There were several fine candidates for MVP of Yesterday. Stephen Strasburg, Carl Crawford, Aaron Harang, the Cubs grounds crew that basically got them the win…

But I’m going with Hisashi Iwakuma of the Mariners, who went 8 innings of 4-hit ball, a 0.5 WAR and 11 Ks (and no walks!).

Standings, as always… AFTER THE JUMP:

Clayton Kershaw: 5

Giancarlo Stanton: 5

Yu Darvish: 4

Mike Trout: 4

Jon Lester: 4

Max Scherzer: 4

Corey Kluber: 4

Troy Tulowitzki: 3

Felix Hernandez: 3

Adam Jones: 3

Jacob DeGrom: 3

Jose Fernandez: 2

Henderson Alvarez: 2

Tanner Roark: 2

Seth Smith: 2

Jesse Chavez: 2

Lance Lynn: 2

Rick Porcello: 2

Kevin Kiermaier: 2

Ervin Santana: 2

Madison Bumgarner: 2

Garrett Richards: 2

Drew Hutchison: 2

Josh Donaldson: 2

Hisashi Iwakuma: 2

Scott Van Slyke: 1

Dee Gordon: 1

Alejandro De Aza: 1

Freddie Freeman: 1

Mark Buehrle: 1

Chris Colabello: 1

Charlie Blackmon: 1

Nolan Arenado: 1

Ryan Braun: 1

Justin Upton: 1

Andrew Cashner: 1

Kyle Lohse: 1

Dan Uggla: 1

Johnny Cueto: 1

Ryan Howard: 1

Cliff Lee: 1

John Lackey: 1

Stephen Strasburg: 1

Jhonny Peralta: 1

Juan Uribe: 1

Ubaldo Jimenez: 1

Miguel Cabrera: 1

Corey Dickerson: 1

Daniel Murphy: 1

Junior Lake: 1

David Price: 1

Masahiro Tanaka: 1

Paul Goldschmidt: 1

Alex Gordon: 1

Todd Frazier: 1

Chris Davis: 1

Phil Hughes: 1

Chris Sale: 1

R.A. Dickey: 1

Josh Beckett: 1

Hyun-Jin Ryu: 1

Colin McHugh: 1

Josh Collmenter: 1

Hanley Ramirez: 1

Kyle Seager: 1

Matt Carpenter: 1

Jordan Zimmermann: 1

Lonnie Chisenhall: 1

Evan Gattis: 1

Cole Hamels: 1

Danny Duffy: 1

Vance Worley: 1

Donnie Murphy: 1

Zack Wheeler: 1

Tim Lincecum: 1

Jose Abreu: 1

Tyson Ross: 1

Jake Arrieta: 1

Nelson Cruz: 1

Jeff Samardzija: 1

Manny Machado: 1

Chris Johnson: 1

Elian Herrera: 1

Travis D’Arnaud:1

Jorge De La Rosa: 1

Yasiel Puig: 1

Carlos Santana: 1

J.P. Arencibia: 1

Tommy Medica: 1

Colby Lewis: 1

J.J. Hardy: 1

Chase Utley: 1

Jason Vargas: 1

Yovani Gallardo: 1

Michael Cuddyer: 1

Starling Marte: 1