Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.

Pivetta struck out five over three scoreless and hitless innings, allowing no walks, in the 1-0 win over the Twins.

Pivetta did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.

Pivetta would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day if if this were a regular season game. Because it’s a preseason exhibition game, no Box-Toppers points are awarded.

Pivetta earned 5.0 Box-Toppers points in 2021, 61st among American League pitchers.

National League Player of the Day—Aramis Garcia of the Reds hit two home runs and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 9-3 win over the Athletics.

Garcia would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day in a regular season day. Garcia has yet to make his Box-Toppers debut because he has not yet earned Player of the Game honors in a regular season game, so he has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.

American League Batter of the Day—Max Stassi of the Angels homered and went 2-for-2, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 12-5 win over the Diamondbacks.

Stassi would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Stassi earned 4.5 Box-Toppers points in 2021, 42nd among AL batters and first among AL catchers.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Saturday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Aramis Garcia.

Marlins pitcher Pablo López is Player of the Game in Saturday’s win over the Astros.

Notable—Marlins pitcher Pablo Lopez has the most 2021 Box-Toppers points among Saturday’s Player of the Game winners.

Lopez (2IP H 0R 0BB 4K W in the 10-2 win over the Astros) earned 9.4 Box-Toppers points in 2021, 29th among NL pitchers.

There were 14 spring training games played Saturday. Two ended in a tie, so no Player of the Game honors were awarded in those. Of the remaining 12 games, seven who earned Player of the Game honors have earned Box-Toppers points in the past; the remaining five players have yet to earn Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in a regular season game.

Scoring—No Box-Toppers points are awarded in exhibition games. Were it a regular season day, Pivetta would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Garcia would have earned 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Stassi would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Saturday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) would have earned 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).





    3/19
    BTG
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  


    MLB
    +8.0
    `BOS 1, MIN 0
    Nick Pivetta
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    3.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    5
  

    NL
    +5.0
    CIN 9, OAK 3
    Aramis Garcia, C
    4
    2
    2
    5
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +5.0
    MIA 10, HOU 2
    Pablo López, (W 1‑0)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    2.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    
    +4.0
    SF 8, COL 5
    Wyatt Mathisen, 1B
    2
    1
    2
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    BAT
    +4.0
    LAA 12, ARI 5
    Max Stassi, C
    2
    2
    2
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +4.0
    PIT 6, DET 3
    Mike Burrows, (W 1‑0)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    3.0
    SEA 7, LAD 6
    Steven Souza Jr., RF
    3
    1
    1
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    3.0
    CHC 5, SD 4
    Brennen Davis, RF
    2
    1
    1
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    3.0
    MIL 11, TEX 0
    Weston Wilson, PH‑1B
    2
    2
    1
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    2.0
    NYM 6, WSH 2
    Luis Guillorme, SS
    4
    1
    3
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    2.0
    CLE 11, CHW 2
    Owen Miller, 1B
    4
    2
    3
    1
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    1.0
    PHI 3, TOR 2
    Yairo Muñoz, 2B
    1
    0
    1
    1
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    0.0
    NYY 3, BAL 3
    N/A
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    0.0
    ATL 4, TB 4
    N/A
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

No points are awarded for exhibition games, but were this an actual regular season day, this is how points would be awarded:

BTP—Box-Toppers points

MLB—Overall Box‑Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box‑Toppers points.

  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.

  N/A—Not applicable. No Player of the Game was chosen because the game ended in a tie.


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. No points are awarded during spring training games, so all players have 0.0 Box-Toppers points for 2022. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total in 2021 (’21). Also shown is their point total for the period 2017-2021 (’17-21) and their career point total.

Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’21	’17‑21	Career
Lopez, Pablo 4028	pi sp	fla nl	9.4	23.1	23.1
Pivetta, Nick 3825	pi sp	bos al	5.0	27.7	27.7
Stassi, Max 4038	ca	ana al	4.5	6.5	6.5
Guillorme, Luis 4216	3b ph	nym nl	1.5	2.5	2.5
Miller, Owen 4558	2b	cle al	1.0	1.0	1.0
Mathisen, Wyatt 4358	3b	sf nl	0.0	1.0	1.0
Souza, Steven Jr. 3461	rf	sea al	0.0	5.0	16.2

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