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

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Yoan Moncada walked, singled, homered and doubled to lead the White Sox offense to a 10-1 thrashing of the Royals.

Lucas Giolito pitched shutout ball into the 7th, finishing with 6 1/3 scoreless frames, striking out 6 Royals to earn the 10-1 victory for the White Sox.

Brian Anderson went 3 for 5 with a homer and a double, driving in 3, as the Marlins doubled up the Phillies, 10-5.

Julio Teheran pitched 6 1/3 shutout innings, striking out 6 Diamondbacks, earning the 5-1 decision for the Braves.

They all owned baseball on July 15, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Shin-Soo Choo reached base 4 times, including a homer, in the Rangers 6-5 loss to Baltimore.

Masahiro Tanaka pitched into the 7th, striking out 5 Indians and giving up just 2 runs over 6 1/3 innings. The Yankees bullpen would drop the 5-2 final.

Christian Villanueva singled, walked and homered, scoring twice, but the Padres lost again to the Cubs, 7-4.

Mike Leake allowed 1 earned run and 1 unearned run over 6 innings but did not factor into the decision as the Rockies edged the Mariners, 4-3.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 9 1/2

Francisco Lindor, – 5

Eddie Rosario, – 5

Mookie Betts, – 4

Alex Bregman, – 4

Khris Davis, – 4

Manny Machado, – 4

Andrew Benintendi, – 3 1/2

Nelson Cruz, – 3 1/2

Matt Davidson, – 3 1/2

Jose Ramirez, – 3 1/2

Justin Smoak, – 3 1/2

Miguel Andujar, – 3

Xander Bogaerts, – 3

Mitch Haniger, – 3

Aaron Hicks, – 3

Nicholas Castellanos, – 2 1/2

Evan Gattis, – 2 1/2

Ryon Healy, – 2 1/2

Leonys Martin, – 2 1/2

Daniel Palka, – 2 1/2

George Springer, – 2 1/2

Jose Altuve, – 2

Shin-Soo Choo, – 2

Carlos Correa, – 2

Eduardo Escobar, – 2

Brett Gardner, – 2

Curtis Granderson, – 2
Didi Gregorius, – 2

Adam Jones, – 2

J. D. Martinez, – 2

Yoan Moncada, – 2

Stephen Piscotty, – 2
Hanley Ramirez, – 2

Josh Reddick, – 2

Gary Sanchez, – 2

Yangervis Solarte, – 2

Jose Abreu, – 1 1/2

Tim Anderson,- 1 1/2

Yuli Gurriel, – 1 1/2

Mike Moustakas, – 1 1/2

Denard Span, – 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 – 5

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

Anthony Rendon, – 3

Mark Reynolds – 3

Scott Schebler, – 3

Freddie Freeman – 2 1/2

Paul Goldschmidt, – 2 1/2

Carlos Gonzalez – 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

Wil Myers, – 2

Brandon Nimmo, – 2

David Peralta, – 2

Jose Peraza, – 2

Joc Pederson, – 2

Juan Soto, – 2

Trevor Story, – 2

Eugenio Suarez – 2

Christian Villanueva, – 2

Ronald Acuña – 1 1/2

Nolan Arenado, – 1 1/2

Josh Bell, – 1 1/2

Starlin Castro, – 1 1/2

Matt Carpenter, – 1 1/2

Maikel Franco – 1 1/2

Todd Frazier, – 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

Amed Rosario, – 1 1/2

Pablo Sandoval, – 1 1/2

Kolten Wong, – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Charlie Morton, – 6 1/2

José Berríos, – 6

Chris Sale, – 6

Corey Kluber, – 5

Justin Verlander, – 5

James Paxton, – 4 1/2

Trevor Bauer, – 4

Gerrit Cole, – 4

Luis Severino, – 4

Carlos Carrasco, – 3 1/2

Andrew Heaney, – 3 1/2

Lance McCullers Jr., – 3 1/2

Dylan Bundy, – 3

Danny Duffy, – 3

Kyle Gibson, – 3

Reynaldo Lopez, – 3

Daniel Mengden, – 3

David Price, – 3

Eduardo Rodriguez, – 3

Blake Snell, – 3

Mike Clevinger, – 2 1/2

Nathan Eovaldi, – 2 1/2

Kevin Gausman, – 2 1/2

Domingo German, – 2 1/2

Cole Hamels, – 2 1/2

Dallas Keuchel, – 2 1/2

Mike Leake, – 2 1/2

Sean Manaea, – 2 1/2

Tyler Skaggs, – 2 1/2

Bartolo Colon, – 2

Mike Fiers, – 2

Lucas Giolito, – 2

Marco Gonzales, – 2

Jakob Junis, – 2

Rick Porcello, – 2

Trevor Cahill, – 1 1/2

Jesse Chavez – 1 1/2

Junior Guerra, – 1 1/2

Ian Kennedy, – 1 1/2

Francisco Liriano, – 1 1/2

Garrett Richards, – 1 1/2

Aaron Sanchez, – 1 1/2

Jordan Zimmermann, 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Jacob deGrom, – 7 1/2

Max Scherzer, – 7

Julio Teheran, – 5

Zack Greinke, – 4 1/2

Kenta Maeda, – 4 1/2

Jake Arrieta, – 4

Aaron Nola, – 4 1/2

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

Steven Matz, – 2 1/2

José Quintana, – 2 1/2

Tanner Roark, – 2 1/2

Tyson Ross, – 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

Eric Lauer, – 2

Miles Mikolas, – 2

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 2

Anibal Sanchez, – 2

Jameson Taillon, – 2

Jose Urena, – 2

Vince Velasquez, – 2

Luke Weaver, – 2

Chad Bettis, – 1 1/2

Ty Blach, – 1 1/2

Shane Carle, – 1 1/2

Gio Gonzalez, – 1 1/2

Junior Guerra, – 1 1/2

Kyle Hendricks, – 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

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, Jesus Aguilar, Greg Allen, Yonder Alonso, Brian Anderson, Homer Bailey, Greg Bird, Matthew Boyd, Lorenzo Cain, Johan Camargo, Andrew Cashner, Welington Castillo, Francisco Cervelli, Jhoulys Chacin, Wei-Yin Chen, 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, Yuli Gurriel, J. A. Happ, Josh Harrison, Austin Hedges, Jeremy Hellickson, Felix Hernandez, Teoscar Hernandez, David Hess, Rich Hill, Eric Hosmer, Nick Hundley, Travis Jankowski, Clayton Kershaw, Chad Kuhl, Wade LeBlanc, Jed Lowrie, Seth Lugo, Jordan Luplow, Jordan Lyles, Tyler Mahle, Luke Maile, German Marquez, Carlos Martinez, Whit Merrifield, Mike Minor, Frankie Montas, Mike Montgomery, Colin Moran, Yairo Munoz, Joe Musgrove, Shohei Ohtani (As Hitter), Shohei Ohtani (As Pitcher), Matt Olson, Joe Panik, Joc Pederson, Luis Perdomo, Tommy Pham, Nick Pivetta, Gregory Polanco, Jurickson Profar, Yasiel Puig, Albert Pujols, Adam Putko, Wilson Ramos, Joey Rickard, Carlos Rodon, Dereck Rodriguez, Fernando Romero, CC Sabathia, Jonathan Schoop, Corey Seager, Kyle Seager, Antonio Senzatela, Travis Shaw, James Shields, Andrelton Simmons, Caleb Smith, Jorge Soler, Michael Soroka, Marcus Stroman, Noah Syndergaard, Chris Tillman, Gleyber Torres, Nick Tropeano, Justin Turner, Trea Turner, Luis Valbuena, Joey Votto,

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, Jose Bautista, Matt Belisle, Christian Bergman, Chad Bettis, Shane Bieber, Charlie Blackmon, Ryan Boruki, Justin Bour, Michael Brantley, Lewis Brinson, Kole Calhoun, Jeimer Candelario, Yoenis Cespedes, Yonny Chirinos, Alex Cobb, 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, Zack Godley, Carlos Gomez, Daniel Gossett, Robbie Grossman, Robert Gsellman, Jason Hammel, Ian Happ, Cesar Hernandez, David Hernandez, John Hicks, Jonathan Holder, Derek Holland, Jared Hughes, Chris Iannetta, 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, Ketel Marte, Joe Mauer, T. J. McFarland, Austin Meadows, Kendrys Morales, Mitch Moreland, Kendrys Morales, Logan Morrison, John Ryan Murphy, Omar Narvaez, Jake Odorizzi, Hernan Perez, Martin Perez, Salvador Perez, Kevin Pillar, Buster Posey, Austin Pruitt, Trevor Richards, Sean Rodriguez, Miguel Rojas, Austin Romine, Yolmer Sanchez, Miguel Sano, Hector Santiago, Kyle Schwarber, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, J. B. Shuck, Max Stassi, Jackson Stephens, Dan Straily, Ross Stripling, Masahiro Tanaka, Eric Thames, Mark Trumbo, Justin Upton, José Váldez, Danny Valencia, Jesse Winkler, Alex Wood, Ryan Yarbrough, Ryan Zimmerman,

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