Who Owned Baseball June 20, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Jose Altuve homered twice and added a third hit to help the Astros become the first team to 50 wins with a 5-1 final over Tampa Bay.

Corey Kluber allowed 1 hit over 7 shutout innings as the Indians blanked the White Sox, 12-0.

Javier Baez went 3 for 4 with 2 runs scored and a stolen base to lead the Cubs past the Dodgers, 4-0.

Jon Lester pitched 7 scoreless innings, allowing 5 Dodger hits and earned the 4-0 decision for the Cubs.

They all owned baseball on June 20, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Jeimer Candelario reached base 4 times, including a homer but the Tigers fell short to Cincinnati, 5-3.

Yadier Molina homered twice in the Cardinals 4-3 loss to the Phillies.

Ross Stripling struck out 7 Cubs over 6 strong innings but took the hard luck 4-0 defeat for the Dodgers.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 9

Francisco Lindor, – 4

Khris Davis, – 4

Eddie Rosario, – 4

Mookie Betts, – 3 1/2

Miguel Andujar, – 3

Matt Davidson, – 3

Mitch Haniger, – 3

Manny Machado, – 3

Andrew Benintendi, – 2 1/2

Leonys Martin, – 2 1/2

Daniel Palka, – 2 1/2

Justin Smoak, – 2 1/2

George Springer, – 2 1/2

Jose Altuve, – 2

Xander Bogaerts, – 2

Carlos Correa, – 2

Nelson Cruz, – 2

Eduardo Escobar, – 2

Brett Gardner, – 2
Didi Gregorius, – 2

Aaron Hicks, – 2

Adam Jones, – 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

Shin-Soo Choo, – 1 1/2

Ryon Healy, – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Bryce Harper – 5 1/2

Scooter Gennett – 4 1/2

Javier Baez – 3 1/2

Matt Adams – 3

Brandon Belt – 3

Asdrubal Cabrera – 3

J. T. Realmuto, – 3

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

Brandon Nimmo, – 2

David Peralta, – 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

Corey Kluber, – 4 1/2

Chris Sale, – 4

Luis Severino, – 4

Justin Verlander, – 4

Carlos Carrasco, – 3 1/2

Gerrit Cole, – 3 1/2

James Paxton, – 3 1/2

Trevor Bauer, – 3

Dylan Bundy, – 3

Andrew Heaney, – 3

Reynaldo Lopez, – 3

Daniel Mengden, – 3

David Price, – 3

Mike Clevinger, – 2 1/2

Domingo German, – 2 1/2

Cole Hamels, – 2 1/2

Sean Manaea, – 2 1/2

Lance McCullers Jr., – 2 1/2

Danny Duffy, – 2

Kyle Gibson, – 2

Jakob Junis, – 2

Joc Pederson, – 2

Eduardo Rodriguez, – 2

Tyler Skaggs, – 2

Trevor Cahill, – 1 1/2

Jesse Chavez – 1 1/2

Nathan Eovaldi, – 1 1/2

Kevin Gausman, – 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

Julio Teheran, – 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

Trevor Williams, – 2 1/2

Chase Anderson, – 2

Jack Flaherty, – 2

Jon Gray, – 2

Steven Matz, – 2

Miles Mikolas, – 2

Aaron Nola, – 2

Freddy Peralta, – 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

Sean Newcomb, – 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

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, Homer Bailey, Matthew Boyd, Lorenzo Cain, Johan Camargo, Shane Carle, Welington Castillo, Starlin Castro, Francisco Cervelli, Jhoulys Chacin, 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, Randal Grichuk, J. A. Happ, Josh Harrison, Austin Hedges, Jeremy Hellickson, Kyle Hendricks, Felix Hernandez, Teoscar Hernandez, Odubel Herrera, David Hess, 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, Yadier Molina, Yoan Moncada, Frankie Montas, Mike Montgomery, Colin Moran, Mike Moustakas, Yairo Munoz, Joe Musgrove, Wil Myers, Shohei Ohtani (As Hitter), Shohei Ohtani (As Pitcher), Matt Olson, Joe Panik, Joc Pederson, Jose Peraza, Luis Perdomo, Nick Pivetta, Gregory Polanco, Rick Porcello, Jurickson Profar, Yasiel Puig, Adam Putko, Wilson Ramos, Josh Reddick, Joey Rickard, 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, Jeimer Candelario, Yoenis Cespedes, Wei-Yin Chen, Yonny Chirinos, 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, Rich Hill, 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, Austin Pruitt, Trevor Richards, JT Riddle, 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, Ross Stripling, Eric Thames, Mark Trumbo, Justin Upton, José Váldez, Danny Valencia, Alex Wood, Ryan Yarbrough, Ryan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann

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