Angels’ Toussaint tops players for Wednesday, Aug. 10; Mets’ Lindor tops NL players

Angels pitcher Touki Toussaint is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

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▪️ A B-T look at today’s pitching matchups.

Angels pitcher Touki Toussaint is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Toussaint struck out six over five scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 5-4, 12-inning win over the Athletics. Toussaint did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.

Toussaint earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season, and ranks 322nd among all players and 96th among American League pitchers.

National League Player of the Day—Francisco Lindor of the Mets went 2-for-3, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 10-2 win over the Reds.

Lindor earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 5.2 for the season, 98th among all players and 15th among NL batters.

Francisco Lindor of the Mets is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers NL Player of the Day.

American League Batter of the Day—Leody Taveras of the Rangers tripled, doubled and went 2-for-4, scoring once and driving in five runs, in the 8-4, 10-inning win over the Astros.

This was Taveras’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Taveras made his Major League debut July 24, 2020, and was playing in his 132nd career game.

(Correction, posted Thursday, October 12, 2023: This was not Taveras’s Box-Toppers debut. That happened July 11, 2022. Box-Toppers accidentally added him to our player database twice. Those records are being consolidated. That means Taveras had 2.5 Box-Toppers points at this point in 2022, his final total for the season.)

Leody Taveras of the Rangers is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers AL Batter of the Day.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Wednesday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Francisco Lindor.

Albert Pujols of the Cardinals is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Wednesday’s win over the Rockies.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2022. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Wednesday, Aug. 10.

Player Pos Team BTP
1 Verlander, Justin 2112 pi sp hou al 19.0
2 Ohtani, Shohei 3933 pi sp ana al 18.0
3 Cease, Dylan 4231 pi sp chi al 16.7
4 Alcantara, Sandy 4061 pi sp fla nl 15.4
5 Urias, Julio 3652 pi sp lad nl 14.4
6 McClanahan, Shane 4399 pi sp tb al 14.4
7 Musgrove, Joe 3705 pi sp sd nl 13.4
8 Fried, Max 4011 pi sp atl nl 13.0
9 Rodon, Carlos 3494 pi sp sf nl 12.7
10 Alonso, Pete 4118 1b nym nl 12.2
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Notable—Albert Pujols of the Cardinals now has 206.8 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Pujols (HR 2B 4-5 2R 2BI in the 9-5 win over the Rockies) ranks seventh among all players in career points since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995. He trails sixth-ranked player Royals pitcher Zack Greinke (221.5). Pujols ranks first among all batters in career points since 1995, ahead of Alex Rodriguez (187.0). Pujols ranks fifth among active players in career points, first among active batters, ahead of Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers (159.4). He’s also first among active NL batters, ahead of Nelson Cruz of the Nationals (88.4).

Pujols now has 2.0 Box-Toppers points in 2022.

Debut—Pirates pitcher Colin Holderman made his Box-Toppers debut Wednesday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Holderman (1.2IP 0H 0R 0BB K ND in the 6-4 win over the Diamondbacks) made his Major League debut May 15 and was playing in his 19th career game.

Scoring—Toussaint earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Lindor earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Taveras earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’s other Player of the Game winners (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).
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8/10 BTG Game Player AB R H BI IP H R ER BB K
MLB +7.0 `LAA 5, OAK 4 (F/12) Touki Toussaint ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 5.0 2 0 0 2 6
BAT +4.0 TEX 8, HOU 4 (F/10) Leody Taveras, CF 4 1 2 5 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
NL +4.0 NYM 10, CIN 2 Francisco Lindor, SS 3 3 2 2 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+4.0 LAD 8, MIN 5 Joey Gallo, PH‑LF 1 1 1 3 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.0 STL 9, COL 5 Albert Pujols, 1B 5 2 4 2 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.0 SD 13, SF 7 Brandon Drury, DH 5 2 2 4 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.0 KC 8, CHW 3 MJ Melendez, LF 4 2 3 2 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.0 ATL 8, BOS 4 Marcell Ozuna, DH 3 1 1 4 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.0 CLE 3, DET 2 Bryan Shaw, (W 5‑2) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
+3.0 PHI 4, MIA 3 Seranthony Domínguez, (S 8) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
+3.0 `CHC 4, WSH 2 Justin Steele ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.0 8 2 2 0 9
+2.2 `PIT 6, ARI 4 Colin Holderman, (Hld 2) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.2 0 0 0 0 1
+2.0 MIL 4, TB 3 (F/10) Devin Williams, (W 3‑2) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
+2.0 SEA 4, NYY 3 Paul Sewald, (S 15) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 1
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.
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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 in 2022 (’22). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’21-22), the period 2017-2022 (’17-22) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2022 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2021 total (+/-).
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Player of the Game Pos Team ’22 ’21‑22 ’17‑22 Career +/‑
Lindor, Francisco 3586 ss nym nl 5.2 12.2 26.3 34.3 -1.8
Steele, Justin 4415 pi sp chi nl 5.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 +2.0
Melendez, MJ 4615 ca dh lf kc al 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 +4.5
Williams, Devin 4319 pi cp mil nl 3.0 6.0 7.0 7.0 0.0
Ozuna, Marcell 3190 lf dh atl nl 2.5 2.5 30.7 49.2 +2.5
Drury, Brandon 3744 3b dh rf 1b sd nl 2.5 2.5 10.0 11.5 +2.5
Gallo, Joey 3485 rf lf ph lad nl 2.0 7.5 25.0 26.5 -3.5
Sewald, Paul 3940 pi mr cp sea al 2.0 5.0 6.0 6.0 -1.0
Toussaint, Touki 4110 pi sp ana al 2.0 4.0 6.7 6.7 0.0
Pujols, Albert 1438 dh 1b ph stl nl 2.0 4.0 24.5 206.8 0.0
Dominguez, Seranthony 3968 pi mr cp phi nl 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 +2.0
Taveras, Leody 4705 cf tex al 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 +1.5
Shaw, Bryan 2995 pi mr cp cle al 1.0 3.0 5.0 13.0 -1.0
Holderman, Colin 4706 pi mr pit nl 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 +1.0
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A Box-Toppers look at Thursday’s pitching matchups

A Box-Toppers look at the upcoming day’s probable pitching matchups. Teams are paired below with visiting teams on top and home teams on the bottom. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2022 (’22), over a two-year period (’21-22), over a six-year period (’17-22) and their career point total.
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Game Starter ’22 ’21-22 ’17-22 Career
MIA Cabrera, Edward 4641 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7
PHI Gibson, Kyle 3312 6.0 13.7 33.5 50.5
CLE Plesac, Zach 4168 3.7 9.1 19.2 19.2
DET Hill, Garrett 4677 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
CHW Cease, Dylan 4231 16.7 31.1 33.1 33.1
KC Greinke, Zack 1871 3.7 12.4 65.4 221.5
TEX Ragans, Cole* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
HOU Valdez, Framber 4048 8.0 13.0 23.4 23.4
STL Hudson, Dakota 4035 3.0 4.0 15.4 15.4
COL Marquez, German 3788 2.0 19.4 49.5 49.5
PIT Brubaker, JT 4382 1.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
ARI Kelly, Merrill 4143 8.0 11.0 23.0 23.0
BAL Voth, Austin 4082 1.0 1.0 5.7 5.7
BOS Winckowski, Josh* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CHC Smyly, Drew 3009 4.0 12.0 16.0 51.5
CIN Lodolo, Nick 4586 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
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