Who Owned Baseball June 15, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Yangervis Solarte homered twice and added a double to help Toronto best Washington, 6-5.

Freddy Galvis collected 5 hits, including a double and a homer, in the Padres 9-3 win over Atlanta.

Tyler Skaggs struck out 8 Oakland batters while allowing 2 unearned runs over 7 innings to give the Angels a much needed 8-4 victory.

Jose Urena threw 8 shutout innings, allowing 3 hits and struck out 4 Orioles to earn the 2-0 decision for Miami.

They all owned baseball on June 15, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Omar Narvaez got 2 hits including a game tying 3 run homer but the Tigers came back to beat his White Sox, 4-3.

Pablo Sandoval got the Giants back into the game with a 2 run opposite field homer but the Dodgers held on to win, 3-2.

Nathan Eovaldi held the Yankees to 2 runs over his first 7 innings but was left in too long. He allowed an 8th inning rally to seal the 5-0 Tampa Bay loss.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 8

Francisco Lindor, – 4

Khris Davis, – 4

Mookie Betts, – 3 1/2

Miguel Andujar, – 3

Matt Davidson, – 3

Mitch Haniger, – 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

Xander Bogaerts, – 2

Carlos Correa, – 2

Nelson Cruz, – 2

Eduardo Escobar, – 2

Brett Gardner, – 2
Didi Gregorius, – 2

Leonys Martin, – 2
Hanley Ramirez, – 2

Jose Ramirez, – 2

Gary Sanchez, – 2

Yangervis Solarte, – 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

Ozzie Albies – 2

Brandon Crawford, – 2

Paul Goldschmidt, – 2

Matt Kemp – 2

David Peralta, – 2

J. T. Realmuto, – 2

Mark Reynolds – 2

Eugenio Suarez – 2

Ronald Acuña – 1 1/2

Ian Desmond – 1 1/2

Maikel Franco – 1 1/2

Carlos Gonzalez – 1 1/2

Nick Markakis – 1 1/2

Starling Marte, – 1 1/2

Andrew McCutchen, – 1 1/2

Devin Mesoraco – 1 1/2

Max Muncy – 1 1/2

A. J. Pollock – 1 1/2

Anthony Rendon, – 1 1/2

Scott Schebler, – 1 1/2

Trevor Story, – 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

Carlos Carrasco, – 3 1/2

Gerrit Cole, – 3 1/2

Corey Kluber, – 3 1/2

James Paxton, – 3 1/2

Chris Sale, – 3 1/2

Dylan Bundy, – 3

Reynaldo Lopez, – 3

Daniel Mengden, – 3

David Price, – 3

Luis Severino, – 3

Mike Clevinger, – 2 1/2

Cole Hamels, – 2 1/2

Andrew Heaney, – 2 1/2

Sean Manaea, – 2 1/2

Lance McCullers Jr., – 2 1/2

Trevor Bauer, – 2

Danny Duffy, – 2

Kyle Gibson, – 2

Jakob Junis, – 2

Joc Pederson, – 2

Tyler Skaggs, – 2

Trevor Cahill, – 1 1/2

Jesse Chavez – 1 1/2

Nathan Eovaldi, – 1 1/2

Kevin Gausman, – 1 1/2

Domingo German, – 1 1/2

Junior Guerra, – 1 1/2

Ian Kennedy, – 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, – 6

Jacob deGrom, – 5 1/2

Kenta Maeda, – 3 1/2

Jake Arrieta, – 3

Clayton Richard, – 3

Stephen Strasburg, – 3

Walker Buehler, – 2 1/2

Johnny Cueto, – 2 1/2

Zack Greinke, – 2 1/2

Jon Lester, – 2 1/2

José Quintana, – 2 1/2

Chris Stratton, – 2 1/2

Julio Teheran, – 2 1/2

Chase Anderson, – 2

Jack Flaherty, – 2

Jon Gray, – 2

Steven Matz, – 2

Miles Mikolas, – 2

Aaron Nola, – 2

Tanner Roark, – 2

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 2

Jose Urena, – 2

Chad Bettis, – 1 1/2

Ty Blach, – 1 1/2

Patrick Corbin, – 1 1/2

Kyle Freeland, – 1 1/2

Gio Gonzalez, – 1 1/2

Nick Kingham, – 1 1/2

Ivan Nova, – 1 1/2

Sal Romano, – 1 1/2

Tyson Ross, – 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, Homer Bailey, Matthew Boyd, Lorenzo Cain, Shane Carle, Welington Castillo, Starlin Castro, Francisco Cervelli, Bartolo Colon, Willson Contreras, Adam Eaton, Zach Eflin, Edwin Encarnacion, Adam Engel, Doug Fister, Mike Foltynewicz, Todd Frazier, Freddy Galvis, Greg Garcia, Jarlin Garcia, Evan Gattis, Mychal Givens, Tyler Glasnow, Marco Gonzales, Adrian Gonzalez, Niko Goodrum, Dee Gordon, Yasmani Grandal, Curtis Granderson, 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, Clayton Kershaw, Chad Kuhl, Mike Leake, Jed Lowrie, Seth Lugo, Jordan Lyles, Tyler Mahle, Luke Maile, Carlos Martinez, J. D. Martinez, Yoan Moncada, Frankie Montas, Mike Montgomery, 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, Joc Pederson, Freddy Peralta, Jose Peraza, Luis Perdomo, Nick Pivetta, Gregory Polanco, Rick Porcello, Jurickson Profar, Yasiel Puig, Adam Putko, Wilson Ramos, Josh Reddick, Joey Rickard, Eduardo Rodriguez, Fernando Romero, Amed Rosario, CC Sabathia, Anibal Sanchez, Corey Seager, Kyle Seager, Travis Shaw, James Shields, Andrelton Simmons, Caleb Smith, Blake Snell, Jorge Soler, Michael Soroka, Juan Soto, Denard Span, Giancarlo Stanton, Andrew Suarez, Noah Syndergaard, Jameson Taillon, Chris Tillman, Gleyber Torres, Nick Tropeano, Justin Turner, 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, Chris Bassitt, Matt Belisle, Josh Bell, Christian Bergman, Chad Bettis, Charlie Blackmon, Justin Bour, Michael Brantley, Lewis Brinson, Kole Calhoun, Yoenis Cespedes, Jhoulys Chacin, Wei-Yin Chen, Yonny Chirinos, Shin-Soo Choo, 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, Junior Guerra, 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, Lance Lynn, Dixon Machado, Matt Magill, Trey Mancini, Austin Meadows, Whit Merrifield, Mitch Moreland, Logan Morrison, John Ryan Murphy, Omar Narvaez, Jake Odorizzi, Hernan Perez, Salvador Perez, Tommy Pham, Kevin Pillar, Buster Posey, Trevor Richards, Sean Rodriguez, Miguel Rojas, Austin Romine, Yolmer Sanchez, Pablo Sandoval, Miguel Sano, Hector Santiago, Jonathan Schoop, Kyle Schwarber, Jean Segura, J. B. Shuck, Max Stassi, Jackson Stephens, Mark Trumbo, Justin Upton, José Váldez, Danny Valencia, Alex Wood, Ryan Yarbrough, Ryan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann

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