Who Owned Baseball June 1, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

Jun 1

Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan

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Mike Foltynewicz threw a complete game 2 hit shutout, striking out 11 Nationals, to give the Braves a 4-0 victory.

Yasiel Puig went 4 for 5 with a homer and a pair of RBI to help the Dodgers out slug Colorado, 11-8.

Frankie Montas threw 8 shutout innings, striking out a pair of Royals as Oakland rolled, 16-0.

Matt Olson reached base 4 times, including 2 homers, driving in 5, as the A’s blanked the Royals, 16-0.

They all owned baseball on June 1, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Stephen Strasburg struck out 10 Braves and held them scoreless into the 7th. But an error and a homer led to him taking a hard luck 4-0 decision for the Nationals.

DJ LeMahieu got 4 hits and drove in 2 but the Rockies dropped the 11-8 game to the Dodgers.

Jesse Chavez gave the Rangers 5 shutout innings out of the bullpen, but the damage by the Angels was done early and they held on, 6-0.

Manny Machado singled, homered and walked, providing all of Baltimore’s offense in their 4-1 loss to the Yankees.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 5 1/2

Mookie Betts, – 3 1/2

Matt Davidson, – 3

Francisco Lindor, – 3

Manny Machado, – 3

Andrew Benintendi, – 2 1/2

Daniel Palka, – 2 1/2

Justin Smoak, – 2 1/2

George Springer, – 2 1/2

Xander Bogaerts, – 2

Carlos Correa, – 2

Eduardo Escobar, – 2

Brett Gardner, – 2
Didi Gregorius, – 2

Mitch Haniger, – 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

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

Daniel Mengden, – 3

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

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

Stephen Strasburg, – 3

Walker Buehler, – 2 1/2

Johnny Cueto, – 2 1/2

Zack Greinke, – 2 1/2

Julio Teheran, – 2 1/2

Jon Gray, – 2

Aaron Nola, – 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, Francisco Cervelli, Jesse Chavez, Bartolo Colon, Willson Contreras, Brandon Crawford, Danny Duffy, Adam Eaton, Zach Eflin, Adam Engel, Nathan Eovaldi, Doug Fister, Jack Flaherty, Mike Foltynewicz, 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, Frankie Montas, Colin Moran, Mike Moustakas, Yairo Munoz, Joe Musgrove, Wil Myers, Sean Newcomb, Brandon Nimmo, Shohei Ohtani (As Hitter), Shohei Ohtani (As Pitcher), Matt Olson, Joe Panik, David Peralta, Freddy Peralta, Jose Peraza, Luis Perdomo, Nick Pivetta, Gregory Polanco, Rick Porcello, Yasiel Puig, 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, Yoenis Cespedes, Jhoulys Chacin, Wei-Yin Chen, Yonny Chirinos, Nicky Delmonico, Odrisamer Despaigne, 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, DJ LeMahieu, 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 Yarbrough, Ryan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann

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