Who Owned Baseball September 8, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Mike Trout had a 5 hit performance, including a pair of homers, driving in 5, as the Angels clobbered the White Sox, 12-3.

Jorge Lopez took a perfect game into the 9th, finishing with 8 plus innings, 1 hit, 1 run and struck out 4 Twins for the 4-1 Kansas City victory.

Anthony Rendon homered, doubled and scored in the key 7th inning rally to help the Nats sweep a double header from the Cubs with a 6-5 final in the night cap. In the first game he also got a hit and drove in a run.

Max Scherzer saved the Nationals bullpen in game 1 of a double header by going 9, striking out 11 Cubs and earning the 10-3 decision.

They all owned baseball on September 8, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Randal Grichuk homered twice and added another hit but the Blue Jays were edged out by Cleveland, 9-8.

Jose Berrios allowed 3 hits and 1 run over 6 strong innings but took the hard luck 4-1 decision for the Twins against the Royals.

Cesar Hernandez went 4 for 4 with 3 RBI and a stolen base in the Phillies 10-5 loss to the Mets.

Clay Buchholz pitched into the 7th, allowing 1 earned run and 1 unearned run and struck out 6 Braves in 6 1/3 innings. The Diamondbacks would yet again drop a game late, this one 5-4.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 10 1/2

Francisco Lindor, – 6 1/2

Alex Bregman, – 6

Khris Davis, – 6

Mookie Betts, – 5 1/2

Jose Ramirez, – 5

Eddie Rosario, – 5 (AL ONLY)

Miguel Andujar, – 4 1/2

Xander Bogaerts, – 4

Nicholas Castellanos, – 4

Nelson Cruz, – 4

Ryon Healy, – 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

J. D. Martinez, – 3 1/2

Justin Smoak, – 3 1/2

Matt Chapman, – 3

Shin-Soo Choo, – 3

Jed Lowrie, – 3

Shohei Ohtani, – 3 (As Hitter),

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

Carlos Correa, – 2

Yandy Diaz, – 2

Eduardo Escobar, – 2

Joey Gallo, – 2

Brett Gardner, – 2

Curtis Granderson, – 2

Randal Grichuk, – 2

Adam Jones, – 2

Ramon Laureano, – 2

Victor Martinez, – 2

Whit Merrifield, – 2

Yoan Moncada, – 2

Stephen Piscotty, – 2
Hanley Ramirez, – 2

Gary Sanchez, – 2

Yangervis Solarte, – 2

Giancarlo Stanton, – 2

Gleyber Torres, – 2

Tim Anderson,- 1 1/2

Kole Calhoun, – 1 1/2

Edwin Encarnacion, – 1 1/2

Adam Engel, – 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

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, – 5

Ronald Acuña, Jr. – 4 1/2

Nick Markakis -4 1/2

Matt Kemp – 4

Brandon Nimmo, – 4

David Peralta, – 4

Jose Peraza, – 4

J. T. Realmuto, – 4

Anthony Rendon, – 4

Anthony Rizzo – 4

Trevor Story, – 4

Ozzie Albies – 3 1/2

Lorenzo Cain, – 3 1/2

Christian Yelich, – 3 1/2

Matt Adams – 3

Brandon Belt – 3

Asdrubal Cabrera – 3

Yadier Molina, – 3

Hunter Renfroe, – 3

Mark Reynolds – 3

Scott Schebler, – 3

Johan Camargo, – 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

Marcell Ozuna, – 2 1/2

JT Riddle, – 2 1/2

Juan Soto, – 2 1/2

Nick Ahmed, – 2

Nolan Arenado, – 2

Ian Desmond – 2

Corey Dickerson, – 2

Maikel Franco – 2

Odubel Herrera, – 2

Rhys Hoskins, – 2

DJ LeMahieu, – 2

Wil Myers, – 2

Joc Pederson, – 2

A. J. Pollock – 2

Yasiel Puig, – 2

Eugenio Suarez – 2

Christian Villanueva, – 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

Manny Machado, – 1 1/2 (NL Only)

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

Carlos Carrasco – 8

Corey Kluber, – 8

Chris Sale, – 8

Charlie Morton, – 7

José Berríos, – 6 1/2

Justin Verlander, – 6 1/2

Dallas Keuchel – 5 1/2

James Paxton, – 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

Masahiro Tanaka, – 4

Mike Clevinger, – 3 1/2

Nathan Eovaldi, – 3 1/2

Lucas Giolito, – 3 1/2

Andrew Heaney – 3 1/2

Mike Leake, – 3 1/2

Sean Manaea, – 3 1/2

Daniel Mengden, – 3 1/2

Lance McCullers Jr. – 3 1/2

Dylan Bundy, – 3

Danny Duffy, – 3

Mike Fiers, – 3

Jakob Junis, – 3

Reynaldo Lopez, – 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)

Wade LeBlanc, – 2 1/2

Lance Lynn, – 2 1/2

Carlos Rodon, – 2 1/2

James Shields, – 2 1/2

Tyler Skaggs, – 2 1/2

Shane Bieber, – 2

Matthew Boyd, – 2

Alex Cobb, – 2

Bartolo Colon, – 2

Heath Fillmyer, – 2

Marco Gonzales, – 2

J. A. Happ, – 2

Reynaldo Lopez, – 2

Jordan Zimmermann, 2

Brett Anderson, – 1 1/2

Jesse Chavez – 1 1/2

Junior Guerra, – 1 1/2

Felix Hernandez, – 1 1/2

Areil Jurado, – 1 1/2

Brad Keller, – 1 1/2

Ian Kennedy, – 1 1/2

Francisco Liriano, – 1 1/2

Mike Minor, – 1 1/2

Rougned Odor, – 1 1/2

Jake Odorizzi, – 1 1/2

Felix Pena, – 1 1/2

Adam Putko, – 1 1/2

Garrett Richards, – 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, – 11

Jacob deGrom, – 9

Aaron Nola, – 9

Zack Greinke, – 5 1/2

Julio Teheran, – 5 1/2

Jake Arrieta, – 4 1/2

Kenta Maeda, – 4 1/2

Madison Bumgarner, – 4

Patrick Corbin, – 4

Mike Foltynewicz, – 4

Chris Stratton, – 4

Jose Urena, – 4

Zack Wheeler, – 4

Trevor Williams, – 4

Chase Anderson, – 3 1/2

Tyler Anderson, – 3 1/2

Walker Buehler, – 3 1/2

Jack Flaherty, – 3 1/2

Kyle Freeland, – 3 1/2

Tanner Roark, – 3 1/2

Anibal Sanchez, – 3 1/2

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

Vince Velasquez, – 3

Johnny Cueto, – 2 1/2

Zack Godley, – 2 1/2

Kyle Hendricks, – 2 1/2

Clayton Kershaw, – 2 1/2

Jon Lester, – 2 1/2

German Marquez, – 2 1/2

Sean Newcomb, – 2 1/2

José Quintana, – 2 1/2

Tyson Ross, – 2 1/2

Dan Straily, – 2 1/2

Andrew Suarez, – 2 1/2

Eric Lauer, – 2

Miles Mikolas, – 2

Ivan Nova, – 2

Dereck Rodriguez, – 2

Noah Syndergaard, – 2

Luke Weaver, – 2

Homer Bailey, – 1 1/2

Chad Bettis, – 1 1/2

Ty Blach, – 1 1/2

Clay Buchholz, – 1 1/2

Shane Carle, – 1 1/2

Zach Eflin, – 1 1/2

John Gant, – 1 1/2

Junior Guerra, – 1 1/2

Cole Hamels (NL Only), – 1 1/2

Nick Kingham, – 1 1/2

Pablo Lopez, – 1 1/2

Wade Miley, – 1 1/2

Mike Montgomery, – 1 1/2

Joe Musgrove, – 1 1/2

Nick Pivetta, – 1 1/2

Robbie Ray, – 1 1/2

Sal Romano, – 1 1/2

Michael Wacha, – 1 1/2

Shohei Ohtani Combined Pitcher and Hitter WOB Total

Shohei Ohtani, – 4 (3 as Hitter, 1 as Pitcher)

Players Who Earned a WOB in Both Leagues This Season

Manny Machado, – 5 1/2 (4 with AL, 1 1/2 with NL)

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

Pitchers Who Earned a WOB in Both Leagues This Season

Cole Hamels, – 4 (2 1/2 with AL, 1 1/2 with NL)

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

Tyler Glasnow, – 1 1/2 (1 with NL, 1/2 with AL)

Players Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2017 MLB

Ehire Adrianza, Sandy Alcantara, Greg Allen, Brian Anderson, Tyler Austin, Harrison Bader, Franklin Barreto, Greg Bird, Ryan Boruki, Justin Bour, Jeimer Candelario, Andrew Cashner, Luis Castillo, Welington Castillo, Wei-Yin Chen, Steve Chisek, Willson Contreras, Dylan Covey, Chris Davis, Paul DeJong, Anthony DeSclafani, Rafael Devers, Derek Dietrich, Adam Eaton, Phillip Ervin, Marco Estrada, Doug Fister, Logan Forsythe, Freddy Galvis, Avisail Garcia, Greg Garcia, Jarlin Garcia, Mitch Garver, Kevin Gausman (NL Only), Craig Gentry, Mychal Givens, Tyler Glasnow (NL Only), Austin Gomber, Yan Gomes, Adrian Gonzalez, Niko Goodrum, Dee Gordon, Sonny Gray, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Ronald Guzman, Josh Harrison, Austin Hedges, Jeremy Hellickson, Cesar Hernandez, Teoscar Hernandez, David Hess, Jason Heyward, Derek Holland, Nick Hundley, Chris Ianetta, Edwin Jackson, Travis Jankowski, Jason Kipnis, Chad Kuhl, Jorge Lopez, Seth Lugo, Jordan Luplow, Jordan Lyles, Tyler Mahle, Luke Maile, Martin Maldonado, Trey Mancini, Manuel Margot, Carlos Martinez, Tommy Milone, Frankie Montas, Kendrys Morales, Colin Moran, Yairo Munoz, Daniel Murphy, Omar Navarez, Ryan O’Hearn, Shohei Ohtani (As Pitcher), Matt Olson, Tyler O’Neill, Joe Panik, Thomas Pannone, Steve Pearce, Joc Pederson, Luis Perdomo, Martin Perez, Tommy Pham, Brett Phillips, Jurickson Profar, Albert Pujols, Noé Ramirez, Wilson Ramos, Sean Reid-Foley, Victor Reyes, 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, Dansby Swanson, 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., Chris Archer, Jaime Barria, Chris Bassitt, Jose Bautista, Jalen Beeks, Tim Beckham, Matt Belisle, Christian Bergman, Chad Bettis, Charlie Blackmon, Matthew Boyd, Michael Brantley, Steven Brault, Lewis Brinson, Robinson Cano, 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, Tyler Glasnow (AL Only), Carlos Gomez, Alex Gordon, Daniel Gossett, Robbie Grossman, Robert Gsellman, Jason Hammel, Ian Happ, Blaine Hardy, David Hernandez, Elieser Hernandez, David Hess, John Hicks, Jonathan Holder, Jared Hughes, Jon Jay, Brian Johnson, Aaron Judge, Tommy Kahnle, Howie Kendrick, Ian Kennedy, Max Kepler, Kevin Kiermaier, Scott Kingery, Matt Koch, Juan Lagares, Evan Longoria, Joey Lucchesi, Dixon Machado, Matt Magill, Ketel Marte, T. J. McFarland, Austin Meadows, 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, 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, Rowdy Tellez, Eric Thames, Devon Travis, Sam Tuivailala, Justin Upton, José Váldez, Danny Valencia, Drew VerHagen, Jesse Winkler, Alex Wood, Ryan Yarbrough, Ben Zobrist, Mike Zunino

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