Who Owned Baseball June 23, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan

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Yadier Molina homered twice, driving in all 3 St. Louis runs to defeat Milwaukee, 3-2.

Stephen Piscotty reached base 3 times, including a homer, as the A’s took a 7-6 thriller from the White Sox.

Zack Greinke threw 6 shutout innings, striking out 7 Pirates to earn the 7-2 decision for Arizona.

Mike Leake held Boston scoreless over 8 innings, allowing 3 hits will striking out 5 as Seattle rolled, 7-2.

They all owned baseball on June 23, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Ozzie Albies collected 4 hits, drove in a run and scored another but the Braves fell to Baltimore, 7-5.

Eddie Rosario went 2 for 5 with a homer in the Twins 9-6 loss to Texas.

Ian Kennedy held Houston to 4 hits and 2 runs over 7 innings. The Kansas City bullpen blew the lead in the 9th and the 4-3 game in extra innings.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 9

Eddie Rosario, – 4 1/2

Francisco Lindor, – 4

Khris Davis, – 4

Mookie Betts, – 3 1/2

Miguel Andujar, – 3

Matt Davidson, – 3

Mitch Haniger, – 3

Manny Machado, – 3

Andrew Benintendi, – 2 1/2

Nelson Cruz, – 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

Eduardo Escobar, – 2

Brett Gardner, – 2
Didi Gregorius, – 2

Aaron Hicks, – 2

Adam Jones, – 2

J. D. Martinez, – 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

Ozzie Albies – 2 1/2

Freddie Freeman – 2 1/2

Jose Martinez – 2 1/2

Anthony Rizzo – 2 1/2

Brandon Crawford, – 2

Paul Goldschmidt, – 2

Odubel Herrera, – 2

Matt Kemp – 2

Yadier Molina, – 2

Brandon Nimmo, – 2

David Peralta, – 2

Joc Pederson, – 2

Mark Reynolds – 2

Eugenio Suarez – 2

Ronald Acuña – 1 1/2

Nolan Arenado, – 1 1/2

Ian Desmond – 1 1/2

Maikel Franco – 1 1/2

Todd Frazier, – 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

Kevin Gausman, – 2

Kyle Gibson, – 2

Jakob Junis, – 2

Mike Leake, – 2

Rick Porcello, – 2

Eduardo Rodriguez, – 2

Tyler Skaggs, – 2

Trevor Cahill, – 1 1/2

Jesse Chavez – 1 1/2

Nathan Eovaldi, – 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

Zack Greinke, – 3 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

Patrick Corbin, – 2 1/2

Johnny Cueto, – 2 1/2

Jack Flaherty, – 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

Jon Gray, – 2

Steven Matz, – 2

Miles Mikolas, – 2

Aaron Nola, – 2

Freddy Peralta, – 2

Tanner Roark, – 2

Tyson Ross, – 2

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 2

Jose Urena, – 2

Chad Bettis, – 1 1/2

Ty Blach, – 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

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, Madison Bumgarner, Lorenzo Cain, Johan Camargo, Shane Carle, Welington Castillo, Starlin Castro, Francisco Cervelli, Jhoulys Chacin, Bartolo Colon, Willson Contreras, Derek Dietrich, Adam Eaton, Zach Eflin, Edwin Encarnacion, Adam Engel, Marco Estrada, Doug Fister, Mike Foltynewicz, 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, David Hess, Rhys Hoskins, Eric Hosmer, Nick Hundley, Clayton Kershaw, Chad Kuhl, Jed Lowrie, Seth Lugo, Jordan Lyles, Tyler Mahle, Luke Maile, Carlos Martinez, 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, Stephen Piscotty, Nick Pivetta, Gregory Polanco, 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, Luis Valbuena, 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, Tyler Austin, Harrison Bader, Jaime Barria, Chris Bassitt, Matt Belisle, Josh Bell, Christian Bergman, Chad Bettis, Shane Bieber, 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, Brian Dozier, Adam Duvall, 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, Ian Kennedy, Max Kepler, Matt Koch, Juan Lagares, Eric Lauer, DJ LeMahieu, Joey Lucchesi, Lance Lynn, Dixon Machado, Matt Magill, Trey Mancini, Austin Meadows, Whit Merrifield, Kendrys Morales, 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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