Who Owned Baseball July 27, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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David Freese reached base 5 times, homered, and drove in all 5 Pirate runs including the walk off run to top the Mets, 5-4.

Lourdes Gurriel Jr. homered twice and added another hit to help the Blue Jays double up the White Sox, 10-5.

Max Scherzer threw 8 shutout innings, striking out 11 Marlins as the Nationals cruised to a 9-1 final.

Chris Sale struck out 10 Twins in his 6 shutout innings. The Red Sox bullpen lost his lead but walked off 4-3 winners in 10.

They all owned baseball on July 27, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Michael Conforto got on base 3 times, homered and drove in 3 in the Mets 5-4 loss to Pittsburgh.

Evan Gattis got 3 hits, including a homer, and walked but the Astros were clobbered by the Rangers, 11-2.

Madison Bumgarner was solid for 8 innings, allowing 2 earned runs and 1 unearned run but the Brewers snuck past the Giants, 3-1.

Lance Lynn kept the Red Sox to 2 runs over 6 innings. He did not factor into the decision as the Twins blew the lead in the 9th and the 4-3 final in the 10th.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 9 1/2

Alex Bregman, – 5

Khris Davis, – 5

Francisco Lindor, – 5

Eddie Rosario, – 5

Mookie Betts, – 4

Manny Machado, – 4

Andrew Benintendi, – 3 1/2

Nelson Cruz, – 3 1/2

Matt Davidson, – 3 1/2

Ryon Healy, – 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

Leonys Martin, – 2 1/2

J. D. Martinez, – 2 1/2

Daniel Palka, – 2 1/2

George Springer, – 2 1/2

Jose Abreu, – 2

Yonder Alonso, – 2

Jose Altuve, – 2

Matt Chapman, – 2

Shin-Soo Choo, – 2

Carlos Correa, – 2

Eduardo Escobar, – 2

Brett Gardner, – 2

Curtis Granderson, – 2
Didi Gregorius, – 2

Adam Jones, – 2

Jed Lowrie, – 2

Yoan Moncada, – 2

Stephen Piscotty, – 2
Hanley Ramirez, – 2

Josh Reddick, – 2

Gary Sanchez, – 2

Yangervis Solarte, – 2

Giancarlo Stanton, – 2

Tim Anderson,- 1 1/2

Yuli Gurriel, – 1 1/2

Mike Moustakas, – 1 1/2

Jonathan Schoop, – 1 1/2

Denard Span, – 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

Yadier Molina, – 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

Max Muncy – 2 1/2

Anthony Rizzo – 2 1/2

Lorenzo Cain, – 2

Brandon Crawford, – 2

Ian Desmond – 2

Corey Dickerson, – 2

Maikel Franco – 2

Odubel Herrera, – 2

Rhys Hoskins, – 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

Charlie Culberson – 1 1/2

Adam Duvall – 1 1/2

Todd Frazier, – 1 1/2

David Freese, – 1 1/2

Yasmani Grandal, – 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

Chris Sale, – 8

Charlie Morton, – 7

José Berríos, – 6

Trevor Bauer, – 5

Corey Kluber, – 5

Justin Verlander, – 5

James Paxton, – 4 1/2

Gerrit Cole, – 4

Kyle Gibson, – 4

Luis Severino – 4

Carlos Carrasco – 3 1/2

Andrew Heaney – 3 1/3

Dallas Keuchel – 3 1/2

Lance McCullers Jr. – 3 1/2

Dylan Bundy, – 3

Danny Duffy, – 3

Reynaldo Lopez, – 3

Daniel Mengden, – 3

Rick Porcello, – 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

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

Masahiro Tanaka, – 1 1/2

Jordan Zimmermann, 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Max Scherzer, – 8

Jacob deGrom, – 7 1/2

Zack Greinke, – 5 1/2

Aaron Nola, – 5

Julio Teheran, – 5

Kenta Maeda, – 4 1/2

Jake Arrieta, – 4

Tanner Roark, – 3 1/2

Tyler Anderson, – 3

Freddy Peralta, – 3

Clayton Richard, – 3

Stephen Strasburg, – 3

Walker Buehler, – 2 1/2

Madison Bumgarner, – 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

Tyson Ross, – 2 1/2

Chris Stratton, – 2 1/2

Zack Wheeler, – 2 1/2

Trevor Williams, – 2 1/2

Chase Anderson, – 2

Mike Foltynewicz, – 2

Jon Gray, – 2

Rich Hill, – 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

Dereck Rodriguez, – 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, Nick Ahmed, Greg Allen, Brian Anderson, Homer Bailey, Greg Bird, Ryan Boruki, Matthew Boyd, Johan Camargo, Andrew Cashner, Welington Castillo, Francisco Cervelli, Jhoulys Chacin, Wei-Yin Chen, Steve Chisek, Willson Contreras, Dylan Covey, Rafael Devers, Yandy Diaz, Derek Dietrich, Adam Eaton, Zach Eflin, Edwin Encarnacion, Adam Engel, Marco Estrada, Heath Fillmyer, Doug Fister, Freddy Galvis, John Gant, Avisail Garcia, Greg Garcia, Jarlin Garcia, Mychal Givens, Tyler Glasnow, Austin Gomber, Adrian Gonzalez, Niko Goodrum, Dee Gordon, Sonny Gray, Randal Grichuk, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., J. A. Happ, Josh Harrison, Austin Hedges, Jeremy Hellickson, Felix Hernandez, Teoscar Hernandez, David Hess, Jason Heyward, Eric Hosmer, Nick Hundley, Travis Jankowski,Clayton Kershaw, Chad Kuhl, Wade LeBlanc, Pablo Lopez, Seth Lugo, Jordan Luplow, Jordan Lyles, Lance Lynn, Tyler Mahle, Luke Maile, German Marquez, Carlos Martinez, Joe Mauer, Whit Merrifield, Mike Minor, Frankie Montas, Kendrys Morales, Colin Moran, Yairo Munoz, Joe Musgrove, Jake Odorizzi, 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, Trevor Richards, Joey Rickard, Carlos Rodon, Fernando Romero, CC Sabathia, 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, Nick Williams

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

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, Justin Bour, Michael Brantley, Lewis Brinson, Kole Calhoun, Jeimer Candelario, Yoenis Cespedes, Yonny Chirinos, Alex Cobb, Michael Conforto, Elias Diaz, Nicky Delmonico, Odrisamer Despaigne, Brian Dozier, Lucas Duda, Jacob Faria, Johnny Field, Wilmer Font, Michael Fulmer, Joey Gallo, Jaime Garcia, Evan Gattis, 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, Dixon Machado, Matt Magill, Trey Mancini, Ketel Marte, T. J. McFarland, Austin Meadows, Wade Miley, Kendrys Morales, Mitch Moreland, Logan Morrison, John Ryan Murphy, Omar Narvaez, Hunter Pence, Hernan Perez, Martin Perez, Salvador Perez, Kevin Pillar, Daniel Poncedeleon, Buster Posey, Austin Pruitt, Robbie Ray, 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, Eric Thames, Mark Trumbo, Sam Tuivailala, Justin Upton, José Váldez, Danny Valencia, Jesse Winkler, Alex Wood, Ryan Yarbrough, Ryan Zimmerman,

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