Who Owned Baseball June 7, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

Jun 8

Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan

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José Berríos threw a complete game victory, striking out 10 White Sox while earning the 7-2 decision for Minnesota.

Miles Mikolas allowed 1 run over 7 innings, striking out 5 Marlins and allowing 3 hits in the Cardinals 4-1 win.

Eddie Rosario doubled and homered, driving in 3, in the Twins 7-2 victory over the White Sox.

Joc Pederson homered twice and added another hit to help the Dodgers hang on against the Pirates, 8-7.

They all owned baseball on June 7, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

David Hess held the Blue Jays to 1 run and 5 hits over 6 innings but did not get the decision as the Orioles fell to Toronto, 5-4 in 10 innings.

Tyler Anderson allowed 2 runs over 7 strong innings but the Rockies bullpen would blow the lead in the 9th and the 7-5 game in the 13th to the Reds.

Danny Valencia reached base 3 times, including a homer, but Baltimore’s bullpen had a meltdown in the 9th and let the Blue Jays walk off 5-4 winners in the 10th.

Elias Diaz hit a 3 run homer and added an RBI sacrifice but the Pirates fell short against the Dodgers, 8-7.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 7

Mookie Betts, – 3 1/2

Matt Davidson, – 3

Francisco Lindor, – 3

Manny Machado, – 3

Eddie Rosario, – 3

Andrew Benintendi, – 2 1/2

Daniel Palka, – 2 1/2

Justin Smoak, – 2 1/2

George Springer, – 2 1/2

Miguel Andujar, – 2

Xander Bogaerts, – 2

Carlos Correa, – 2

Khris Davis, – 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

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 1/2

Matt Adams – 3

Brandon Belt – 3

Asdrubal Cabrera – 3

Javier Baez – 2 1/2

Freddie Freeman – 2 1/2

Jose Martinez – 2 1/2

Anthony Rizzo – 2 1/2

Matt Kemp – 2

Mark Reynolds – 2

Eugenio Suarez – 2

Ronald Acuña – 1 1/2

Ozzie Albies – 1 1/2

Ian Desmond – 1 1/2

Maikel Franco – 1 1/2

Carlos Gonzalez – 1 1/2

Nick Markakis – 1 1/2

Devis Mesoraco – 1 1/2

Max Muncy – 1 1/2

A. J. Pollock – 1 1/2

Anthony Rendon, – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Charlie Morton, – 5 1/2

José Berríos, – 5

Justin Verlander, – 4

Gerrit Cole, – 3 1/2

James Paxton, – 3 1/2

Reynaldo Lopez, – 3

Daniel Mengden, – 3

David Price, – 3

Luis Severino, – 3

Dylan Bundy, – 2 1/2

Carlos Carrasco, – 2 1/2

Cole Hamels, – 2 1/2

Andrew Heaney, – 2 1/2

Corey Kluber, – 2 1/2

Sean Manaea, – 2 1/2

Lance McCullers Jr., – 2 1/2

Kyle Gibson, – 2

Jakob Junis, – 2

Joc Pederson, – 2

Chris Sale, – 2

Trevor Cahill, – 1 1/2

Mike Clevinger, – 1 1/2

Kevin Gausman, – 1 1/2

Domingo German, – 1 1/2

Junior Guerra, – 1 1/2

Dallas Keuchel, – 1 1/2

Francisco Liriano, – 1 1/2

Garrett Richards, – 1 1/2

Aaron Sanchez, – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Max Scherzer, – 5 1/2

Jacob deGrom, – 4 1/2

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

José Quintana, – 2 1/2

Julio Teheran, – 2 1/2

Jon Gray, – 2

Steven Matz, – 2

Miles Mikolas, – 2

Aaron Nola, – 2

Clayton Richard, – 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

Ivan Nova, – 1 1/2

Sal Romano, – 1 1/2

Michael Wacha, – 1 1/2

Zack Wheeler, – 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, Edwin Encarnacion, Adam Engel, Nathan Eovaldi, Doug Fister, Jack Flaherty, Mike Foltynewicz, Todd Frazier, Greg Garcia, Jarlin Garcia, Mychal Givens, Tyler Glasnow, Marco Gonzales, Adrian Gonzalez, Niko Goodrum, Dee Gordon, Yasmani Grandal, Sonny Gray, J. A. Happ, Josh Harrison, Austin Hedges, Jeremy Hellickson, Kyle Hendricks, Felix Hernandez, Teoscar Hernandez, David Hess, Aaron Hicks, Rhys Hoskins, Eric Hosmer, Nick Hundley, Ian Kennedy, Clayton Kershaw, Nick Kingham, Chad Kuhl, Mike Leake, Jed Lowrie, Seth Lugo, Jordan Lyles, Tyler Mahle, Luke Maile, Starling Marte, Carlos Martinez, J. D. Martinez, Andrew McCutchen, 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, Jurickson Profar, Yasiel Puig, Adam Putko, Wilson Ramos, J. T. Realmuto, Josh Reddick, Joey Rickard, Eduardo Rodriguez, Fernando Romero, Amed Rosario, Tyson Ross, CC Sabathia, Anibal Sanchez, Scott Schebler, Corey Seager, Kyle Seager, Travis Shaw, Andrelton Simmons, Tyler Skaggs, Caleb Smith, Blake Snell, Yangervis Solarte, Jorge Soler, Denard Span, Giancarlo Stanton, Trevor Story, Andrew Suarez, Noah Syndergaard, Jameson Taillon, Chris Tillman, Gleyber Torres, Nick Tropeano, Justin Turner, Jose Urena, Vince Velasquez, Christian Villanueva, Joey Votto, Luke Weaver,

Players Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2017 MLB,

Nick Ahmed, Abraham Almonte, Albert Almora Jr., Tyler Anderson, 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, Nelson Cruz, Charlie Culberson, Elias Diaz, Nicky Delmonico, Odrisamer Despaigne, Derek Dietrich, Brian Dozier, Adam Duvall, Marco Estrada, Jacob Faria, Johnny Field, Mike Fiers, Wilmer Font, Michael Fulmer, Jaime Garcia,, Sam Gaviglio Zack Godley, Carlos Gomez, Daniel Gossett, Robert Gsellman, Yuli Gurriel, Jason Hammel, Ian Happ, Cesar Hernandez, David Hernandez, 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, Dixon Machado, Matt Magill, Austin Meadows, Whit Merrifield, Mitch Moreland, Logan Morrison, John Ryan Murphy, Jake Odorizzi, Hernan Perez, Salvador Perez, Tommy Pham, Kevin Pillar, Buster Posey, Trevor Richards, Sean Rodriguez, Miguel Rojas, Austin Romine, Yolmer Sanchez, Miguel Sano, Hector Santiago, Jonathan Schoop, Kyle Schwarber, Jean Segura, Max Stassi, Jackson Stephens, Mark Trumbo, Justin Upton, José Váldez, Danny Valencia, Alex Wood, Ryan Yarbrough, Ryan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann

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