Giants’ Webb tops players for Thursday, April 18; Rays’ Pepiot rises to 8th in rankings

Giants pitcher Logan Webb is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Giants pitcher Logan Webb is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Thursday, Rays pitcher Ryan Pepiot rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors.

Player of the Day

Webb struck out five over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 5-0 win over the Diamondbacks.

Webb earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season, and is 34th in season player rankings. Webb earned 12.4 Box-Toppers points in 2023, 11th among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day

Rays pitcher Ryan Pepiot struck out seven over six innings, allowing one run, three hits and three walks, in the 2-1 win over the Angels.

Pepiot earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 3.7 for the season, eighth among all players and fifth among AL pitchers. Pepiot is one of four players with 3.7 points and ranks third among them based on his 2023 Box-Toppers point total (5.0 points with the Dodgers).

American League Player of the Day is Rays pitcher Ryan Pepiot.

AL & NL Batters of the Day

There are no separate AL & NL Batters of the Day for Thursday because no batters earned Player of the Game honors in the four games played.

Rangers closing pitcher Kirby Yates wins Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the second straight day Thursday.

Notable

Rangers closing pitcher Kirby Yates wins Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the second straight day Thursday.

Yates (1.1IP H 0R 0BB K Sv in the 9-7 win over the Tigers) was also Player of the Game in Wednesday’s 5-4 win over the Tigers (1.1IP 0H 0R BB 4K W).

Yates now has 3.0 Box-Toppers points in 2024, 18th among all players, ninth among AL pitchers and first among AL closers.

Guardians pitcher Tim Herrin made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in 2024 Box-Toppers points (BTP) through Thursday, April 18:
Player Pos Team BTP
1 Freddy Peralta pi sp Brewers 4.0
2 Logan Gilbert pi sp Mariners 4.0
3 Ryan Helsley pi cp Cardinals 4.0
4 Ranger Suárez pi sp Phillies 4.0
5 Tanner Houck pi sp Red Sox 4.0
6 Corbin Burnes pi sp Orioles 3.7
7 Reid Detmers pi sp Angels 3.7
8 Ryan Pepiot pi sp mr Rays 3.7
9 Shota Imanaga pi sp Cubs 3.7
10 Bryce Miller pi sp Mariners 3.0
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Debut

Guardians pitcher Tim Herrin made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Herrin (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K ND in the 5-4 win over the Red Sox) made his Major League debut April 2, 2023, and was playing in his 32nd career game.

Scoring

  • Webb earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.

  • Pepiot earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day.

  • All of Thursday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

More from Thursday

Top Thursday pitchers

Two of the three pitchers with the most 2023-24 Box-Toppers points among Thursday’s starters earned Player of the Game honors:
▪️Logan Webb, Mariners, whose 12.4 Box-Toppers points was 36th-most over 2023-24, was overall Player of the Day vs. ARI (7IP 2H 0R BB 5K W) with +9.0 Box-Toppers game score. He earns 2.0 B-T points, giving him 14.4 over 2023-24, now 20th-most over 2023-24.
▪️Ryan Pepiot, Rays, whose 7.0 Box-Toppers points was 115th-most over 2023-24, was AL Player of the Day vs. LAA (6IP 3H R 3BB 7K W) with +5.0 Box-Toppers game score. He earns 1.7 B-T points, giving him 8.7 over 2023-24, now 75th-most over 2023-24
▪️Kenta Maeda, Tigers, whose 11.1 Box-Toppers points was 45th-most over 2023-24, did not earn Player of the Game in loss vs. TEX (2.2IP 7H 6R 5ER 2BB 2K ND) with -15.8 Box-Toppers game score. Player of the Game—Kirby Yates, Rangers (1.1IP H 0R 0BB K Sv) with +1.1 game score.

High scores, no points

Highest Box-Toppers game scores among players who did not earn Player of the Game honors:
▪️+2.0—Wilmer Flores, Giants (2B 1-1 0R 2BI)
Was not Player of the Game in win vs. ARI.
Teammate Logan Webb (7IP 2H 0R BB 5K W) had higher game score (+9.0) to win Player of the Game & overall Player of the Day.
▪️+2.0—Emmanuel Clase, Guardians (1IP 0H 0R 0BB K Sv)
Was not Player of the Game in win vs. BOS.
Clase would have been Player of the Game but instead it went to another reliever, who had same innings pitched with a higher Box-Toppers game score, despite not earning the win or save: Tim Herrin (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K ND) had +3.0 game score.
▪️+1.0—Riley Greene, Tigers (3B 2B 2-4 2R BI)
Was not Player of the Game because DET lost to TEX.
Player of the Game—Kirby Yates, Rangers (1.1IP H 0R 0BB K Sv vs. DET) with +1.1 game score.

Lowest Box-Toppers game scores

-18.8—Jack Leiter, Rangers (3.2IP 8H 7R 3BB 3K ND vs. DET)
-15.8—Kenta Maeda, Tigers
-6.9—Cooper Criswell, Red Sox
-5.8—Bryce Jarvis, Diamondback

Lowest Box-Toppers game scores by batters

-5.0—Matt Vierling, Tigers 0-5 K
-4.0—Joc Pederson, Diamondbacks 0-4 K
-4.0—Pablo Reyes, Red Sox 0-4 K
-4.0—Taylor Ward, Angels 0-4 K
-4.0—Conner Wong, Red Sox 0-4 K

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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).

4/18 BTG Game Player AB R H BI IP H R ER BB K
MLB +9.0 SF 5, ARI 0 Logan Webb (W, 2‑1) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 7.0 2 0 0 1 5
AL +5.0 TB 2, LAA 1 Ryan Pepiot (W, 2‑2) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.0 3 1 1 3 7
+3.0 `CLE 5, BOS 4 Tim Herrin (H, 2) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
+1.1 TEX 9, DET 7 Kirby Yates (S, 2) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.1 1 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.
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 2024 (’24). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’23-24), the period 2019-2024 (’19-24) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2024 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2023 total (+/-).
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Player of the Game Pos Team ’24 ’23‑24 ’19‑24 Career +/‑
Pepiot, Ryan 4714 pi sp mr tb al 3.7 8.7 10.7 10.7 -1.3
Yates, Kirby 3628 pi cp mr tex al 3.0 4.0 11.0 20.0 +2.0
Webb, Logan 4258 pi sp sf nl 2.0 14.4 42.3 42.3 -10.4
Herrin, Tim 4978 pi mr cle al 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 +1.0
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A Box-Toppers look at Friday’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 2024 (’24), this year and last year (’23-24), over a six-year period (’19-24) and their career point total.
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Game Starter ’24 ’23-24 ’19‑24 Career
MIA Puk, A.J. 4253 0.0 3.0 4.0 4.0
CHC Taillon, Jameson 3658 0.0 5.4 25.1 51.5
LAA Anderson, Tyler 3656 2.0 4.0 26.4 39.4
CIN Lodolo, Nick 4586 2.0 2.0 9.0 9.0
BOS Bello, Brayan 4727 1.0 3.0 4.0 4.0
PIT Priester, Quinn* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CHW Crochet, Garrett 4434 2.0 2.0 3.0 3.0
PHI Turnbull, Spencer 4086 1.7 2.7 15.4 16.4
HOU Verlander, Justin 2112 0.0 12.4 66.9 245.0
WSH Gore, MacKenzie 4582 1.0 8.0 12.7 12.7
TB Alexander, Tyler 4196 0.0 2.7 12.7 12.7
NYY Schmidt, Clarke 4581 0.0 2.0 6.4 6.4
OAK Boyle, Joe 4948 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
CLE McKenzie, Triston 4303 0.0 2.0 32.1 32.1
TEX Heaney, Andrew 3515 0.0 11.4 32.8 47.5
ATL Sale, Chris 2806 1.0 9.7 22.7 154.3
BAL Kremer, Dean 4330 0.0 9.7 21.1 21.1
KC Marsh, Alec 4961 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
DET Flaherty, Jack 3971 1.0 5.0 33.2 46.3
MIN Ryan, Joe 4539 2.7 11.4 28.8 28.8
MIL Peralta, Freddy 3965 4.0 21.7 51.8 60.5
STL Gibson, Kyle 3312 0.0 8.7 35.8 62.2
SEA Hancock, Emerson* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
COL Hudson, Dakota 4035 0.0 1.0 16.4 17.4
TOR Rodriguez, Yariel* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
SD Waldron, Matt 4946 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
NYM Manaea, Sean 3637 1.0 4.7 32.1 54.9
LAD Yamamoto, Yoshinobu 4964 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7
ARI Montgomery, Jordan 3814 0.0 10.4 30.5 36.5
SF Snell, Blake 3688 0.0 14.7 52.9 89.1
Starters subject to change.
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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