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
Yu Darvish: 4
Mike Trout: 4
Jon Lester: 4
Max Scherzer: 4
Corey Kluber: 4
Adam Jones: 3
Jacob DeGrom: 3
Tanner Roark: 2
Seth Smith: 2
Jesse Chavez: 2
Lance Lynn: 2
Rick Porcello: 2
Kevin Kiermaier: 2
Madison Bumgarner: 2
Garrett Richards: 2
Josh Donaldson: 2
Dee Gordon: 1
Mark Buehrle: 1
Ryan Braun: 1
Justin Upton: 1
Kyle Lohse: 1
Dan Uggla: 1
Johnny Cueto: 1
Ryan Howard: 1
Cliff Lee: 1
John Lackey: 1
Juan Uribe: 1
Junior Lake: 1
David Price: 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