0.

Max Scherzer struck out 12 Orioles over 8 shutout innings to push Washington into first place with a 2-0 final.

Jorge Soler collected 4 hits, including a homer, driving in 2, as Kansas City held on to take a wild 11-8 game against the Twins.

Matt Kemp doubled and homered, driving in 4 as the Dodgers won against Philadelhia, 8-2.

They all owned baseball on May 30, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

David Hess allowed a single run over 6 innings, striking out a pair of Nats. The Orioles could not give him any run support and they lost, 2-0.

Julio Teheran threw 7 strong innings, allowing 5 hits and 2 runs, striking out 3 Mets but was saddled with the hard luck 4-1 decision for the Braves

Max Stassi got 2 hits including a homer, knocking in 3 but Houston fell to the Yankees, 5-3.

John Ryan Murphy went 3 for 5 with a homer in Arizona’s 7-4 loss to the Reds.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 5 1/2

Mookie Betts, – 3 1/2

Matt Davidson, – 3

Andrew Benintendi, – 2 1/2

Manny Machado, – 2 1/2

Daniel Palka, – 2 1/2

Justin Smoak, – 2 1/2

George Springer, – 2 1/2

Xander Bogaerts, – 2

Carlos Correa, – 2

Brett Gardner, – 2
Didi Gregorius, – 2

Mitch Haniger, – 2

Francisco Lindor, – 2

Leonys Martin, – 2
Hanley Ramirez, – 2

Jose Ramirez, – 2

Gary Sanchez, – 2

Jose Abreu, – 1 1/2

Tim Anderson,- 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, – 5 1/2
Scooter Gennett – 4
Matt Adams, – 3
Brandon Belt, – 3
Asdrubal Cabrera, – 3
Javier Baez, – 2 1/2
Jose Martinez, – 2 1/2
Anthony Rizzo, – 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
Matt Kemp, – 1 1/2
Nick Markakis, – 1 1/2
Devin Mesoraco, – 1 1/2
A. J. Pollock, – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Charlie Morton, – 5 1/2

José Berríos, – 4

Justin Verlander, – 4

Gerrit Cole, – 3 1/2

James Paxton, – 3 1/2

David Price, – 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

Kyle Gibson, – 2

Jakob Junis, – 2

Daniel Mengden, – 2

Chris Sale, – 2

Luis Severino, – 2

Trevor Cahill, – 1 1/2

Mike Clevinger, – 1 1/2

Kevin Gausman, – 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, – 4 1/2

Jacob deGrom, – 4

Kenta Maeda, – 3 1/2

Jake Arrieta, – 3

Walker Buehler, – 2 1/2

Johnny Cueto, – 2 1/2

Zack Greinke, – 2 1/2

Stephen Strasburg, – 2 1/2

Julio Teheran, – 2 1/2

Jon Gray, – 2

José Quintana, – 2

Tanner Roark, – 2

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 2

Chris Stratton, – 2

Chad Bettis, – 1 1/2

Patrick Corbin, – 1 1/2

Kyle Freeland, – 1 1/2

Gio Gonzalez, – 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, Lorenzo Cain, Shane Carle, Welington Castillo, Starlin Castro, Bartolo Colon, Willson Contreras, Brandon Crawford, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Zach Eflin, Adam Engel, Nathan Eovaldi, Doug Fister, Jack Flaherty, Todd Frazier, Greg Garcia, Jarlin Garcia, 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, 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, Jorge Soler, 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, 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, Daniel Gossett, Robert Gsellman, Yuli Gurriel, Jason Hammel, Ian Happ, Cesar Hernandez, David Hernandez, David Hess, John Hicks, Jonathan Holder, Derek Holland, Jared Hughes, Chris Iannetta, Travis Jankowski, Jon Jay, Brian Johnson, Aaron Judge, Tommy Kahnle, 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, John Ryan Murphy, 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, Max Stassi, Jackson Stephens, Mark Trumbo, Justin Upton, José Váldez, Michael Wacha, Alex Wood, Ryan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann

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