Who Owned Baseball July 30, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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James Paxton threw 7 shutout innings, allowing 3 hits and struck out 8 as Seattle blanked Houston, 2-0.

Shin-Soo Choo homered twice, driving in 4, in the Rangers 9-5 win over the Diamondbacks.

Will Smith struck out all 4 batters he faced to first keep the game tied and then to clinch the 12 inning 5-3 victory for the Giants in San Diego.

Matt Carpenter reached base 4 times, driving in 2 to help the Cardinals top the Rockies, 5-4.

They all owned baseball on July 30, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Gerrit Cole had a no hitter into the 6th and finished with 4 hits and 2 runs over 6 2/3 innings, striking out 8 Mariners. But he ended up on the wrong side of a 2-0 decision for Houston.

Jose Ramirez knocked a pair of homers and walked but the Twins walked off against the Indians, 5-4.

Aaron Nola threw 8 solid innings, keeping the Red Sox to only 1 run and 4 hits. He would not get the decision as the Phillies dropped the 2-1 game in extra innings.

Nolan Arenado went 2 for 5 with a grand slam but the Rockies came up short against St. Louis, 5-4.

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

Nelson Cruz, – 4

Manny Machado, – 4

Jose Ramirez, – 4

Andrew Benintendi, – 3 1/2

Matt Davidson, – 3 1/2

Ryon Healy, – 3 1/2

Justin Smoak, – 3 1/2

Miguel Andujar, – 3

Xander Bogaerts, – 3

Shin-Soo Choo, – 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

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

Javier Baez – 4

Matt Kemp – 4

Ozzie Albies – 3 1/2

Matt Carpenter, – 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

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

Nolan Arenado, – 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

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

Gregory Polanco, – 1 1/2

Buster Posey, – 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

James Paxton, – 5 1/2

Trevor Bauer, – 5

Corey Kluber, – 5

Justin Verlander, – 5

Gerrit Cole, – 4 1/2

Kyle Gibson, – 4

Luis Severino – 4

Carlos Carrasco – 3 1/2

Nathan Eovaldi, – 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

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

Carlos Rodon, – 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 1/2

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

Sean Newcomb, – 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

Jhoulys Chacin, – 2

Mike Foltynewicz, – 2

Gio Gonzalez, – 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

Junior Guerra, – 1 1/2

Kyle Hendricks, – 1 1/2

Nick Kingham, – 1 1/2

Mike Montgomery, – 1 1/2

Joe Musgrove, – 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, Wei-Yin Chen, Steve Chisek, Willson Contreras, Dylan Covey, Chris Davis, 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, Areil Jurado, 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, Omar Navarez, Rougned Odor, Jake Odorizzi, Shohei Ohtani (As Hitter), Shohei Ohtani (As Pitcher), Matt Olson, Marcell Ozuna, Joe Panik, Joc Pederson, Luis Perdomo, Tommy Pham, Nick Pivetta, Jurickson Profar, Yasiel Puig, Albert Pujols, Adam Putko, Wilson Ramos, Trevor Richards, Joey Rickard, Fernando Romero, CC Sabathia, Kyle Schwarber, Corey Seager, Kyle Seager, Antonio Senzatela, Travis Shaw, Andrelton Simmons, Caleb Smith, Will 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, Hunter Pence, Hernan Perez, Martin Perez, Salvador Perez, Kevin Pillar, Daniel Poncedeleon, 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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