Who Owned Baseball July 4, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Josh Reddick started the Astros comeback with a 2 run homer. He would reach base 3 more times to help defeat Texas, 5-4.

JT Riddle singled, tripled and homered and made a daring dash for home plate to score an unlikely run as the Marlins blanked the Rays, 3-0.

Eduardo Rodriguez bounced back from his last poor start by throwing 6 shutout innings to complete the Red Sox sweep of Washington with a 3-0 final.

Tyler Anderson struck out 9 Giants over 8 shutout innings, allowing 2 hits and 2 walks, earning the razor thin 1-0 decision for the Rockies.

They all owned baseball on July 4, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Kendrys Morales singled, doubled and homered, scoring all 3 Toronto runs in their 6-3 loss to the Mets.

Christian Villanueva went 2 for 4 with a homer and drove in both San Diego runs but the A’s doubled them up, 4-2.

Heath Fillmyer stopped the Indians offense with 3 no hit shutout innings, walking one and striking out a pair. The damage was done early and the Royals could not complete the comeback in the 3-2 final.

Andrew Suarez went into Coors Field and held the Rockies to 1 run over 5 innings. Unfortunately that was 1 run too many as the Giants were shutout, 1-0.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 9

Francisco Lindor, – 5

Eddie Rosario, – 4 1/2

Alex Bregman, – 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

Josh Reddick, – 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

Matt Kemp – 4

Ozzie Albies – 3 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

Paul Goldschmidt, – 2 1/2

Nick Markakis – 2 1/2

Jose Martinez – 2 1/2

Max Muncy – 2 1/2

Anthony Rizzo – 2 1/2

Brandon Crawford, – 2

Ian Desmond – 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

A. J. Pollock – 1 1/2

JT Riddle, – 1 1/2

Trevor Story, – 1 1/2

Christian Villanueva, – 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

Andrew Heaney, – 3 1/2

Lance McCullers Jr., – 3 1/2

Dylan Bundy, – 3

Reynaldo Lopez, – 3

Daniel Mengden, – 3

David Price, – 3

Eduardo Rodriguez, – 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

Mike Fiers, – 2

Kyle Gibson, – 2

Marco Gonzales, – 2

Jakob Junis, – 2

Mike Leake, – 2

Rick Porcello, – 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, – 7

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

Tyler Anderson, – 2 1/2

Walker Buehler, – 2 1/2

Patrick Corbin, – 2 1/2

Johnny Cueto, – 2 1/2

Jack Flaherty, – 2 1/2

Kyle Freeland, – 2 1/2

Jon Lester, – 2 1/2

José Quintana, – 2 1/2

Tanner Roark, – 2 1/2

Chris Stratton, – 2 1/2

Zack Wheeler, – 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

Chad Bettis, – 1 1/2

Ty Blach, – 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

Andrew Suarez, – 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, Doug Fister, Freddy Galvis, John Gant, Avisail Garcia, 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, Wade LeBlanc, 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, Joey Rickard, Dereck Rodriguez, Fernando Romero, Amed Rosario, CC Sabathia, Anibal Sanchez, Corey Seager, Kyle Seager, Antonio Senzatela, Travis Shaw, James Shields, Andrelton Simmons, Caleb Smith, Jorge Soler, Michael Soroka, Denard Span, Noah Syndergaard, Jameson Taillon, Chris Tillman, Gleyber Torres, Nick Tropeano, Justin Turner, Luis Valbuena, 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, Ryan Boruki, 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, Lucas Duda, Adam Duvall, Jacob Faria, Johnny Field, Heath Fillmyer, Wilmer Font, David Freese, Michael Fulmer, Jaime Garcia, Sam Gaviglio, Lucas Giolito, Zack Godley, Carlos Gomez, Daniel Gossett, Robbie Grossman, 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, Kendrys Morales, Logan Morrison, John Ryan Murphy, Omar Narvaez, Jake Odorizzi, Hernan Perez, Salvador Perez, Kevin Pillar, Buster Posey, Austin Pruitt, 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, 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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