Who Owned Baseball July 21, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Pablo Lopez threw 6 strong innings, allowing 3 hits and 1 run and struck out 6 Rays in the Marlins 3-2 win.

Dylan Covey pitched into the 9th, finishing with 8 1/3 shutout innings, striking out 5 as the White Sox blanked the Mariners, 5-0.

Corey Dickerson hit a pair of homers and stole a base to help the Pirates beat Cincinnati, 6-2.

Yonder Alonso homered twice and walked in the Indians 16-3 thrashing of the Rangers.

They all owned baseball on July 21, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Mike Montgomery allowed 1 run over 6 innings but the Cardinals rallied late to beat the Cubs, 6-3.

Hunter Pence went 3 for 5 with a stolen base and a 2 out 9th inning game tying RBI double that forced the game into extra innings. The Giants would drop the 4-3 game in 11 innings to Oakland.

Joe Mauer got 3 hits, including a double, scoring a run in the Twins 4-2 defeat by Kansas City.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 9 1/2

Alex Bregman, – 5

Francisco Lindor, – 5

Eddie Rosario, – 5

Mookie Betts, – 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

Yonder Alonso, – 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 – 6 1/2

Scooter Gennett – 5 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

Anthony Rendon, – 3

Mark Reynolds – 3

Scott Schebler, – 3

Matt Carpenter, – 2 1/2

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

Yadier Molina, – 2 1/2

Max Muncy – 2 1/2

Anthony Rizzo – 2 1/2

Brandon Crawford, – 2

Ian Desmond – 2

Odubel Herrera, – 2

Wil Myers, – 2

Brandon Nimmo, – 2

David Peralta, – 2

Jose Peraza, – 2

Joc Pederson, – 2

A. J. Pollock – 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

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

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

Dallas Keuchel, – 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

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

James Shields, – 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

Aaron Nola, – 5

Julio Teheran, – 5

Zack Greinke, – 4 1/2

Kenta Maeda, – 4 1/2

Jake Arrieta, – 4

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

Mike Montgomery, – 1 1/2

Sean Newcomb, – 1 1/2

Ivan Nova, – 1 1/2

Sal Romano, – 1 1/2

Dan Straily, – 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, Brian Anderson, Homer Bailey, Greg Bird, Matthew Boyd, Lorenzo Cain, Johan Camargo, Andrew Cashner, Welington Castillo, Francisco Cervelli, Jhoulys Chacin, Wei-Yin Chen, Steve Chisek, Willson Contreras, Dylan Covey, Rafael Devers, Yandy Diaz, Corey Dickerson, 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, Jason Heyward, Rich Hill, Eric Hosmer, Nick Hundley, Travis Jankowski,Clayton Kershaw, Chad Kuhl, Wade LeBlanc, Pablo Lopez, Jed Lowrie, Seth Lugo, Jordan Luplow, Jordan Lyles, Tyler Mahle, Luke Maile, German Marquez, Carlos Martinez, Joe Mauer, Whit Merrifield, Mike Minor, Frankie Montas, 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,Kyle Schwarber, Corey Seager, Kyle Seager, Antonio Senzatela, Travis Shaw, Andrelton Simmons, Caleb Smith, Jorge Soler, Michael Soroka, Marcus Stroman, Noah Syndergaard, Chris Tillman, Gleyber Torres, Blake Treinen, 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, Joey Gallo, 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, T. J. McFarland, Austin Meadows, Wade Miley, Kendrys Morales, Mitch Moreland, Kendrys Morales, Logan Morrison, John Ryan Murphy, Omar Narvaez, Jake Odorizzi, Hunter Pence, 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, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, J. B. Shuck, Max Stassi, Jackson Stephens, Ross Stripling, Masahiro Tanaka, Eric Thames, Mark Trumbo, Sam Tuivailala, Justin Upton, José Váldez, Danny Valencia, Jesse Winkler, Alex Wood, Ryan Yarbrough, Ryan Zimmerman,

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