Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Sunday’s spring training games.

Cavalli struck out six over three scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 3-2 win over the Astros.

Cavalli 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.

Cavailli has yet to earn Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in a regular season game and so has 0.0 career Box-Toppers points. Cavalli has played in the minor leagues since 2017 and has yet to make his regular season Major League debut.

American League Player of the Day—Emmanuel Rivera of the Royals homered and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 11-10 win over the Diamondbacks.

Rivera would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day in a regular season day. Rivera earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points in 2021 with the Royals.

Keston Hiura of the Brewers is Box-Toppers National League Batter of the Day in Sunday’s spring training win over the Padres.

National League Batter of the Day—Keston Hiura of the Brewers homered and went 2-for-2, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 6-3 win over the Padres.

Hiura would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Hiura earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2021 with the Brewers.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Sunday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Emmanuel Rivera.

Jonathan India of the Reds is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s spring training win over the Giants.

Notable—Jonathan India of the Reds has the most 2021 Box-Toppers points among Sunday’s Player of the Game winners.

India (HR 2-2 2R BI in the 9-4 win over the Giants) earned 3.7 Box-Toppers points in 2021, fifth among NL second basemen.

There were 14 spring training games played Sunday. Two ended in a tie, so no Player of the Game honors were awarded in those. Of the remaining 12 games, six who earned Player of the Game honors have earned Box-Toppers points in the past; the remaining eight 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, Cavalli would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Rivera would have earned 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Hiura would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’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).





    3/20
    BTG
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  


    MLB
    +8.0
    WSH 3, HOU 2
    Cade Cavalli, (W 1‑0)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    3.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    6
  

    AL
    +5.0
    KC 11, ARI 10
    Enmanuel Rivera, 3B
    3
    2
    2
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    BAT
    +5.0
    MIL 6, SD 3
    Keston Hiura, 1B
    2
    2
    2
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +5.0
    `MIN 3, TB 0
    Lewis Thorpe
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    0
    
    2.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    
    +5.0
    ATL 5, PHI 1
    Allan Winans, (W 1‑0)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    +4.0
    STL 6, NYM 4
    Dylan Carlson, RF
    3
    1
    3
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +4.0
    LAA 7, SEA 3
    Matt Thaiss, C
    2
    1
    2
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    DET 8, NYY 7
    Parker Meadows, RF
    2
    1
    2
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    CIN 9, SF 4
    Jonathan India, 2B
    2
    2
    2
    1
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    `BOS 3, BAL 2
    Kutter Crawford
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    +2.0
    TOR 10, PIT 4
    Alejandro Kirk, DH
    3
    1
    2
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +2.0
    CHW 4, COL 2
    Luis Básabe, PH‑LF
    1
    1
    1
    1
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    0.0
    CHC 2, LAD 2
    N/A
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    0.0
    CLE 9, OAK 9
    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 winners not listed here have yet to earn Box-Toppers points during the regular season.)

Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’21	’17‑21	Career
India, Jonathan 4469	2b	cin nl	3.7	3.7	3.7
Carlson, Dylan 4359	rf cf	stl nl	3.0	4.5	4.5
Kirk, Alejandro 4353	ca dh	tor al	2.0	3.5	3.5
Rivera, Emmanuel 4526	3b	kc al	1.5	1.5	1.5
Hiura, Keston 4189	1b 2b	mil nl	1.0	5.2	5.2
Thaiss, Matt 4186	3b	ana al	0.0	2.5	2.5

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