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Who Owned Baseball August 10, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Ronald Guzman homered three times to lead the Rangers past the Yankees, 12-7.
Johan Camargo singled twice and doubled twice, drove in 2 and scored 2 as the Braves thrashed the Brewers, 10-1.
Carlos Rodon held the Indians scoreless for 8 innings, allowing 4 hits. He did not get the decision but did set up the White Sox 1-0 walk off win.
Anthony DeSclafani threw 7 shutout innings, striking out 9, as the Reds blanked Arizona, 3-0.
They all owned baseball on August 10, 2018
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Who Owned Baseball April 25, 2018 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2018 #WOB

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Justin Verlander kept the Angels hitless into the 5th and finished with 7 innings, 4 hits, 2 runs, 9 strikeouts, no walks and a 5-2 decision for the Astros.
Jon Gray struck out 11 Padres over 6 innings of 3 hit shutout ball to earn the 5-2 Colorado victory.
Nicholas Castellanos reached base 5 times, including a homer and 4 RBI in the Tigers 13-10 slug fest Game 1 win over Pittsburgh. He added another hit and RBI in the nightcap which Detroit dropped.
Matt Adams singled, doubled and launched a homer, driving in 6 runs as the Nationals demolished the Giants, 15-2.
They all owned baseball on April 25, 2018
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Who Owned Baseball May 24, 2017 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings

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Robbie Ray struck out 9 Brewers in 7 shutout 2 hit innings and earned the 4-0 decision for Arizona.
Matt Andriese threw 8 shutout innings, scattering 6 hits, striking out 5 Angels batters and won the game for Tampa Bay, 4-0.
Francisco Cervelli collected 4 hits, driving in a pair, to help the Pirates beat Atlanta, 9-4.
Carlos Correa got 3 hits, including a homer, to lead the Astros past Detroit, 7-6.
They all owned baseball on May 25, 2017
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Jameson Taillon’s First MLB Win Took a While, But the Timing Was Perfect For the Pirates
From the moment he got drafted to the moment he officially earned his first big-league victory, this was not how Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Jameson Taillon imagined it would all happen. That doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth the wait, though.
Expectations were high within seconds of him learning he was taken with the second overall pick in the 2010 MLB draft — right after Bryce Harper and right before Manny Machado. Those expectations continued growing after just 23 career minor league starts when analysts began mentioning him as one of baseball’s top 20 prospects. He continued proving those analysts right as he rose all the way up to Triple-A as a 21-year-old in 2013.
And then suddenly, everything had to be put on hold. In the blink of an eye, Taillon went from being a stud top prospect on the verge of his big-league debut to being sidelined with injuries for two full seasons.
Then, it happened – the call Taillon was anticipating on getting sometime during 2014 finally came on June 8 in front of the home crowd at PNC Park against the New York Mets. It wasn’t a Stephen Strasburg-like debut, but it wasn’t too shabby. The right-hander delivered a quality start by allowing three runs on six hits, two walks and three strikeouts in six innings of work.
Little did he know how soon and how important his second MLB start would be.
The Pittsburgh Pirates Payroll In 2016 + Roster That Could Have Been
Jason Rollison (Featured BBBA Writer/Owner – piratesbreakdown.com)
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After a second consecutive exit from the playoffs by way of the wild card game, the Pittsburgh Pirates promised a bigger payroll this season, but could they have done better?
In December, Neal Huntington and Frank Connelly both hinted the Pirates target payroll would be approximately $105 million for opening day. As it stands, the Pirates opening day payroll was about $100 million.
That wouldn’t be so bad if the team’s pitching staff wasn’t off to a rough start, the first base platoon partner wasn’t gone after two weeks, and the Cubs weren’t the center of the baseball universe at the moment. The saying goes, “hindsight is 20/20,” but we consider what could have been if the Pirates had spent their money a little differently.
Let’s start with the breakdown of the opening day payroll broken down by position: (Note: Only players included on opening day 25-man roster/DL are included below.)
The rules for this little experiment are simple. We cannot exceed $105 million, and our payroll has to include 28 players due to Jared Hughes, Elias Diaz, and Jung-Ho Kang starting the season on the major league disabled list.
If we choose any players the Pirates did not sign, we will assume the Pirates could have signed said player(s) to the same terms. Knowing what we know now, here’s a look at what the Pirates roster could have been.
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MLB DFS Picks For FanDuel – 4/23/16

Bryce Harper has finally come of age as a budding superstar in the league with 42 HRs in the 2015 season – which tied him for the NL Lead. He may be capable of launching up a 50 HR season in his career really soon, and has 8 HRs and 22 RBI though the Nats first 16 Games Played so far. He is averaging 14.6 PPG on FanDuel, and will be a part of any roster I fill out as the main player, unless an awesome Lefty is opposed to him like Kershaw or Bumgarner. Using a guy like Michael Taylor to offset the $ is always a good move, or another lateral player that hits 1 – 4 in any lineup and is in the $2500 – $2900 range.
Hunter Stokes (Chief Writer/Part Owner)
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I will open up by saying that most good fantasy players will play several lineup entries into the contests. To save face, all of us also will put at least one roster up that takes Coors Field into consideration.
This website knows all to well what the home ballpark in Colorado does for the hitter. How about hitting .315 as a BA for positional hitters for the Rockies 0 even in the ‘humidor era’?
All the exposing the balls to that room has done is take away the sick amount of homers that were hit. The spacious outfield is still prone to lots of base knocks.
The reason why I won’t post that lineup is because it won’t help you win any money. The more players that are wagered on (and not unique) makes it unlikely to win any serious money. You must factor it in to just break even though.
On Saturday, I am loving using Michael Wacha versus San Diego. Maybe he will have better success against the Padres than his fellow chucker Adam Wainwright had.
With savings to the lineup placed forth by putting in a Danny Espinosa, and creative other value priced Nats in Michael Taylor, we are able to secure Bryce Harper. I love adding Taylor to offset Harper’s $5900 price tag. With him leading off a lot, it provides decent chances to at least provide value.
As for the Catcher, I can always switch out before the lineup locks should Matt Wieters not be confident in starting (he never played Friday). Stephen Vogt, Francisco Cervelli or Miguel Montero would be all right to take the spot. Read the rest of this entry
Who Owned Baseball April 9, 2016 (Daily AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings

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Matt Kemp went 3 for 5 with a pair of homers and 6 RBI as the Padres offense continued to wake up against Colorado, 16-3.
Colby Rasmus homered twice in Houston’s 6-4 victory in Milwaukee.
Vincent Velasquez threw six shutout innings, striking out 9 Mets and earned the first Phillies win of the season, 1-0.
Rich Hill struck out 10 Seattle batters over six, allowing 1 run and 1 walk and got the 6-1 Oakland win.
They all owned baseball on April 9, 2016.
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WTF Pittsburgh? Are You Contenders Or Are You At The Kids Table?

This Pirates club has made themselves relevant in the NL for the last 3 years with appearing in the Wild Card game – and pushing the Cards to the brink of elimination in 2014. However this organization has looked petty in looking too much to the bottom line so far this offseason. They have lost 4 players from the 98 win team of 2015 – and only have Jon Niese and Juan Nicasio as guys that help the MLB squad in 2016. They still have 3 months to go, but thus far the winter has been a tire fire.
Hunter Stokes (Chief Writer) Follow @stokes_hunter21
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What the hell are the Pirates doing this offseason?!! I mean I have tonnes of respect for Neil Huntington – however the brass has made some highly questionable moves to save some money.
The Pittsburgh window to win is 2 – 3 more years, yet it almost looks likes the management is throwing a preemptive strike to blow the club up.
Okay, I may be overstating the facts a little here – as there is still well over 3 months before the club even hits Spring Training.
The club first non-tendered Pedro Alvarez – rather than head to the last year of Arbitration with him. He would have made in the neighborhood of $10 MIL in 2016 – I get that, but losing a 25 – 30 HR out of your lineup will be tough to adjust for. Read the rest of this entry
Who Owns October In MLB Playoffs 2015? (#WOO) Tallies Updated For October 12, 2015
Time to figure out who owns October!
Each winning team for every post season game gets a pitcher and a hitter who earn a full WOO (Who Owns October.)
And at my discretion, I award a 1/2 WOO’S to a worthy player on the losing team.
At the end of the post season, we will see who had the highest WOO total as a pitcher and a hitter.
A complete description of the rules can be found HERE.
From October 12th. AL & NL Division Series:
Receiving 1 WOO’s
Jake Arrieta did not have his best stuff. But his 9 strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings was enough to earn the 8-6 Cubs victory over St. Louis.
Travis d’Arnaud broke open a close game with a 2 run homer, finishing the game with three hits, three runs scored and three RBI as the Mets demolished the Dodgers 13-7.
Wade Davis threw a 6 out save, squelching any hope for a Houston comeback and sealing the 9-6 victory for the Royals.
R. A. Dickey allowed 5 hits, 1 run and no walks over 4 2/3 innings. He was taken out before he was eligible for the win, but was pitching just fine in Toronto’s 8-4 win against the Rangers.
Matt Harvey may not have looked like an ace, but he pitched well enough to win. He struck out 7 in 5 innings, allowing 3 runs, 2 earned and got the 13-7 decision for the Mets over the Dodgers.
Eric Hosmer went 2 for 5 with a homer and 3 RBI and helped the Royals dizzying comeback against Houston, 9-6.
Kevin Pillar collected 3 hits including a homer, driving in 3 to help the Blue Jays stay alive in the series, 8-4 against Texas.
Jorge Soler reached base 4 times, including a homer, driving in 2 and leading the Cubs in an unexpected slug fest win, 8-6 over St. Louis.
Receiving 1/2 WOO’s
Current ‘WOO’ Totals MLB 2015:
Hitters ‘WOO’ MLB 2015,
Delino DeShields – Rangers 2, Jorge Soler – Cubs 2, Colby Rasmus – Astros 1 1/2, Jose Altuve – Astros 1, Chris Carter – Astros 1, Travis d’Arnaud – Mets 1, Dexter Fowler – Cubs 1, Eric Hosmer – Royals 1, Salvador Perez – Royals 1, Kevin Pillar – Blue Jays 1, Stephen Piscotty – Cardinals 1, Troy Tulowitzki – Blue Jays 1, Justin Turner – Dodgers 1, David Wright – Mets 1, Lorenzo Cain – Royals 1/2, Francisco Cervelli – Pirates 1/2, Yoenis Cespedes – Mets 1/2, Carlos Correa – Astros 1/2, Edwin Encarnacion – Blue Jays 1/2, Adrian Gonzalez – Dodgers 1/2, Didi Gregorius – Yankees 1/2, Jason Heyward – Cardinals 1/2, Howie Kendrick – Dodgers 1/2, Kendrys Morales – Royals 1/2, Rougned Odor – Rangers 1/2, Ben Revere – Blue Jays 1/2, Kyle Schwarber – Cubs 1/2, Kolten Wong – Cardinals 1/2,
Pitchers ‘WOO’ MLB 2015,
Jake Arrieta – Cubs 2, Wade Davis – Royals 2, Dallas Keuchel – Astros 2, Jake Arrieta – Cubs 1, Jacob deGrom – Mets 1, R. A. Dickey – Blue Jays 1, Jake Diekman – Rangers 1, Marco Estrada – Blue Jays 1, Zack Greinke – Dodgers 1, Cole Hamels – Rangers 1, Matt Harvey – Mets 1, John Lackey – Cardinals 1, Collin McHugh – Astros 1, Travis Wood – Cubs 1, Clayton Kershaw – Dodgers 1/2, Jon Lester – Cubs 1/2, Lance McCullers – Astros 1/2, Marcus Stroman – Blue Jays 1/2, Noah Syndergaard – Mets 1/2, Chris Young – Royals 1/2,
Who Owns October In MLB Playoffs 2015? (#WOO) Tallies Updated For October 11, 2015
The Blue Jays win will ensure one more day where 4 games are played. Meanwhile I don’t think Houston has loved Dallas this much EVER!
Time to figure out who owns October!
Each winning team for every post season game gets a pitcher and a hitter who earn a full WOO (Who Owns October.)
And at my discretion, I award a 1/2 WOO’S to a worthy player on the losing team.
At the end of the post season, we will see who had the highest WOO total as a pitcher and a hitter.
A complete description of the rules can be found HERE.
From October 10th. NL Division Series Game 2:
Receiving 1 WOO’s
Chris Carter collected 3 hits including a double and a homer to lead Houston’s attack as they beat the Royals 4-2.
Marco Estrada went into the 7th and finished with 6 1/3 innings, allowing 5 hits 1 runs and no walks and earned a season saving victory for the Blue Jays over Texas, 5-1.
Dallas Keuchel pitched 7 strong innings, striking out 7 and allowing 5 hits, including a solo homer for his only earned run, and was credit with the Astros 4-2 win over the Royals.
Troy Tulowitzki reached base 3 times, broke open the game with a 3 run homer and drove in 4 of the Blue Jays 5 runs as they won in Texas 5-1.
Receiving 1/2 WOO’s
Lorenzo Cain homered and walked but his Royals fell to the Astros, 4-2.
Rougned Odor drove in the Rangers only run and helped turn 3 double plays in the field in the Blue Jays 5-1 victory.
Current ‘WOO’ Totals MLB 2015:
Hitters ‘WOO’ MLB 2015,
Delino DeShields – Rangers 2, Colby Rasmus – Astros 1 1/2, Jose Altuve – Astros 1, Chris Carter – Astros 1, Marco Estrada – Blue Jays 1, Dexter Fowler – Cubs 1, Salvador Perez – Royals 1, Stephen Piscotty – Cardinals 1, Jorge Soler – Cubs 1, Troy Tulowitzki – Blue Jays 1, Justin Turner – Dodgers 1, David Wright – Mets 1, Lorenzo Cain – Royals 1/2, Francisco Cervelli – Pirates 1/2, Yoenis Cespedes – Mets 1, Edwin Encarnacion – Blue Jays 1/2, Didi Gregorius – Yankees 1/2, Howie Kendrick – Dodgers 1/2, Kendrys Morales – Royals 1/2, Rougned Odor – Rangers 1/2, Ben Revere – Blue Jays 1/2, Kyle Schwarber – Cubs 1/2, Kolten Wong – Cardinals 1/2,
Pitchers ‘WOO’ MLB 2015,
Dallas Keuchel – Astros 2, Jake Arrieta – Cubs 1, Wade Davis – Royals 1, Jacob deGrom – Mets 1, Jake Diekman – Rangers 1, Zack Greinke – Dodgers 1, Cole Hamels – Rangers 1, John Lackey – Cardinals 1, Collin McHugh – Astros 1, Travis Wood – Cubs 1, Clayton Kershaw – Dodgers 1/2, Jon Lester – Cubs 1/2, Marcus Stroman – Blue Jays 1/2, Noah Syndergaard – Mets 1/2, Chris Young – Royals 1/2,
Who Owned Baseball June 27, 2016 (Daily #MLB AL/NL Pitcher + Hitter MVP’s) + 2016 #WOB Standings
Jun 28
Posted by Paul Francis Sullivan
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Kris Bryant went 5 for 5 with 3 homers, driving in 6 and scoring 4 to lead the Cubs in a wild 11-8 slugfest in Cincinnati.
Jon Gray struck out 8 Blue Jays over 7 innings, walking none and worked around a pair of homers to get the 9-5 victory for Colorado.
Nick Franklin singled, doubled and homered, driving in 5 runs as the Rays snapped their losing streak, 13-7 over Boston.
Danny Duffy pitched 8 innings, allowing 2 runs, walking none and struck out 8 Cardinals batters to earn the 6-2 decision for the Royals.
They all owned baseball on June 27, 2016.
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