Who Owned Baseball – May 16, 2019 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVPs) + 2019

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Let’s see owned baseball on May 16, 2019

Earning Full WOBs:

Chris Bassitt threw 8 shutout innings, striking out 7 Tigers to earn the 17-3 decision for Oakland.

Luis Castillo struck out 6 Cubs in 5 1/3 innings, allowing 2 runs as the Reds beat the Cubs, 4-2.

Jason Kipnis hit his first 2 homers of the season, driving in 6, to help the Indians come from behind in a wild 14-7 win over Baltimore.

Christian Yelich homered twice, added another hit and stole a base as the Brewers clobbered Philadelphia, 11-3.

Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Robinson Cano got 3 hits, including a double, driving in a run and scoring another but the Mets comeback against Washington fell just short, 7-6.

Francisco Liriano struck out 3 Padres in his 1 1/3 innings of no hit shutout relief and was in line to be the pitcher of record. The Pirates bullpen allowed a game winning rally for a 4-2 loss.

Trey Mancini reached base 3 times, including a homer, driving in 3 but the Orioles were doubled up by Cleveland, 14-7.

Marcus Stroman allowed 1 earned run and 1 unearned run in 6 innings, striking out 6 White Sox batters along the way. The Toronto bullpen would drop the 4-2 decision.

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Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2019

Tim Beckham – 3

Yoán Moncada – 3

Mike Trout – 3

Khris Davis – 2 1/2

Jorge Polanco – 2 1/2

Tim Anderson – 2

Elvis Andrus – 2

Asdrubal Cabrera – 2

Alex Gordon – 2

Randal Grichuk – 2

Ryon Healy – 2

Hunter Pence – 2

Mookie Betts – 1 1/2

Xander Bogaerts – 1 1/2

Hunter Dozier – 1 1/2

Edwin Encarnación – 1 1/2

Joey Gallo – 1 1/2

Aaron Judge – 1 1/2

Austin Meadows – 1 1/2

Gleyber Torres – 1 1/2

Daniel Vogelbach – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Christian Yelich – 5

Cody Bellinger – 4

Josh Bell – 3 1/2

Franmil Reyes – 3 1/2

Pete Alonso – 2

Nolan Arenado – 2

Michael Conforto – 2

Jarrod Dyson – 2

Anthony Rendon – 2

Javier Baez – 1 1/2

Ryan Braun – 1 1/2

Derek Dietrich – 1 1/2

Paul Goldschmidt – 1 1/2

Bryce Harper – 1 1/2

Jose Martinez – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Trevor Bauer – 5

Justin Verlander – 4 1/2

Gerrit Cole – 3 1/2

Mike Minor – 3

Blake Snell – 3

Marcus Stroman – 3

Masahiro Tanaka – 3

José Berríos – 2 1/2

Shane Bieber – 2 1/2

Martín Pérez – 2 1/2

Carlos Carrasco – 2

Matt Shoemaker – 2

Chris Bassitt – 1 1/2

Yonny Chirinos – 1 1/2

Mike Fiers – 1 1/2

Reynaldo López – 1 1/2

Jake Odorizzi – 1 1/2

Chris Sale – 1 1/2

Trent Thornton – 1 1/2

Spencer Turnbull – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Patrick Corbin – 4

Zach Eflin – 3 1/2

Luis Castillo – 3

Jacob deGrom – 3

Zack Greinke – 3

Stephen Strasburg – 3

Hyun-Jin Ryu – 2 1/2

Jerad Eickhoff – 2

Jon Gray – 2

Cole Hamels – 2

Kyle Hendricks – 2

Clayton Kershaw – 2

Miles Mikolas – 2

Zack Wheeler – 2

Joe Musgrove – 1 1/2

Jose Quintana – 1 1/2

Mike Soroka – 1 1/2

Players Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2019 MLB

Jose Abreu, Ronald Acuña Jr., Jesus Aguilar, Ozzie Albies, Sandy Alcantara, Chris Archer, Jake Arrieta, Homer Bailey, Austin Barnes, Brandon Belt, David Bote, Walker Buehler, Madison Bumgarner, Dylan Bundy, Jeimer Candelario, Andrew Cashner, Jason Castro, Michael Chavis, Willson Contreras, C. J. Cron, Chris Davis, Zach Davies, Austin Dean, Steven Duggar, Eduardo Escobar, Dexter Fowler, Adam Frazier, Freddie Freeman, Avisail Garcia, Mitch Garver, Kyle Gibson, Tyler Glasnow, Marco Gonzales, Vladimir Guerrero Jr., J. A. Happ, Kyle Hendricks, David Hess, Jason Heyward, Rhys Hoskins, Jose Iglesias, Brad Keller, Merrill Kelly, Kevin Kiermaier, Scott Kingery, Ian Kinsler, Jason Kipnis, Jon Lester, Jorge Lopez, Brandon Lowe, Jonathan Lucroy, Jordan Luplow, Jordan Lyles, Lance Lynn, Kenta Maeda, Nick Markakis, German Márquez, Ketel Marte, Steven Matz, Ryan McMahon, Whit Merrifield, Justin Miller, Max Muncy, Chris Paddack, James Paxton, Joc Pederson, Felix Peña, Josh Phegley, Stephen Piscotty, Buster Posey, David Price, Jose Ramirez, Victor Robles, Eddie Rosario, Tyson Ross, Aaron Sanchez, Gary Sanchez, Carlos Santana, Max Scherzer, Jimmie Sherfy, Tyler Skaggs, Justin Smoak, Juan Soto, George Springer, Hunter Strickland, Noah Syndergaard, Justin Turner,José Ureña, Stephen Vogt, Luke Voit,

Players Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2019 MLB,

Jacob Barnes, Tucker Barnhart, Jalen Beeks, Andrew Benintendi, Blackmon, Matthew Boyd, Melky Cabrera, Miguel Cabrera, Lorenzo Cain, Robinson Cano, Matt Carpenter, Jhoulys Chacín, Matt Chapman, Yu Darvish, Kyle Dowdy, Brian Dozier, Danny Duffy, Jon Duplantier, Adam Eaton, Robbie Erlin, Marco Estrada, Tyler Flowers, Freddy Galvis, Kevin Gausman, Sam Gaviglio, Dee Gordon, Terrance Gore, Yasmani Grandal, Sonny Gray, Robbie Grossman, Ryne Harper, Matt Harvey, Felix Hernandez, Kiké Hernández, Dakota Hudson, Ian Kennedy, Tommy La Stella, Mike Leake, Francisco Liriano, Evan Longoria, Pablo Lopez, Manny Machado, Tyler Mahle, Trey Mancini, Manuel Margot, J. D. Martinez, Billy McKinney, Adalberto Mondesi, Frankie Montas, Dylan Moore, Adam Morgan, Colin Moran, Charlie Morton, Mike Moustakas, Tom Murphy, Jake Newberry, Aaron Nola, Ivan Nova, Wes Parsons, Tim Peterson, Tommy Pham, Gregory Polanco, A. J. Pollock, Yasiel Puig, Robbie Ray, Hunter Renfroe, Zac Reininger, Trevor Richards, Ronny Rodriguez, CC Sabathia, Pablo Sandoval, Danny Santana, Domingo Santana, Jean Segura, Marcus Semien, Pedro Severino, Travis Shaw, Andrelton Simmons, Caleb Smith,Dwight Smith Jr., Jorge Soler, Trevor Story, Matt Strahm, Blake Treinen, Gio Urshela, Christian Vazquez, Adam Wainwright, Neil Walker, Luke Weaver, Ryan Weber, J. B. Wendelken, Trevor Williams, Matt Wisler, Kolten Wong