Rockies pitcher Austin Gomber is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, White Sox pitcher Lance Lynn rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Player of the Day—Gomber struck out six over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 11-6 win over the Rangers.
Gomber earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.0 for the season, 32nd among all players and 18th among National League pitchers.
American League Player of the Day—Rays pitcher Ryan Yarbrough pitched a complete game, striking out six and allowing two runs, six hits and no walks, in the 9-2 win over the Yankees.
Yarbrough earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 5.7 for the season, 23rd among all players and 10th among AL pitchers.
National League Batter of the Day—Brandon Crawford of the Giants hit a three-run home run and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 7-2 win over the Cubs.
American League Batter of the Day—Jake Fraley of the Mariners hit a three-run homer and went 1-for-2, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 6-2 win over the Angels.
This was Fraley’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Fraley made his Major League debut Aug. 21, 2019, and was playing in his 28th career game.
Rankings—White Sox pitcher Lance Lynn rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Thursday.
Lynn (6IP 4H R 2BB 6K W in the 4-1 win over the Tigers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.7 for the season. He ranks third among AL pitchers, behind Tyler Glasnow of the Rays (10.7) and Gerrit Cole of the Yankees (10.7). He ranks ahead of Athletics pitcher Sean Manaea, who also has 7.7 Box-Toppers points, because Lynn has more 2020 Box-Toppers points—9.1 vs. 2.0.
Debut—In addition to Fraley, Braves pitcher Tucker Davidson also made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Davidson (5.2IP H 0R 5BB 5K ND in the 5-1 win over the Nationals) made his Major League debut Sept. 26, 2020, and was playing in his third career game.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2021. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, June 3.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 10.7 |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 10.7 |
| 3 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 10.4 |
| 4 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 8.4 |
| 5 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 8.4 |
| 6 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 8.0 |
| 7 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 7.7 |
| 8 | Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | chi al | 7.7 |
| 9 | Manaea, Sean 3637 | pi sp | oak al | 7.7 |
| 10 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | lad nl | 7.4 |
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Scoring—Gomber earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Yarbrough earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Crawford and Fraley each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
About Box-Toppers—Box-Toppers tracks who most helps their team win the most games. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team’s win. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.
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Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners
Here is the top player from each of the day’s games listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score (BTG).| 6/3 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +9.0 | COL 11, TEX 6 | Austin Gomber, (W 4‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| BAT | +5.0 | SF 7, CHC 2 | Brandon Crawford, SS | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| AL | +5.0 | TB 9, NYY 2 | Ryan Yarbrough, (W 3‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 9.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | |
| +4.2 | BOS 5, HOU 1 | Martin Pérez, (W 4‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| +4.2 | `ATL 5, WSH 1 | Tucker Davidson | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | SEA 6, LAA 2 | Jake Fraley, DH | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | CHW 4, DET 1 | Lance Lynn, (W 7‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| +3.0 | PIT 5, MIA 3 | Bryan Reynolds, CF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | MIL 7, ARI 4 | Christian Yelich, LF | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | KC 6, MIN 5 | Scott Barlow, (S 2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | CIN 4, STL 2 | Jesse Winker, LF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | SD 4, NYM 3 | Fernando Tatis Jr., SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.
NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.
BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.
All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
` Pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s Player of the Game winners
Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Player of the Game winners. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (’21). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’20-21), the period 2016-2021 (’16-21) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2021 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2020 total (+/-).| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’21 | ’20‑21 | ’16‑21 | Career | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn, Lance 2992 | pi sp | chi al | 7.7 | 16.8 | 43.5 | 99.4 | ‑1.4 |
| Yarbrough, Ryan 3962 | pi sp mr | tb al | 5.7 | 8.7 | 28.1 | 28.1 | +2.7 |
| Gomber, Austin 3985 | pi sp | col nl | 5.0 | 6.0 | 10.7 | 10.7 | +4.0 |
| Barlow, Scott 3981 | pi mr | kc al | 4.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | +3.0 |
| Crawford, Brandon 2878 | ss | sf nl | 4.0 | 4.0 | 19.2 | 33.7 | +4.0 |
| Tatis, Fernando Jr. 4101 | ss | sd nl | 3.5 | 6.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | +0.5 |
| Winker, Jesse 3988 | lf | cin nl | 3.5 | 5.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | +1.5 |
| Reynolds, Bryan 4169 | cf lf | pit nl | 3.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | +0.0 |
| Fraley, Jake 4430 | dh | sea al | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | +1.5 |
| Yelich, Christian 3334 | lf | mil nl | 1.0 | 2.5 | 36.2 | 46.2 | ‑0.5 |
| Perez, Martin 3213 | pi sp | bos al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 9.7 | 20.7 | +1.0 |
| Davidson, Tucker 4429 | pi sp | atl nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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