Who Owned Baseball August 9, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Denard Span reached base 4 times, homered, scored twice and drove in 3 to help the Mariners win a critical 8-6 game in Houston.

Hunter Renfroe hit a dramatic, come from behind 9th inning grand slam to spark the Padres 8-4 shocking of the Brewers.

J. A. Happ struck out 9 Rangers in 6 innings to win the 7-3 game for the Yankees.

Gio Gonzalez threw 7 strong innings, allowing 1 run to earn the 6-3 decision for Washington over Atlanta.

They all owned baseball on August 9, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Mookie Betts hit for the cycle and even added a walk for good measure, but the Red Sox winning streak was snapped by the Blue Jays, 8-5.

Chris Ianetta collected 3 hits, including a homer, driving in 3, but the Rockies bullpen collapsed again, giving away the 8-5 game to the Dodgers.

Gabriel Moya stopped the bleeding by coming out of the bullpen and throwing 2 2/3 shutout innings, holding the Indians hitless and allowing the Twins to tie the game. Cleveland would walk off 5-4 winners after a 9th inning rally.

Tyler Anderson held the Dodgers to 1 run over 6 strong innings, striking out 6. He would get a no decision in Colorado’s 8-5 loss.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 9 1/2

Khris Davis, – 5 1/2

Alex Bregman, – 5

Francisco Lindor, – 5

Eddie Rosario, – 5 (AL ONLY)

Mookie Betts, – 4 1/2

Nelson Cruz, – 4

Manny Machado, – 4 (AL ONLY)

Jose Ramirez, – 4

Andrew Benintendi, – 3 1/2

Matt Davidson, – 3 1/2

Ryon Healy, – 3 1/2

J. D. Martinez, – 3 1/2

Justin Smoak, – 3 1/2

Miguel Andujar, – 3

Xander Bogaerts, – 3

Nicholas Castellanos, – 3

Shin-Soo Choo, – 3

Mitch Haniger, – 3

Aaron Hicks, – 3

Josh Reddick, – 3

Evan Gattis, – 2 1/2

Didi Gregorius, – 2 1/2

Leonys Martin, – 2 1/2

Daniel Palka, – 2 1/2

Denard Span, – 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

Adam Jones, – 2

Jed Lowrie, – 2

Yoan Moncada, – 2

Shohei Ohtani, – 2 (As Hitter),

Stephen Piscotty, – 2
Hanley Ramirez, – 2

Gary Sanchez, – 2

Yangervis Solarte, – 2

Giancarlo Stanton, – 2

Tim Anderson,- 1 1/2

Joey Gallo, – 1 1/2

Yuli Gurriel, – 1 1/2

Whit Merrifield, – 1 1/2

Mike Moustakas, – 1 1/2 (AL ONLY)

Jonathan Schoop, – 1 1/2

Gleyber Torres, – 1 1/2

Mark Trumbo, – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Bryce Harper – 6 1/2

Javier Baez – 5 1/2

Scooter Gennett – 5 1/2

Matt Carpenter, – 4

Matt Kemp – 4

Ozzie Albies – 3 1/2

Nick Markakis – 3 1/2

Matt Adams – 3

Brandon Belt – 3

Asdrubal Cabrera – 3

Yadier Molina, – 3

Brandon Nimmo, – 3

David Peralta, – 3

J. T. Realmuto, – 3

Anthony Rendon, – 3

Mark Reynolds – 3

Scott Schebler, – 3

Lorenzo Cain, – 2 1/2

Brandon Crawford, – 2 1/2

Freddie Freeman – 2 1/2

Paul Goldschmidt, – 2 1/2

Carlos Gonzalez – 2 1/2

Yasmani Grandal, – 2 1/2

Jose Martinez – 2 1/2

Max Muncy – 2 1/2

Anthony Rizzo – 2 1/2

Nick Ahmed, – 2

Nolan Arenado, – 2

Ian Desmond – 2

Corey Dickerson, – 2

Maikel Franco – 2

Odubel Herrera, – 2

Rhys Hoskins, – 2

Andrew McCutchen, – 2

Wil Myers, – 2

Jose Peraza, – 2

Joc Pederson, – 2

A. J. Pollock – 2

Yasiel Puig, – 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

DJ LeMahieu, – 1 1/2

Starling Marte, – 1 1/2

Devin Mesoraco – 1 1/2

Gregory Polanco, – 1 1/2

Buster Posey, – 1 1/2

Hunter Renfroe, – 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

Corey Kluber, – 6

James Paxton, – 5 1/2

Trevor Bauer, – 5

Justin Verlander, – 5

Carlos Carrasco – 4 1/2

Gerrit Cole, – 4 1/2

Dallas Keuchel – 4 1/2

Kyle Gibson, – 4

Rick Porcello, – 4

Luis Severino – 4

Nathan Eovaldi, – 3 1/2

Andrew Heaney – 3 1/3

Lance McCullers Jr. – 3 1/2

Dylan Bundy, – 3

Danny Duffy, – 3

Reynaldo Lopez, – 3

Daniel Mengden, – 3

David Price, – 3

Eduardo Rodriguez, – 3

Blake Snell, – 3

Trevor Cahill, – 2 1/2

Mike Clevinger, – 2 1/2

Kevin Gausman, – 2 1/2

Domingo German, – 2 1/2

Cole Hamels, – 2 1/2 (AL ONLY)

Mike Leake, – 2 1/2

Lance Lynn, – 2 1/2,

Sean Manaea, – 2 1/2

Tyler Skaggs, – 2 1/2

Matthew Boyd, – 2

Bartolo Colon, – 2

Mike Fiers, – 2

Lucas Giolito, – 2

Marco Gonzales, – 2

J. A. Happ, – 2

Jakob Junis, – 2

James Shields, – 2

Jordan Zimmermann, 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

Marcus Stroman, – 1 1/2

Masahiro Tanaka, – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Max Scherzer, – 9

Jacob deGrom, – 8

Zack Greinke, – 5 1/2

Aaron Nola, – 5 1/2

Julio Teheran, – 5

Jake Arrieta, – 4 1/2

Kenta Maeda, – 4 1/2

Tyler Anderson, – 3 1/2

Patrick Corbin, – 3 1/2

Kyle Freeland, – 3 1/2

Tanner Roark, – 3 1/2

Zack Wheeler, – 3 1/2

Madison Bumgarner, – 3

Gio Gonzalez, – 3

Jon Gray, – 3

Freddy Peralta, – 3

Clayton Richard, – 3

Stephen Strasburg, – 3

Jameson Taillon, – 3

Vince Velasquez, – 3

Chase Anderson, – 2 1/2

Walker Buehler, – 2 1/2

Johnny Cueto, – 2 1/2

Jack Flaherty, – 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

Trevor Williams, – 2 1/2

Jhoulys Chacin, – 2

Heath Fillmyer, – 2

Mike Foltynewicz, – 2

Rich Hill, – 2

Clayton Kershaw, – 2

Eric Lauer, – 2

Miles Mikolas, – 2

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 2

Anibal Sanchez, – 2

Dan Straily, – 2

Jose Urena, – 2

Luke Weaver, – 2

Homer Bailey, – 1 1/2

Chad Bettis, – 1 1/2

Ty Blach, – 1 1/2

Shane Carle, – 1 1/2

Zack Godley, – 1 1/2

Junior Guerra, – 1 1/2

Kyle Hendricks, – 1 1/2

Nick Kingham, – 1 1/2

Pablo Lopez, – 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

Andrew Suarez, – 1 1/2

Michael Wacha, – 1 1/2

Shohei Ohtani Combined Pitcher and Hitter WOB Total

Shohei Ohtani, – 3 (2 as Hitter, 1 as Pitcher)

Players Who Earned a WOB in Both Leagues This Season

Mike Moustakas, – 2 (1 1/2 with AL, 1/2 with NL)

Players Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2017 MLB

Ehire Adrianza, Jesus Aguilar, Greg Allen, Brian Anderson, Franklin Barreto, Greg Bird, Ryan Boruki, Kole Calhoun, Johan Camargo, Jeimer Candelario, 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, Doug Fister, Freddy Galvis, John Gant, Avisail Garcia, Greg Garcia, Jarlin Garcia, Mychal Givens, Tyler Glasnow, Austin Gomber, Adrian Gonzalez, Marwin Gonzalez, Niko Goodrum, Dee Gordon, Sonny Gray, Randal Grichuk, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Josh Harrison, Austin Hedges, Jeremy Hellickson, Felix Hernandez, Teoscar Hernandez, David Hess, Jason Heyward, Eric Hosmer, Nick Hundley, Chris Ianetta, Travis Jankowski, Areil Jurado, Brad Keller, Chad Kuhl, Wade LeBlanc, Reynaldo Lopez, Seth Lugo, Jordan Luplow, Jordan Lyles, Tyler Mahle, Luke Maile, Manuel Margot, German Marquez, Carlos Martinez, Joe Mauer, Tommy Milone, Mike Minor, Frankie Montas, Kendrys Morales, Colin Moran, Yairo Munoz, Daniel Murphy, Omar Navarez, Rougned Odor, Jake Odorizzi, Shohei Ohtani (As Pitcher), Matt Olson, Marcell Ozuna, Joe Panik, Steve Pearce, Joc Pederson, Luis Perdomo, Martin Perez, Salvador Perez, Tommy Pham, Nick Pivetta, Jurickson Profar, 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, Noah Syndergaard, Chris Tillman, Blake Treinen, Nick Tropeano, Justin Turner, Trea Turner, Luis Valbuena, Joey Votto, Nick Williams. Christian Yelich

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, Jalen Beeks, Matt Belisle, Christian Bergman, Chad Bettis, Shane Bieber, Charlie Blackmon, Justin Bour, Michael Brantley, Lewis Brinson, Yoenis Cespedes, Yonny Chirinos, Alex Cobb, Taylor Cole, Michael Conforto, Elias Diaz, Nicky Delmonico, Odrisamer Despaigne, Brian Dozier, Lucas Duda, Jacob Faria, Johnny Field, Wilmer Font, Michael Fulmer, Jaime Garcia, Evan Gattis, Sam Gaviglio, Carlos Gomez, Alex Gordon, Daniel Gossett, Robbie Grossman, Robert Gsellman, Jason Hammel, Ian Happ, Blaine Hardy, Cesar Hernandez, David Hernandez, John Hicks, Jonathan Holder, Derek Holland, Jared Hughes, Jon Jay, Brian Johnson, Aaron Judge, Tommy Kahnle, 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, Mike Moustakas (NL ONLY), Gabriel Moya, John Ryan Murphy, Hunter Pence, Hernan 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, Sam Tuivailala, Justin Upton, José Váldez, Danny Valencia, Jesse Winkler, Alex Wood, Ryan Yarbrough, Ryan Zimmerman, Ben Zobrist, Mike Zunino

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