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Orioles pitcher Kyle Bradish is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Bradish struck out nine over six scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 5-0 win over the Rays.
Bradish earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.0 for the season, 41st among all players and 18th among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day
Ezequiel Tovar of the Rockies hit two home runs and went 4-for-4, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 6-5 win over the Cardinals.
Tovar earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 2.7 for the season, 16th among NL batters.
American League Batter of the Day
Gavin Sheets of the White Sox hit a grand slam and went 3-for-4, scoring once and driving in four runs, in the 6-1 win over the Red Sox.
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 Ezequiel Tovar.
Notable
Bryce Harper of the Phillies has the most 2024 Box-Toppers points among Saturday’s 15 Player of the Game winners.
Harper (HR 2B 3-4 R BI in the 7-2 win over the Mets) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 5.2 for the season, 38th among all players and second among NL batters. While he has the same 5.2-point total as Brenton Doyle of the Rockies, Doyle leads NL batters because he has more 2023 points than Harper—4.0 vs. 3.0.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in 2024 Box-Toppers points (BTP) through Saturday, June 8:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Luis Gil | pi sp | Yankees | 13.4 |
| 2 | Chris Sale | pi sp | Braves | 9.7 |
| 3 | Tanner Houck | pi sp | Red Sox | 9.7 |
| 4 | Ranger Suárez | pi sp | Phillies | 9.4 |
| 5 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 8.7 |
| 6 | Aaron Nola | pi sp | Phillies | 8.7 |
| 7 | Shota Imanaga | pi sp | Cubs | 8.7 |
| 8 | Tanner Bibee | pi sp | Guardians | 8.0 |
| 9 | Ryan Helsley | pi cp | Cardinals | 8.0 |
| 10 | George Kirby | pi sp | Mariners | 7.7 |
Debut
Heliot Ramos of the Giants made his Box-Toppers debut Saturday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Ramos (HR 2B 2-4 R 3BI in the 3-1 win over the Rangers) made his Major League debut April 10, 2022, and was playing in his 62nd career game.
Scoring
Bradish earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Tovar earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day.
Sheets earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day.
All of Saturday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart) 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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Saturday’s sidelights sidebar
Top pitching matchup
▪️Charlie Morton, Braves13.7 Box-Toppers points over 2023-24, 20th among NL pitchers
▪️MacKenzie Gore, Nationals
10.0 Box-Toppers points over 2023-24, 33rd among NL pitchers
Result—WSH 7, ATL 3
Neither starter was Player of the Game.
Morton had -8.0 B-T game score in loss (5IP 7H 5R 4ER 0BB 3K L).
Gore had +1.0 B-T game score (5IP 6H 2R BB 7K W).
Player of the Game—Nick Senzel, Nationals (HR 2B 3-3 2R 3BI) with +5.0 game score.
High scores, no points
Highest Box-Toppers game scores for the day among players who did not earn Player of the Game honors:▪️+6.0—Taj Bradley, Rays (5IP 3H R BB 7K L)
Was not Player of the Game in loss vs. BAL.
Player of the Game—Kyle Bradish, Orioles (6IP H 0R 0BB 8K W) with +14.0 game score.
▪️+5.1—Ryan Feltner, Rockies (5.1IP 2H 4R 0ER BB 7K ND)
Was not Player of the Game in win vs. STL.
Player of the Game—Teammate Ezequiel Tovar (2HR 4-4 2R 4BI) with +6.0 game score.
▪️+4.1—Simeon Woods Richardson, Twins (6.1IP 6H R 0BB 6K L)
Was not Player of the Game in loss vs. PIT
Player of the Game—Luis L. Ortiz, Pirates (4.1IP 3H 0R BB 3K ND) with +3.1 game score.
Lowest Box-Toppers game scores
Out of 433 total players Saturday, 125 pitchers-19.0—Logan S. Allen, Diamondbacks (1IP 6H 6R BB K ND vs. SD)
-16.9—Ryne Nelson, Diamondbacks
-16.8—Luis Medina, Athletics
-15.8—Brayan Bello, Red Sox
-13.8—Sean Manaea, Mets
Lowest Box-Toppers game scores by batters
Out of 308 total batters Saturday-5.0—Patrick Wisdom, Cubs 0-5 3K
-5.0—Giancarlo Stanton, Yankees 0-5 3K
-5.0—Mike Tauchman, Cubs 0-5
-4.0—Joey Gallo, Nationals 0-4 3K
-4.0—Nolan Gorman, Cardinals 0-4 3K
-4.0—Rob Refsnyder, Red Sox 0-4 3K
Box-Toppers uses Baseball-Reference.com, MLB.com and other sources to compile this information.
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).| 6/8 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +14.0 | BAL 5, TB 0 | Kyle Bradish (W, 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | |
| +13.0 | TOR 7, OAK 0 | Kevin Gausman (W, 5‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 9.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
| +7.0 | HOU 6, LAA 1 | Hunter Brown (W, 2‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | ||
| +7.0 | CLE 8, MIA 0 | Pedro Avila (S, 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| NL | +6.0 | COL 6, STL 5 | Ezequiel Tovar SS | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +6.0 | LAD 11, NYY 3 | Teoscar Hernández RF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +5.0 | WSH 7, ATL 3 | Nick Senzel 3B | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | CHW 6, BOS 1 | Gavin Sheets DH | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | SD 13, ARI 1 | David Peralta DH‑RF | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.2 | MIL 5, DET 4 | Jared Koenig (W, 6‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +3.1 | `PIT 4, MIN 0 | Luis L. Ortiz | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | KC 8, SEA 4 | Adam Frazier RF | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | SF 3, TEX 1 | Heliot Ramos CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | CIN 4, CHC 3 | TJ Friedl CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | PHI 7, NYM 2 | Bryce Harper 1B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 (+/-).Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’24 | ’23‑24 | ’19‑24 | Career | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harper, Bryce 3011 | 1b | phi nl | 5.2 | 8.2 | 29.2 | 71.1 | +2.2 |
| Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 5.0 | 23.7 | 54.1 | 93.1 | -13.7 |
| Bradish, Kyle 4597 | pi sp | bal al | 5.0 | 19.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 | -9.0 |
| Hernandez, Teoscar 3713 | rf | lad nl | 3.5 | 5.0 | 21.5 | 27.2 | +2.0 |
| Koenig, Jared 4755 | pi mr sp | mil nl | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +3.0 |
| Tovar, Ezequiel 4801 | ss | col nl | 2.7 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.2 | -3.8 |
| Frazier, Adam 3771 | 2b rf | kc al | 2.5 | 3.5 | 6.5 | 13.5 | +1.5 |
| Senzel, Nick 4236 | dh 3b | dc nl | 2.0 | 3.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | +0.5 |
| Ortiz, Luis 4738 | pi mr sp | pit nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +2.0 |
| Sheets, Gavin 4457 | dh rf | chi al | 1.5 | 2.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | +0.5 |
| Brown, Hunter 4729 | pi sp | hou al | 1.0 | 11.1 | 12.1 | 12.1 | -9.1 |
| Friedl, TJ 4720 | cf | cin nl | 1.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | -4.0 |
| Peralta, David 3370 | dh lf | sd nl | 1.0 | 4.0 | 14.0 | 36.4 | -2.0 |
| Avila, Pedro 4105 | pi cp sp | cle al | 1.0 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | -0.7 |
| Ramos, Heliot 5027 | cf | sf nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Sunday’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.Back to top
| Game | Starter | ’24 | ’23-24 | ’19‑24 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYM | Quintana, Jose 3040 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 24.8 | 85.1 |
| PHI | Walker, Taijuan 3453 | 1.0 | 8.7 | 31.8 | 58.2 |
| SF | Winn, Keaton 4931 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| TEX | Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | 5.0 | 14.7 | 39.8 | 74.3 |
| ATL | Waldrep, Hurston* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| WSH | Herz, DJ* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| MIN | Ober, Bailey 4441 | 4.0 | 12.7 | 22.4 | 22.4 |
| PIT | Jones, Jared 4956 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| BAL | Rodriguez, Grayson 4790 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| TB | Littell, Zack 4533 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| CHC | Imanaga, Shota 4960 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| CIN | Montas, Frankie 3803 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 35.5 | 38.5 |
| CLE | Carrasco, Carlos 2885 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 24.1 | 111.5 |
| MIA | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 |
| MIL | Wilson, Bryse 4048 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 |
| DET | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | 7.4 | 18.1 | 37.5 | 37.5 |
| BOS | Kelly, Zack* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| CHW | Flexen, Chris 4368 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 15.4 | 15.4 |
| SEA | Kirby, George 4595 | 7.7 | 21.4 | 32.8 | 32.8 |
| KC | Ragans, Cole 4889 | 5.0 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 |
| COL | Blach, Ty 3754 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 |
| STL | Pallante, Andre 4656 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| HOU | Verlander, Justin 2112 | 2.0 | 14.4 | 68.9 | 247.0 |
| LAA | Sandoval, Patrick 4357 | 2.7 | 5.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 |
| TOR | Francis, Bowden* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| OAK | Spence, Mitch 4986 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| ARI | McGough, Scott 4857 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| SD | Mazur, Adam* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| LAD | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | 7.0 | 19.4 | 49.8 | 55.8 |
| NYY | Gil, Luis 4498 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 14.4 | 14.4 |
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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