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

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James Paxton struck out 11 Royals over 8 innings of 2 hit shutout ball to set up the Mariners razor thin 1-0 victory.

Aaron Hicks homered three times, drove in 4 and added a walk for good measure to help the Yankees clobber the Red Sox, 11-1.

Mike Foltynewicz allowed 1 hit and no runs over 5 innings, striking out 9 Cardinals as the Braves held on to the 6-5 final.

Matt Kemp homered, doubled and singled, driving in 4, to help the Dodgers creep closer to first place with a 6-4 win over Colorado.

They all owned baseball on July 1, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Brad Keller threw 8 strong innings, allowing 1 run and 6 hits and no walks, striking out 3 Mariners but he took the hard luck 1-0 defeat for the Royals.

Evan Gattis homered twice in the Astros 3-2 loss to Tampa Bay.

Dan Straily struck out 7 Mets in 7 innings, but the Marlins fell, 5-2.

Tommy Pham singled and homered, driving in 3, but the Cardinals come back came up a run short against Atlanta, 6-5.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 9

Eddie Rosario, – 4 1/2

Alex Bregman, – 4

Francisco Lindor, – 4

Khris Davis, – 4

Mookie Betts, – 3 1/2

Nelson Cruz, – 3 1/2

Matt Davidson, – 3 1/2

Miguel Andujar, – 3

Mitch Haniger, – 3

Aaron Hicks, – 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

Nicholas Castellanos, – 2

Carlos Correa, – 2

Eduardo Escobar, – 2

Brett Gardner, – 2

Curtis Granderson, – 2
Didi Gregorius, – 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

Shin-Soo Choo, – 1 1/2

Evan Gattis, – 1 1/2

Yuli Gurriel, – 1 1/2

Ryon Healy, – 1 1/2

Giancarlo Stanton, – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Bryce Harper – 5 1/2

Scooter Gennett – 4 1/2

Ozzie Albies – 3 1/2

Javier Baez – 3 1/2

Matt Adams – 3

Brandon Belt – 3

Asdrubal Cabrera – 3

Matt Kemp – 3

J. T. Realmuto, – 3

Freddie Freeman – 2 1/2

Nick Markakis – 2 1/2

Jose Martinez – 2 1/2

Anthony Rizzo – 2 1/2

Brandon Crawford, – 2

Ian Desmond – 2

Paul Goldschmidt, – 2

Odubel Herrera, – 2

Yadier Molina, – 2

Brandon Nimmo, – 2

David Peralta, – 2

Jose Peraza, – 2

Joc Pederson, – 2

Anthony Rendon, – 2

Mark Reynolds – 2

Scott Schebler, – 2

Juan Soto, – 2

Eugenio Suarez – 2

Ronald Acuña – 1 1/2

Nolan Arenado, – 1 1/2

Starlin Castro, – 1 1/2

Maikel Franco – 1 1/2

Todd Frazier, – 1 1/2

Carlos Gonzalez – 1 1/2

Rhys Hoskins, – 1 1/2

DJ LeMahieu, – 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

Trevor Story, – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Charlie Morton, – 6 1/2

Chris Sale, – 6

José Berríos, – 5

Corey Kluber, – 4 1/2

James Paxton, – 4 1/2

Luis Severino, – 4

Justin Verlander, – 4

Trevor Bauer, – 3 1/2

Carlos Carrasco, – 3 1/2

Gerrit Cole, – 3 1/2

Lance McCullers Jr., – 3 1/2

Dylan Bundy, – 3

Andrew Heaney, – 3

Reynaldo Lopez, – 3

Daniel Mengden, – 3

David Price, – 3

Mike Clevinger, – 2 1/2

Kevin Gausman, – 2 1/2

Domingo German, – 2 1/2

Cole Hamels, – 2 1/2

Sean Manaea, – 2 1/2

Tyler Skaggs, – 2 1/2

Danny Duffy, – 2

Kyle Gibson, – 2

Marco Gonzales, – 2

Jakob Junis, – 2

Mike Leake, – 2

Rick Porcello, – 2

Eduardo Rodriguez, – 2

Blake Snell, – 2

Trevor Cahill, – 1 1/2

Jesse Chavez – 1 1/2

Bartolo Colon, – 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 1/2

Jacob deGrom, – 5 1/2

Kenta Maeda, – 4

Zack Greinke, – 3 1/2

Julio Teheran, – 3 1/2

Jake Arrieta, – 3

Aaron Nola, – 3

Freddy Peralta, – 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

Tanner Roark, – 2 1/2

Chris Stratton, – 2 1/2

Trevor Williams, – 2 1/2

Chase Anderson, – 2

Madison Bumgarner, – 2

Mike Foltynewicz, – 2

Jon Gray, – 2

Steven Matz, – 2

Miles Mikolas, – 2

Tyson Ross, – 2

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 2

Jose Urena, – 2

Zack Wheeler, – 2

Tyler Anderson, – 1 1/2

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

Vince Velasquez, – 1 1/2

Michael Wacha, – 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

Ehire Adrianza, Greg Allen, Yonder Alonso, Homer Bailey, Greg Bird, Matthew Boyd, Lorenzo Cain, Johan Camargo, Shane Carle, Matt Carpenter, Welington Castillo, Francisco Cervelli, Jhoulys Chacin, Willson Contreras, Rafael Devers, Derek Dietrich, Adam Eaton, Zach Eflin, Edwin Encarnacion, Adam Engel, Marco Estrada, Mike Fiers, Doug Fister, Freddy Galvis, John Gant, Greg Garcia, Jarlin Garcia, Mychal Givens, Tyler Glasnow, Adrian Gonzalez, Niko Goodrum, Dee Gordon, Yasmani Grandal, Sonny Gray, Randal Grichuk, J. A. Happ, Josh Harrison, Austin Hedges, Jeremy Hellickson, Kyle Hendricks, Felix Hernandez, Teoscar Hernandez, David Hess, Rich Hill, Eric Hosmer, Nick Hundley, Clayton Kershaw, Chad Kuhl, Eric Lauer, Jed Lowrie, Seth Lugo, Jordan Lyles, Tyler Mahle, Luke Maile, German Marquez, Carlos Martinez, Mike Minor, 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, Luis Perdomo, Tommy Pham, Stephen Piscotty, Nick Pivetta, Gregory Polanco, Jurickson Profar, Yasiel Puig, Adam Putko, Wilson Ramos, Josh Reddick, Joey Rickard, Dereck Rodriguez, Fernando Romero, Amed Rosario, CC Sabathia, Anibal Sanchez, Corey Seager, Kyle Seager, Travis Shaw, James Shields, Andrelton Simmons, Caleb Smith, Jorge Soler, Michael Soroka, Denard Span, Andrew Suarez, Noah Syndergaard, Jameson Taillon, Chris Tillman, Gleyber Torres, Nick Tropeano, Justin Turner, Luis Valbuena, Christian Villanueva, Joey Votto, Luke Weaver,

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

Nick Ahmed, Abraham Almonte, Albert Almora Jr., 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, Andrew Cashner, Yoenis Cespedes, Wei-Yin Chen, Yonny Chirinos, Charlie Culberson, Elias Diaz, Nicky Delmonico, Odrisamer Despaigne, Brian Dozier, Adam Duvall, Jacob Faria, Johnny Field, Wilmer Font, Michael Fulmer, Jaime Garcia, Sam Gaviglio, Lucas Giolito, Zack Godley, Carlos Gomez, Daniel Gossett, Robert Gsellman, Junior Guerra, 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, Brad Keller, Howie Kendrick, Ian Kennedy, Max Kepler, Scott Kingery, Matt Koch, Juan Lagares, Joey Lucchesi, Lance Lynn, Dixon Machado, Matt Magill, Trey Mancini, Joe Mauer, Austin Meadows, Whit Merrifield, Kendrys Morales, Mitch Moreland, Logan Morrison, John Ryan Murphy, Omar Narvaez, Jake Odorizzi, Hernan Perez, Salvador Perez, 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, Dan Straily, Ross Stripling, Eric Thames, Mark Trumbo, Justin Upton, José Váldez, Danny Valencia, Jesse Winkler, Alex Wood, Ryan Yarbrough, Ryan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann

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