Who Owned Baseball September 16, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVPs) + 2018 #WOB

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Justin Verlander struck out 11 Diamondbacks over 7 innings, giving up just 3 hits and 1 run to earn the 5-4 decision for the Astros.

Adam Wainwright threw 6 shutout innings, striking out 9 and pushed the Cardinals into a Wild Card tie with a 5-0 blanking of the Dodgers.

Johnny Field homered, doubled and added a pair of singles, driving in 2 to help the Twins past the Royals, 9-6.

Anthony Rendon reached base 4 times, homered and drove in a pair to help the Nationals top Atlanta, 6-4.

They all owned baseball on September 16, 2018

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Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Lance Lynn struck out 7 Blue Jays over 5 innings, allowing only a single run. He was taken out early and the Yankees bullpen blew the lead and the game, 3-2.

Jacob deGrom threw 7 innings, striking out 12 Red Sox and allowed 3 runs. The Mets bullpen lost one of his starts again, this time 4-3.

Daniel Palka homered twice in the White Sox 8-4 loss to Baltimore.

David Peralta got on base 3 times, homering and scoring twice but the Diamondbacks were edged out by the Astros, 5-4.

Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Mike Trout, – 10 1/2

Francisco Lindor, – 7

Alex Bregman, – 6

Khris Davis, – 6

Mookie Betts, – 5 1/2

Nelson Cruz, – 5 1/2

Jose Ramirez, – 5

Eddie Rosario, – 5 (AL ONLY)

Miguel Andujar, – 4 1/2

Nicholas Castellanos, – 4

Xander Bogaerts, – 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

Didi Gregorius, – 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

Randal Grichuk, – 3

Jed Lowrie, – 3

Shohei Ohtani, – 3 (As Hitter)

Daniel Palka, – 3

Josh Reddick, – 3

Gary Sanchez, – 3

Jose Abreu, – 2 1/2

Yonder Alonso, – 2 1/2

Leonys Martin, – 2 1/2

Joe Mauer, – 2 1/2

Denard Span, – 2 1/2

George Springer, – 2 1/2

Jose Altuve, – 2

Carlos Correa, – 2

Yandy Diaz, – 2

Eduardo Escobar, – 2

Joey Gallo, – 2

Brett Gardner, – 2

Curtis Granderson, – 2

Adam Jones, – 2

Ramon Laureano, – 2

Victor Martinez, – 2

Whit Merrifield, – 2

Yoan Moncada, – 2

Stephen Piscotty, – 2
Hanley Ramirez, – 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

Johnny Field, – 1 1/2

Marwin Gonzalez, – 1 1/2

Yuli Gurriel, – 1 1/2

Trey Mancini, – 1 1/2

Mike Moustakas, – 1 1/2 (AL ONLY)

Rougned Odor, – 1 1/2

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 – 8 1/2

Scooter Gennett – 6 1/2

Bryce Harper – 6 1/2

Matt Carpenter, – 6

Paul Goldschmidt, – 5

Anthony Rendon, – 5

Ronald Acuña, Jr. – 4 1/2

Nick Markakis -4 1/2

David Peralta, – 4 1/2

Matt Kemp – 4

Brandon Nimmo, – 4

Jose Peraza, – 4

J. T. Realmuto, – 4

Anthony Rizzo – 4

Trevor Story, – 4

Ozzie Albies – 3 1/2

Lorenzo Cain, – 3 1/2

Juan Soto, – 3 1/2

Christian Yelich, – 3 1/2

Matt Adams – 3

Brandon Belt – 3

Asdrubal Cabrera – 3

DJ LeMahieu, – 3

Yadier Molina, – 3

Yasiel Puig, – 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

Rhys Hoskins, – 2 1/2

Jose Martinez – 2 1/2

Andrew McCutchen, – 2 1/2 (NL Only)

Max Muncy – 2 1/2

Marcell Ozuna, – 2 1/2

JT Riddle, – 2 1/2

Nick Ahmed, – 2

Nolan Arenado, – 2

Ian Desmond – 2

Corey Dickerson, – 2

Maikel Franco – 2

Odubel Herrera, – 2

Wil Myers, – 2

Joc Pederson, – 2

A. J. Pollock – 2

Eugenio Suarez – 2

Justin Turner, – 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

Joey Votto, – 1 1/2

Kolten Wong, – 1 1/2

Ryan Zimmerman, – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Justin Verlander, – 8 1/2

Carlos Carrasco – 8

Corey Kluber, – 8

Chris Sale, – 8

José Berríos, – 7

Charlie Morton, – 7

Dallas Keuchel – 5 1/2

James Paxton, – 5 1/2

Trevor Bauer, – 5

Rick Porcello, – 5

Blake Snell, – 5

Masahiro Tanaka, – 5

Gerrit Cole, – 4 1/2

Andrew Heaney – 4 1/2

Mike Leake, – 4 1/2

Kyle Gibson, – 4

David Price, – 4

Luis Severino – 4

Mike Clevinger, – 3 1/2

Nathan Eovaldi, – 3 1/2

Lucas Giolito, – 3 1/2

Reynaldo Lopez, – 3 1/2

Sean Manaea, – 3 1/2

Daniel Mengden, – 3 1/2

Lance McCullers Jr. – 3 1/2

Shane Bieber, – 3

Dylan Bundy, – 3

Danny Duffy, – 3

Mike Fiers, – 3

Jakob Junis, – 3

Reynaldo Lopez, – 3

Lance Lynn, – 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

Jake Odorizzi, – 2 1/2

Carlos Rodon, – 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

Francisco Liriano, – 2

Aaron Sanchez, – 2

Jordan Zimmermann, 2

Brett Anderson, – 1 1/2

Ryan Boruki, – 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

Mike Minor, – 1 1/2

Felix Pena, – 1 1/2

Adam Putko, – 1 1/2

Garrett Richards, – 1 1/2

Marcus Stroman, – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Max Scherzer, – 11

Jacob deGrom, – 10

Aaron Nola, – 9

Zack Greinke, – 5 1/2

Julio Teheran, – 5 1/2

Mike Foltynewicz, – 5

Chris Stratton, – 5

Zack Wheeler, – 5

Jake Arrieta, – 4 1/2

Kyle Freeland, – 4 1/2

Kenta Maeda, – 4 1/2

Madison Bumgarner, – 4

Patrick Corbin, – 4

Jose Urena, – 4

Trevor Williams, – 4

Chase Anderson, – 3 1/2

Tyler Anderson, – 3 1/2

Walker Buehler, – 3 1/2

Jack Flaherty, – 3 1/2

Jon Lester, – 3 1/2

German Marquez, – 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

John Gant, – 2 1/2

Zack Godley, – 2 1/2

Kyle Hendricks, – 2 1/2

Clayton Kershaw, – 2 1/2

Sean Newcomb, – 2 1/2

José Quintana, – 2 1/2

Dereck Rodriguez, – 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

Robbie Ray, – 2

Noah Syndergaard, – 2

Luke Weaver, – 2

Sandy Alcantara, – 1 1/2

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

Junior Guerra, – 1 1/2

Cole Hamels (NL Only), – 1 1/2

Derek Holland, – 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

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)

Andrew McCutchen, – 3 1/2 (2 1/2 with NL, 1 with AL)

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, Greg Allen, Aaron Altherr, Brian Anderson, Francisco Arcia, Willians Astudillo, Tyler Austin, Harrison Bader, Franklin Barreto, Greg Bird, Charlie Blackmon, 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, 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, Manuel Margot, Carlos Martinez,Andrew McCutchen (AL Only), 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, Trea Turner, Luis Valbuena, Luke Voit, Adam Wainwright, 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, Matthew Boyd, Michael Brantley, Steven Brault, Lewis Brinson, Robinson Cano, Curt Casali, Jake Cave, Yoenis Cespedes, Yonny Chirinos, Taylor Cole, J. P. Crawford, Elias Diaz, Nicky Delmonico, Odrisamer Despaigne, Brian Dozier, Lucas Duda, Jacob Faria, David Fletcher, Wilmer Flores, Wilmer Font, Michael Fulmer, Jaime Garcia, Evan Gattis, Sam Gaviglio, Tyler Glasnow (AL Only), Carlos Gomez, Stephen Gonsalves, Alex Gordon, Daniel Gossett, Robbie Grossman, Robert Gsellman, Jason Hammel, Ian Happ, Blaine Hardy, Matt Harvey, 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, Peter O’Brien, Hunter Pence, Hernan Perez, Yusmeiro Petit, Kevin Pillar, Daniel Poncedeleon, Austin Pruitt, Cody Reed, 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, Chris Taylor, Rowdy Tellez, Eric Thames, Devon Travis, Sam Tuivailala, Justin Upton, José Váldez, Danny Valencia, Drew VerHagen, Jesse Winkler, Patrick Wisdom, Alex Wood, Ryan Yarbrough, Ben Zobrist, Mike Zunino

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