Marlins pitcher Max Meyer is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s win over the Mets.

Marlins pitcher Max Meyer is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Monday’s spring training games.

Meyer struck out five over four scoreless and hitless innings of middle relief, walking none, in the 3-0 win over the Mets. Meyer did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because starting pitcher Elieser Hernandez was credited for the win, despite pitching only two innings.

Meyer 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.

Meyer 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.

Joe McCarthy of the Rangers is Box-Toppers American League Player of the Day in Monday’s win over the Guardians.

American League Player of the Day—Joe McCarthy of the Rangers doubled and went 3-for-3, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 25-12 win over the Guardians.

McCarthy would have earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day in a regular season day. McCarthy 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.

National League Batter of the Day—Buddy Kennedy of the Diamondbacks homered and went 1-for-1, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 9-1 win over the Mariners.

Kennedy would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day in a regular season day. Kennedy 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.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Monday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Joe McCarthy.

Brewers pitcher Adrian Houser is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Monday’s win over the Giants.

Notable—Brewers pitcher Adrian Houser has the most 2021 Box-Toppers points among Monday’s Player of the Game winners.

Houser (3IP 0H 0R 0BB 5K ND in the 13-6 win over the Giants) earned 8.0 Box-Toppers points in 2021, 36th among NL pitchers.

There were 14 spring training games played Monday. Only three of Monday’s Player of the Game winners have previously earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in a regular season game, the remaining 11 have yet to make their Box-Toppers debut and have 0.0 career Box-Toppers points.

Scoring—No Box-Toppers points are awarded in exhibition games. Were it a regular season day, Meyer would have earned 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and McCarthy would have earned 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Kennedy would have earned 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Monday’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).





    3/21
    BTG
    Game
    Player
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  


    MLB
    +9.0
    `MIA 3, NYM 0
    Max Meyer
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    4.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    5
  

    
    +8.0
    `MIL 13, SF 6
    Adrian Houser
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    3.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    5
  

    AL
    +7.0
    TEX 25, CLE 12
    Joe McCarthy, 1B
    3
    3
    3
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +7.0
    TOR 3, DET 1
    Jeremy Beasley (S, 1)
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    3.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    
    +6.0
    `CHC 3, CIN 2
    Eric Yardley
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    
    +5.0
    CHW 8, LAD 6
    Micker Adolfo, RF
    1
    1
    1
    4
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    BAT
    +4.0
    ARI 9, SEA 1
    Buddy Kennedy, 2B
    1
    1
    1
    3
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    COL 8, SD 4
    Ezequiel Tovar, SS
    3
    1
    3
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    BAL 10, MIN 8
    Brett Cumberland, C
    1
    1
    1
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    NYY 5, PHI 2
    Giancarlo Stanton, RF
    1
    1
    1
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +3.0
    KC 8, LAA 5
    Seuly Matias, PH
    1
    1
    1
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +2.0
    PIT 5, TB 1
    Oneil Cruz SS
    3
    2
    2
    1
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +2.0
    STL 7, WSH 3
    Julio E. Rodriguez, C
    1
    0
    1
    2
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

    
    +1.0
    BOS 5, ATL 0
    Jarren Duran, LF‑CF
    2
    1
    2
    0
    
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
    ‑
  

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
Houser, Adrian 4162	pi sp	mil nl	8.0	11.0	11.0
Stanton, Giancarlo 2737	dh	nyy al	6.0	28.7	67.9
Yardley, Eric 4322	pi mr	chi nl	0.0	1.0	1.0

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