Who Owned Baseball August 26, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Matt Carpenter hit a record 4 doubles while driving in 2 and scoring 2 as the Cardinals clobbered the Rockies, 12-3.

Kyle Hendricks threw 7 innings of 2 hit shutout ball as the Cubs blanked the Reds, 9-0.

Jason Kipnis doubled, homered and collected 2 more singles, driving in 4 runs in the Indians 12-5 laugher over Kansas City.

Blake Snell struck out 8 in 6 innings, allowing 2 hits and 1 run to help the Rays be the first team to sweep Boston this year with a 9-1 thumping.

They all owned baseball on August 26, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Hunter Renfroe went 3 for 5 with a homer and 3 RBI but the Padres fell to the Dodgers, 7-3.

Steven Matz held the Nationals to 1 run and 5 hits over 7 solid innings, striking out 7 along the way. The Mets bullpen had a spectacular meltdown and the final was a misleading 15-0 massacre.

Tyler Austin homered twice in the Twins 6-2 loss to the A’s.

Felix Pena threw 6 innings, allowing 5 hits and 3 runs and 2 walks, taking the hard luck 3-1 defeat for the Angels against the Astros.

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

Aaron Hicks, – 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

Jed Lowrie, – 3

Josh Reddick, – 3

Yonder Alonso, – 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

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 – 7 1/2

Bryce Harper – 6 1/2

Matt Carpenter, – 6

Scooter Gennett – 5 1/2

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

Andrew McCutchen, – 2 1/2

Max Muncy – 2 1/2

Jose Peraza, – 2 1/2

Hunter Renfroe, – 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

Wil Myers, – 2

Joc Pederson, – 2

A. J. Pollock – 2

Yasiel Puig, – 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

Dallas Keuchel – 5 1/2

James Paxton, – 5 1/2

Justin Verlander, – 5 1/2

Trevor Bauer, – 5

Rick Porcello, – 5

Blake Snell, – 5

Gerrit Cole, – 4 1/2

Kyle Gibson, – 4

David Price, – 4

Luis Severino – 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

Lucas Giolito, – 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

Heath Fillmyer, – 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

Rougned Odor, – 1 1/2

Jake Odorizzi, – 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

Rich Hill, – 3

Steven Matz, – 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

Kyle Hendricks, – 2 1/2

Clayton Kershaw, – 2 1/2

Jon Lester, – 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

Eric Lauer, – 2

German Marquez, – 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

John Gant, – 1 1/2

Zack Godley, – 1 1/2

Junior Guerra, – 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, Tyler Austin, 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, 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, Jason Kipnis, 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, Carlos Martinez, Victor Martinez, Tommy Milone, Mike Minor, Frankie Montas, Kendrys Morales, Colin Moran, Yairo Munoz, Daniel Murphy, Omar Navarez, Shohei Ohtani (As Pitcher), Matt Olson, Tyler O’Neill, Marcell Ozuna, Joe Panik, Thomas Pannone, Steve Pearce, Joc Pederson, Felix Pena, 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, Luke Voit, Joey Votto, Tyler White, Nick Williams,

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

Abraham Almonte, Albert Almora Jr., Harrison Bader, Jaime Barria, Chris Bassitt, Jose Bautista, Jalen Beeks, Matt Belisle, Christian Bergman, Chad Bettis, Charlie Blackmon, Matthew Boyd, Michael Brantley, Steven Brault, Lewis Brinson, Curt Casali, 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, 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, Drew VerHagen, Jesse Winkler, Alex Wood, Ryan Yarbrough, Ben Zobrist, Mike Zunino

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