Who Owned Baseball – August 8, 2019 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVPs) + 2019

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Let’s see owned baseball on August 8, 2019

Earning Full WOBs:

Madison Bumgarner took a no hitter into the 6th, finished with 7 innings of 1 hit shutout ball and got on base 3 times, scoring a run as the Giants blanked the Phillies, 5-0.

Nicholas Castellanos got on base 4 times, including 2 homers, to help the Cubs pound the Reds, 12-5.

Chris Sale struck out 13 Angels over 8 innings of 2 hit shut out ball to earn the 3-0 decision for the Red Sox.

Gio Urshela once again hit 2 homers, adding another single to his hit total as the Yankees doubled up Toronto, 12-6.

Earning 1/2 WOBs:

Charlie Blackmon hit a homer and a double in the Rockies 9-3 loss to the Padres.

Reese McGuire homered, doubled and hit 2 singles but the Blue Jays were beaten by the Yankees, 12-6.

Dillon Peters threw 6 innings, striking out 8 Boston batters, but took the hard luck 3-0 decision for the Angels.

Jeremy Walker held the Marlins to 1 run over 3 1/3 innings of bullpen saving relief in the Braves 9-2 defeat.

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Leaders for American League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2019

Mike Trout – 7 1/2

Nelson Cruz – 5

Yoán Moncada – 5

Gio Urshela – 5

Randal Grichuk – 4 1/2

Matt Chapman – 4

Rafael Devers – 3 1/2

Edwin Encarnación – 3 1/2

Joey Gallo – 3 1/2

Austin Meadows – 3 1/2

Marcus Semien – 3 1/2

Tim Beckham – 3

Xander Bogaerts – 3

Asdrubal Cabrera – 3

C. J. Cron – 3

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. – 3

Whit Merrifield – 3

Jorge Polanco – 3

Gleyber Torres – 3

Tim Anderson – 2 1/2

Mookie Betts – 2 1/2

Khris Davis – 2 1/2

Alex Gordon – 2 1/2

Aaron Judge – 2 1/2

Hunter Pence – 2 1/2

Danny Santana – 2 1/2

Daniel Vogelbach – 2 1/2

Luke Voit – 2 1/2

Jose Abreu – 2

Elvis Andrus – 2

Kole Calhoun – 2

Hunter Dozier – 2

Freddy Galvis – 2

Mitch Garver – 2

Ryon Healy – 2

Jason Kipnis – 2

Brandon Lowe – 2

Trey Mancini – 2

Roberto Pérez – 2

Eddie Rosario – 2

Carlos Santana – 2

Mallex Smith – 2

George Springer – 2

Jackie Bradley Jr – 1 1/2

Jeimer Candelario – 1 1/2

Jason Castro – 1 1/2

Michael Chavis – 1 1/2

Shin-Soo Choo – 1 1/2

Didi Gregorius – 1 1/2

Teoscar Hernández – 1 1/2

J. D. Martinez – 1 1/2

Adalberto Mondesi – 1 1/2

Shohei Ohtani – 1 1/2

Miguel Sanó – 1 1/2

Pedro Severino – 1 1/2

Jorge Soler – 1 1/2

Rowdy Tellez – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Hitters in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Josh Bell – 6 1/2

Christian Yelich – 6 1/2

Pete Alonso – 5

Javier Báez – 5

Cody Bellinger – 5

Eduardo Escobar – 5

Ronald Acuña Jr. – 4 1/2

Manny Machado – 4

Max Muncy – 4

Franmil Reyes – 4

Nolan Arenado – 3 1/2

Charlie Blackmon – 3 1/2

Bryce Harper – 3 1/2

Ketel Marte – 3 1/2

Hunter Renfroe – 3 1/2

Anthony Rendon – 3

Michael Conforto – 2 1/2

Derek Dietrich – 2 1/2

Starling Marté – 2 1/2

Brian McCann – 2 1/2

Mike Moustakas – 2 1/2

Daniel Murphy – 2 1/2

Juan Soto – 2 1/2

Ozzie Albies – 2

Orlando Arcia – 2

Austin Barnes – 2

Ryan Braun – 2

Garrett Cooper – 2

Brandon Crawford – 2

Jarrod Dyson – 2

José Iglesias – 2

José Martínez- 2

Trevor Story – 2

Jesus Aguilar – 1 1/2

David Bote – 1 1/2

Jay Bruce – 1 1/2

Kris Bryant – 1 1/2

Lorenzo Cain – 1 1/2

Robinson Canó – 1 1/2

Austin Dean – 1 1/2

Josh Donaldson – 1 1/2

Adam Frazier – 1 1/2

Paul Goldschmidt – 1 1/2

Evan Longoria – 1 1/2

Ryan McMahon – 1 1/2

Kevin Newman – 1 1/2

Marcell Ozuna – 1 1/2

A. J. Pollock – 1 1/2

J. T. Realmuto – 1 1/2

Jean Segura – 1 1/2

Eugenio Suárez – 1 1/2

Leaders for American League Pitchers in Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Shane Bieber – 11

Trevor Bauer – 9 (AL Only)

Justin Verlander – 8 1/2

Gerrit Cole – 7 1/2

Mike Minor – 7 1/2

Lance Lynn – 7

José Berríos – 6

Chris Sale – 5

Yonny Chirinos – 4 1/2

Charlie Morton – 4 1/2

Masahiro Tanaka – 4 1/2

Kyle Gibson – 4

Reynaldo López – 4

Martín Pérez – 4

Marcus Stroman – 4

Lucas Giolito – 3 1/2

Brad Keller – 3 1/2

Blake Snell – 3 1/2

Homer Bailey – 3

Mike Fiers – 3

CC Sabathia – 3

Griffin Canning – 2 1/2

Jakob Junis – 2 1/2

Mike Leake – 2 1/2

Frankie Montas – 2 1/2

Iván Nova – 2 1/2

Jake Odorizzi – 2 1/2

Felix Peña – 2 1/2

Brett Anderson – 2

Matthew Boyd – 2

Dylan Bundy – 2

Carlos Carrasco – 2

J. A. Happ – 2

James Paxton – 2

Aaron Sanchez – 2

Matt Shoemaker – 2

Asher Wojciechowski – 2

Chris Bassitt – 1 1/2

Danny Duffy – 1 1/2

Jack Flaherty – 1 1/2

Marco Gonzales – 1 1/2

Zach Plesac – 1 1/2

David Price – 1 1/2

Clayton Richard – 1 1/2

Adrian Sampson – 1 1/2

Trent Thornton – 1 1/2

Spencer Turnbull – 1 1/2

Leaders for National League Pitchers Who Owned Baseball for 2018

Jacob deGrom – 9

Patrick Corbin – 7

Max Scherzer – 7

Walker Buehler – 6

Luis Castillo – 6

Hyun-Jin Ryu – 6

Zack Greinke – 5 1/2 (NL Only)

Stephen Strasburg – 5 1/2 (4 1/2 as a pitcher, 1 as a hitter)

Noah Syndergaard – 5 1/2

Cole Hamels – 5

Miles Mikolas – 5

Clayton Kershaw – 4 1/2

Mike Soroka – 4 1/2

Madison Bumgarner – 4

Zach Eflin – 4

Jon Gray – 4

Sonny Gray – 4

Kyle Hendricks – 3 1/2

José Quintana – 3 1/2

German Márquez – 3

Aaron Nola – 3

Brandon Woodruff – 3

Dakota Hudson – 2 1/2

Kenta Maeda – 2 1/2

Robbie Ray – 2 1/2

Zack Wheeler – 2 1/2

Sandy Alcantara – 2

Chris Archer – 2

Yu Darvish – 2

Jerad Eickhoff – 2

Eric Lauer – 2

Joey Lucchesi – 2

Jordan Lyles – 2

Steven Matz – 2

Chris Paddack – 2

Trevor Richards – 2

José Ureña – 2

Jason Vargas – 2

Jake Arrieta – 1 1/2

Zach Davies – 1 1/2

Jack Flaherty – 1 1/2

Zac Gallen – 1 1/2

Dallas Keuchel – 1 1/2

Jon Lester – 1 1/2

Pablo Lopez – 1 1/2

Joe Musgrove – 1 1/2

Aníbal Sánchez – 1 1/2

Caleb Smith – 1 1/2

Michael Wacha – 1 1/2

Combined AL and NL WOB Total for Hitters 2019 MLB

Nicholas Castellanos – 1 1/2 (1 NL, 1/2 AL)

Players Who Owned Baseball For One Day in 2019 MLB

Matt Adams, Hanser Alberto, Greg Allen, Albert Almora Jr., José Altuve, Brian Anderson, Jake Bauers, Tyler Beede, Brandon Belt, Andrew Benintendi, Michael Brantley, Alex Bregman, Michael Brosseau, Miguel Cabrera, Andrew Cashner, Nicholas Castellanos (NL ONLY), Jhoulys Chacín, Jesse Chavez, Aaron Civale, Willson Contreras, J. P. Crawford, Travis d’Arnaud, Chris Davis, Paul DeJong, Corey Dickerson, Brian Dozier, Brandon Drury, Steven Duggar, Adam Duvall, Phillip Ervin, Dexter Fowler, Freddie Freeman, Ben Gamel, Avisail Garcia, Sam Gaviglio, Tyler Glasnow, Gio González, Marwin Gonzalez, Niko Goodrum, Robbie Grossman, Lourdes Gurriel Jr., Kyle Hendricks, Kiké Hernández, David Hess, Jason Heyward, Keston Hiura, Eric Hosmer, Rhys Hoskins, JaCoby Jones, Matt Joyce, Ariel Jurado, Brad Keller, Merrill Kelly, Max Kepler, Kevin Kiermaier, Scott Kingery, Ian Kinsler, Peter Lambert, Dinelson Lamet, D. J. LeMahieu, Jorge Lopez, Jonathan Lucroy, Jordan Luplow, Tyler Mahle, Manuel Margot, Nick Markakis, Steven Matz, Nomar Mazara, Oscar Mercado, Justin Miller, Omar Narváez, Renato Núñez, Rougned Odor, Matt Olson, Thomas Pannone, Joc Pederson, Dillon Peters, Josh Phegley, Kevin Pillar, Michael Pineda, Stephen Piscotty, Nick Pivetta, Buster Posey, Jurickson Profar, Yasiel Puig, Jose Ramirez, Josh Reddick, Austin Riley, Tanner Roark, Victor Robles, Eduardo Rodriguez, Amed Rosario, Tyson Ross, Jeff Samardzija, Gary Sanchez, Domingo Santana, Kyle Schwarber, Corey Seager, Kyle Seager, Jimmie Sherfy, Tyler Skaggs, Justin Smoak, Glenn Sparkman, Myles Straw, Hunter Strickland, Dansby Swanson, Mike Tauchman,Chris Taylor, Mike Thaiss, Justin Turner, José Urquidy, Framber Valdéz, Ildemaro Vargas, Alex Verdugo, Stephen Vogt, Joey Votto, Adam Wainwright, Christian Walker, Luke Weaver, J. B. Wendelken, Trevor Williams, Jesse Winkler, Ryan Yarbrough

Players Who Owned Earned 1/2 A WOB 2019 MLB

Jorge Alfaro, Logan Allen, Yordan Álvarez, Chase Anderson, Scott Barlow, Jacob Barnes, Tucker Barnhart, Jalen Beeks, Cavan Biggio, Andrew Blackmon, Melky Cabrera, Trevor Cahill, Victor Caratini, Matt Carpenter, Nicholas Castellanos (AL ONLY), Harold Castro, Starlin Castro, Matt Chapman, Cheslor Cuthbert, David Dahl, Anthony DeSclafani, Delino DeShields, Ross Detwiler, Kyle Dowdy, Jon Duplantier, Adam Eaton, Robbie Erlin, Thomas Eshelman, Marco Estrada, Peter Fairbanks, Tyler Flowers, Kyle Freeland, Cam Gallagher, Kevin Gausman, Dee Gordon, Terrance Gore, Yasmani Grandal, Ryne Harper, Matt Harvey, Adeiny Hechavarria, Elieser Hernández, Felix Hernandez, Aaron Hicks, Adrian Houser, Ender Inciarte, Danny Jansen, Jake Jewell, Ian Kennedy, Yusei Kikuchi, Branden Kline, Tommy La Stella, Ryan Lavarnway, Wade LeBlanc, Francisco Liriano, Tim Locastro, Jake Marisnick, Richie Martin, Andrew McCutchen, T. J. McFarland, Reese McGuire, Brendan McKay, Billy McKinney, Jeff McNeil, John Means, Adalberto Mejía, Wade Miley, Shelby Miller, Dylan Moore, Adam Morgan, Colin Moran, Tom Murphy, Dovydas Neverauskas, Jake Newberry, Daniel Norris, Wes Parsons, Brad Peacock, Tim Peterson, Tommy Pham, Manny Piña, Adam Plutko, Gregory Polanco, Drew Pomeranz, Albert Pujols, Cal Quantrill, Roman Quinn, Sean Reid-Foley, Zac Reininger, Bryan Reynolds, Anthony Rizzo, Ronny Rodriguez, Sean Rodríguez, Miguel Rojas, Tyler Saladino, Pablo Sandoval, Anthony Santander, Tayler Scott, Travis Shaw, Andrelton Simmons, Dominic Smith, Dwight Smith Jr., Will “Louisville” Smith, Cy Sneed, Chad Sobotka, Donovan Solano, Matt Strahm, Chris Stratton, Fernando Tatís Jr., Blake Treinen, Christian Vazquez, Vince Velasquez, Jonathan Villar, Jeremy Walker, Neil Walker, Ryan Weber, Tyler Webb, Matt Wisler, Kolten Wong, Hunter Wood, Alex Young, Ryan Zimmerman, Jordan Zimmermann

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