Well, that was awhile. My computer crashed while I was on vacation, leaving me unable to do all of the MVPs of Yesterday from the 13th to the 23rd. Needless to say, to go back day-by-day would be a time-consuming folly, but thankfully, Sully over at MLB reports does something somewhat similar to “MVP of Yesterday”, called “Who Owned Baseball”. He’s given me permission to use his picks* as research to help to me retroactively give MVPs of Yesterday, for which I am very grateful. So, pay him a solid if you are reading this and go check out MLB Reports. They’ve got some good stuff over there.
So, without further adieu, here are the MVPs from when I was gone:
8-13: Mitch Moreland
8-14: Matt Kemp (the first cycle in Padres history)
8-15: Jackie Bradley Jr.
8-16: Madison Bumgarner
8-17: Brian McCann
8-18: Curtis Granderson
8-19: Jesse Chavez
8-20: Chris Archer
8-21: Mike Fiers (No-Hitter… so duh)
8-22: Paul Goldschmidt
8-23: Clayton Kershaw (seriously, what were they thinking pulling him?)
Standings, as always, after the jump, and thanks again to Sully!
*(He picks multiple WOB winners, including half-winners for people who were good in losing efforts, while I just pick one every day and it’s full credit even if they were in a losing effort)
Standings:
Clayton Kershaw: 6
Corey Kluber: 5
Dallas Keuchel: 4
Madison Bumgarner: 4
Albert Pujols: 3
Mike Trout: 3
Johnny Cueto: 3
Josh Collmenter: 2
Bryce Harper: 2
Miguel Cabrera: 2
Shelby Miller: 2
Jason Hammel: 2
Jacob deGrom: 2
Adam Jones: 2
Yunel Escobar: 2
Max Scherzer: 2
Joey Votto: 2
Carlos Gonzalez: 2
Sonny Gray: 2
Carlos Carrasco: 2
Chris Archer: 2
Jason Heyward: 1
Buster Posey: 1
Adrian Gonzalez: 1
Matt Harvey: 1
Jimmy Nelson: 1
Jorge Soler: 1
Chase Utley: 1
Collin McHugh: 1
John Lackey: 1
Masahiro Tanaka: 1
Luis Valbuena: 1
Zack Cozart: 1
David Phelps: 1
Felix Hernandez: 1
Rubby De La Rosa: 1
Alex Gordon: 1
Danny Duffy: 1
Marcell Ozuna: 1
Miguel Gonzalez: 1
Tim Lincecum: 1
Yasmani Grandal: 1
Alexei Ramirez: 1
Michael Pineda: 1
Jake Arrieta: 1
Kyle Lohse: 1
Brandon Crawford: 1
Kendrys Morales: 1
Mike Wright: 1
Justin Upton: 1
Drew Hutchinson: 1
Josh Donaldson: 1
Noah Syndegaard: 1
Josh Hamilton: 1
Martin Maldonado: 1
Joey Gallo: 1
Mike Leake: 1
Chi Chi Gonzalez: 1
Jose Bautista: 1
Chris Sale: 1
Chris Heston: 1
Yasiel Puig: 1
Scott Kazmir: 1
Justin Smoak: 1
C.J. Wilson: 1
Francisco Liriano: 1
Brock Holt: 1
Tommy Milone: 1
J.D. Martinez: 1
Marco Estrada: 1
Yovani Gallardo: 1
Steven Matz: 1
Clay Buchholz: 1
Carlos Gomez: 1
C.J. Cron: 1
Mat Latos: 1
Jon Lester: 1
Zack Greinke: 1
Danny Salazar: 1
Taylor Jungmann: 1
Kirk Nieuwenhuis: 1
Wade Miley: 1
Kyle Schwarber: 1
Chris Tillman: 1
Cole Hamels: 1
David Ortiz: 1
Brandon Phillips: 1
Taijuan Walker: 1
Andre Ethier: 1
Adrian Beltre: 1
Steven Wright: 1
Mitch Moreland: 1
Matt Kemp: 1
Jackie Bradley Jr.: 1
Brian McCann: 1
Curtis Granderson: 1
Jesse Chavez: 1
Mike Fiers: 1
Paul Goldschmidt: 1