Who Owned Baseball August 23, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Aaron Nola won a tense pitchers duel and gave the Phillies a much needed 2-0 victory with 8 shutout frames while striking out 9 Washington batters.

David Price continued his terrific second half with 8 scoreless innings, allowing 3 hits as the Red Sox blanked the Indians, 7-0.

Javier Baez collected 3 hits, including a massive homer, in the Cubs 7-1 thrashing of the Reds.

Ronny Rodriguez homered and doubled, driving in 2, as the Tigers beat the White Sox, 7-2.

They all owned baseball on August 23, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Max Scherzer struck out 10 Phillies in 7 innings, holding them to 2 hits and 2 runs. But he absorbed the hard luck 2-0 loss in Washington.

Jose Pirela went 3 for 5 and drove in a pair of runs but the Rockies walked off against the Padres, 4-3.

Whit Merrifield singled 3 times, stole a base and scored a run but the Royals came up short against the Rays, 4-3.

Yusmeiro Petit gave the A’s a chance with a pair of 1-2-3 inning, striking out 3 Twins and stopping their attack. Oakland could not complete the comeback and lost 6-4.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 9 1/2

Khris Davis, – 6

Alex Bregman, – 5

Francisco Lindor, – 5

Jose Ramirez, – 5

Eddie Rosario, – 5 (AL ONLY)

Mookie Betts, – 4 1/2

Miguel Andujar, – 4

Xander Bogaerts, – 4

Nicholas Castellanos, – 4

Nelson Cruz, – 4

Manny Machado, – 4 (AL ONLY)

Andrew Benintendi, – 3 1/2

Matt Davidson, – 3 1/2

Evan Gattis, – 3 1/2

Mitch Haniger, – 3 1/2

Ryon Healy, – 3 1/2

J. D. Martinez, – 3 1/2

Justin Smoak, – 3 1/2

Shin-Soo Choo, – 3

Aaron Hicks, – 3

Jed Lowrie, – 3

Josh Reddick, – 3

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

Whit Merrifield, – 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

Kole Calhoun, – 1 1/2

Edwin Encarnacion, – 1 1/2

Adam Engel, – 1 1/2

Joey Gallo, – 1 1/2

Marwin Gonzalez, – 1 1/2

Yuli Gurriel, – 1 1/2

Joe Mauer, – 1 1/2

Mike Moustakas, – 1 1/2 (AL ONLY)

Salvador Perez, – 1 1/2

Jonathan Schoop, – 1 1/2

Marcus Semien, – 1 1/2

Gleyber Torres, – 1 1/2

Mark Trumbo, – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Javier Baez – 6 1/2

Bryce Harper – 6 1/2

Scooter Gennett – 5 1/2

Matt Carpenter, – 5

Paul Goldschmidt, – 4

Matt Kemp – 4

Brandon Nimmo, – 4

David Peralta, – 4

Ronald Acuña – 3 1/2

Ozzie Albies – 3 1/2

Nick Markakis – 3 1/2

J. T. Realmuto, – 3 1/2

Matt Adams – 3

Brandon Belt – 3

Asdrubal Cabrera – 3

Yadier Molina, – 3

Anthony Rendon, – 3

Mark Reynolds – 3

Scott Schebler, – 3

Lorenzo Cain, – 2 1/2

Starlin Castro, – 2 1/2

Brandon Crawford, – 2 1/2

Freddie Freeman – 2 1/2

Carlos Gonzalez – 2 1/2

Yasmani Grandal, – 2 1/2

Jose Martinez – 2 1/2

Max Muncy – 2 1/2

Jose Peraza, – 2 1/2

JT Riddle, – 2 1/2

Anthony Rizzo – 2 1/2

Juan Soto, – 2 1/2

Nick Ahmed, – 2

Nolan Arenado, – 2

Johan Camargo, – 2

Ian Desmond – 2

Corey Dickerson, – 2

Maikel Franco – 2

Odubel Herrera, – 2

Rhys Hoskins, – 2

Andrew McCutchen, – 2

Wil Myers, – 2

Joc Pederson, – 2

A. J. Pollock – 2

Yasiel Puig, – 2

Hunter Renfroe, – 2

Trevor Story, – 2

Eugenio Suarez – 2

Christian Villanueva, – 2

Christian Yelich, – 2

Jesus Aguilar, – 1 1/2

Josh Bell, – 1 1/2

Francisco Cervelli, – 1 1/2

Michael Conforto – 1 1/2

Charlie Culberson – 1 1/2

Adam Duvall – 1 1/2

Todd Frazier, – 1 1/2

David Freese, – 1 1/2

Eric Hosmer, – 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

Amed Rosario, – 1 1/2

Pablo Sandoval, – 1 1/2

Kolten Wong, – 1 1/2

Ryan Zimmerman, – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Chris Sale, – 8

Charlie Morton, – 7

Carlos Carrasco – 6 1/2

José Berríos, – 6

Corey Kluber, – 6

James Paxton, – 5 1/2

Justin Verlander, – 5 1/2

Trevor Bauer, – 5

Rick Porcello, – 5

Gerrit Cole, – 4 1/2

Dallas Keuchel – 4 1/2

Kyle Gibson, – 4

David Price, – 4

Luis Severino – 4

Blake Snell, – 4

Mike Clevinger, – 3 1/2

Nathan Eovaldi, – 3 1/2

Andrew Heaney – 3 1/3

Mike Leake, – 3 1/2

Sean Manaea, – 3 1/2

Lance McCullers Jr. – 3 1/2

Dylan Bundy, – 3

Danny Duffy, – 3

Mike Fiers, – 3

Reynaldo Lopez, – 3

Daniel Mengden, – 3

Eduardo Rodriguez, – 3

Trevor Cahill, – 2 1/2

Kevin Gausman, – 2 1/2 (AL ONLY)

Domingo German, – 2 1/2

Cole Hamels, – 2 1/2 (AL ONLY)

Lance Lynn, – 2 1/2,

James Shields, – 2 1/2

Tyler Skaggs, – 2 1/2

Matthew Boyd, – 2

Alex Cobb, – 2

Bartolo Colon, – 2

Lucas Giolito, – 2

Marco Gonzales, – 2

J. A. Happ, – 2

Jakob Junis, – 2

Masahiro Tanaka, – 2

Jordan Zimmermann, 2

Brett Anderson, – 1 1/2

Jesse Chavez – 1 1/2

Junior Guerra, – 1 1/2

Ian Kennedy, – 1 1/2

Francisco Liriano, – 1 1/2

Adam Putko, – 1 1/2

Garrett Richards, – 1 1/2

Carlos Rodon, – 1 1/2

Aaron Sanchez, – 1 1/2

Marcus Stroman, – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Max Scherzer, – 10

Jacob deGrom, – 8 1/2

Aaron Nola, – 7 1/2

Zack Greinke, – 5 1/2

Julio Teheran, – 5 1/2

Jake Arrieta, – 4 1/2

Kenta Maeda, – 4 1/2

Zack Wheeler, – 4

Trevor Williams, – 4

Chase Anderson, – 3 1/2

Tyler Anderson, – 3 1/2

Walker Buehler, – 3 1/2

Patrick Corbin, – 3 1/2

Jack Flaherty, – 3 1/2

Mike Foltynewicz, – 3 1/2

Kyle Freeland, – 3 1/2

Tanner Roark, – 3 1/2

Madison Bumgarner, – 3

Jhoulys Chacin, – 3

Gio Gonzalez, – 3

Jon Gray, – 3

Freddy Peralta, – 3

Clayton Richard, – 3

Hyun-Jin Ryu, – 3

Stephen Strasburg, – 3

Jameson Taillon, – 3

Jose Urena, – 3

Vince Velasquez, – 3

Johnny Cueto, – 2 1/2

Clayton Kershaw, – 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

Anibal Sanchez, – 2 1/2

Chris Stratton, – 2 1/2

Heath Fillmyer, – 2

Rich Hill, – 2

Eric Lauer, – 2

Miles Mikolas, – 2

Ivan Nova, – 2

Dan Straily, – 2

Luke Weaver, – 2

Homer Bailey, – 1 1/2

Chad Bettis, – 1 1/2

Ty Blach, – 1 1/2

Shane Carle, – 1 1/2

Zach Eflin, – 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

Nick Pivetta, – 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

Manny Machado, – 5 (4 with AL, 1 with NL)

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

Pitchers Who Earned a WOB in Both Leagues This Season

Kevin Gausman, – 3 1/2 (2 1/2 with AL, 1 with NL)

Cole Hamels, – 3 1/2 (2 1/2 with AL, 1 with NL)

Players Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2017 MLB

Ehire Adrianza, Greg Allen, Brian Anderson, Franklin Barreto, Shane Bieber, Greg Bird, Ryan Boruki, Justin Bour, Clay Buchholz, Jeimer Candelario, Andrew Cashner, Welington Castillo, Wei-Yin Chen, Steve Chisek, Willson Contreras, Dylan Covey, Chris Davis, Anthony DeSclafani, Rafael Devers, Yandy Diaz, Derek Dietrich, Adam Eaton, Marco Estrada, Doug Fister, Logan Forsythe, Freddy Galvis, John Gant, Avisail Garcia, Greg Garcia, Jarlin Garcia, Kevin Gausman (NL Only), Mychal Givens, Tyler Glasnow, Austin Gomber, Yan Gomes, Adrian Gonzalez, Niko Goodrum, Dee Gordon, Sonny Gray, Randal Grichuk, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Ronald Guzman, Cole Hamels (NL Only), Josh Harrison, Austin Hedges, Jeremy Hellickson, Felix Hernandez, Teoscar Hernandez, David Hess, Jason Heyward, Nick Hundley, Chris Ianetta, Edwin Jackson, Travis Jankowski, Areil Jurado, Brad Keller, Chad Kuhl, Ramon Laureano, Wade LeBlanc, Reynaldo Lopez, Seth Lugo, Jordan Luplow, Jordan Lyles, Manny Machado (NL Only) Tyler Mahle, Luke Maile, Martin Maldonado, Trey Mancini, Manuel Margot, German Marquez, Carlos Martinez, Victor Martinez, 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, Thomas Pannone, Steve Pearce, Joc Pederson, Luis Perdomo, Martin Perez, Tommy Pham, Jurickson Profar, Albert Pujols, Wilson Ramos, Trevor Richards, Joey Rickard, Carlos Rodon, Ronny Rodriguez, 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, Tyler White, 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, Jalen Beeks, Matt Belisle, Christian Bergman, Chad Bettis, Charlie Blackmon, Matthew Boyd, Michael Brantley, Lewis Brinson, Yoenis Cespedes, Yonny Chirinos, Taylor Cole, Elias Diaz, Nicky Delmonico, Odrisamer Despaigne, Brian Dozier, Lucas Duda, Jacob Faria, Johnny Field, David Fletcher, Wilmer Flores, 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, Elieser Hernandez, David Hess, 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, Evan Longoria, Joey Lucchesi, Dixon Machado, Matt Magill, Ketel Marte, T. J. McFarland, Austin Meadows, Wade Miley, Adalberto Mondesi, Kendrys Morales, Mitch Moreland, Logan Morrison, Mike Moustakas (NL ONLY), Gabriel Moya, Cedric Mullins, John Ryan Murphy, Felix Pena, Hunter Pence, Hernan Perez, Yusmeiro Petit, Kevin Pillar, Daniel Poncedeleon, Austin Pruitt, Robbie Ray, Sean Rodriguez, Miguel Rojas, Austin Romine, Yolmer Sanchez, Miguel Sano, Hector Santiago, Luis Santos, Jean Segura, J. B. Shuck, Cory Spangenberg, Max Stassi, Jackson Stephens, Ross Stripling, Kurt Suzuki, Eric Thames, Sam Tuivailala, Justin Upton, José Váldez, Danny Valencia, Jesse Winkler, Alex Wood, Ryan Yarbrough, Ben Zobrist, Mike Zunino

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