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Brewers pitcher Quinn Priester is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Braves pitcher Spencer Schwellenbach, White Sox pitcher Adrian Houser, Kyle Tucker of the Cubs, Vinnie Pasquantino of the Royals and Andrew McCutchen of the Pirates.
Player of the Day
Priester struck out 11 over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and two walks, in the 5-0 win over the Rockies.
Priester earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.0 for the season, 71st among all players and 28th among National League pitchers.
American League Player of the Day
White Sox pitcher Adrian Houser struck out five over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 1-0 win over the Giants.
Houser earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 3.7 for the season, 48th among AL pitchers.
National League Batter of the Day
Kyle Tucker of the Cubs hit a three-run home run, doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring four times and driving in three runs, in the 12-3 win over the Astros.
American League Batter of the Day
Vinnie Pasquantino of the Royals hit at three-run home run, doubled and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 9-5 win over the Dodgers.
Notable
Braves pitcher Spencer Schwellenbach has the most 2025 Box-Toppers points among the 15 who won Player of the Game honors Saturday.
Schwellenbach (7IP 3H R BB 12K W in the 6-1 win over the Phillies) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.0 for the season, 38th among all players and 16th among NL pitchers.
Active season streaks
Here are the 12 players who have active streaks of earning Box-Toppers points for 13 or more consecutive seasons. Players are listed by the length of their streak and with their current team status. Also shown is the duration of their streak and their career Box-Toppers point (BTP) total.| Streak | Player | Pos | Team | Duration | BTP* |
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| 18 | Clayton Kershaw | pi sp | Dodgers | 2008‑2025 | 276.1 |
| 17 | Andrew McCutchen | dh lf | Pirates | 2009‑2025 | 82.9 |
| 16 | Max Scherzer | pi sp | Blue Jays | 2009‑2024 | 253.7 |
| 16 | Aroldis Chapman | pi mr cp | Red Sox | 2010‑2025 | 70.1 |
| 15 | Craig Kimbrel | pi cp | Rangers | 2010‑2024 | 94.1 |
| 15 | Giancarlo Stanton | dh rf | Yankees | 2010‑2024 | 78.9 |
| 15 | Freddie Freeman | 1b | Dodgers | 2011‑2025 | 93.4 |
| 14 | Kenley Jansen | pi cp | Angels | 2011‑2024 | 69.4 |
| 13 | Starling Marte | rf | Mets | 2012‑2024 | 30.0 |
| 13 | Sonny Gray | pi sp | Cardinals | 2013‑2025 | 120.3 |
| 13 | Charlie Morton | pi sp | Orioles | 2013‑2025 | 117.5 |
| 13 | Kevin Gausman | pi sp | Blue Jays | 2013‑2025 | 103.1 |
Streak
Andrew McCutchen of the Pirates has now earned Box-Toppers points in 17 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honor of the season Saturday.
McCutchen (2-4 R 2BI, also reached on catcher’s interference, in the 9-2 win over the Mets) earned his first Box-Toppers points in 2009 with the Pirates and has 82.9 career points, third among active NL batters. His best season was 2015 with the Pirates when he had 10.5 Box-Toppers points, third among NL batters. In 2024, he had 1.0 point with the Pirates, his lowest single-season total.
McCutchen is now one of two players who have active streaks of 17 or more consecutive seasons earning Box-Toppers points. Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw has the only longer active streak of 18 seasons. McCutchen’s 17-season streak is tied for the 12th-longest such streak since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
Box-Toppers season streaks
Here are the players who have earned Box-Toppers points in the most consecutive seasons. Albert Pujols holds the record for the longest such streak at 22 seasons. Players are listed by length of their streak. Also shown is the duration of their streak and their career Box-Toppers point (BTP) total. (Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.)| Streak | Player | Pos | Duration | Career BTP |
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| 1 | 22 | Albert Pujols | 1b | 2001‑2022 | 207.8 |
| 2 | 20 | Miguel Cabrera | dh 1b | 2003‑2022 | 159.4 |
| 3 | 19 | Jason Giambi | 1b | 1995‑2013 | 133.4 |
| 3 | 19 | Carlos Beltran | rf | 1999‑2017 | 108.6 |
| 3 | 19 | CC Sabathia | pi sp | 2001‑2019 | 203.4 |
| 6 | 18 | Jim Thome | 1b dh | 1995‑2012 | 146.7 |
| 6 | 18 | Chipper Jones | 3b | 1995‑2012 | 149.0 |
| 6 | 18 | Johnny Damon | lf | 1995‑2012 | 63.0 |
| 6 | 18 | Alex Rodriguez | 3b | 1996‑2013 | 187.0 |
| 6 | 18 | Nelson Cruz | dh | 2006‑2023 | 89.9 |
| 6 | 18 | Clayton Kershaw* | pi sp | 2008‑2025 | 276.1 |
| 12 | 17 | Mariano Rivera | pi cp | 1995‑2011 | 126.4 |
| 12 | 17 | Derek Jeter | ss | 1996‑2012 | 76.4 |
| 12 | 17 | Paul Konerko | 1b | 1998‑2014 | 100.7 |
| 12 | 17 | Tim Hudson | pi sp | 1999‑2015 | 157.0 |
| 12 | 17 | Torii Hunter | cf | 1999‑2015 | 115.9 |
| 12 | 17 | David Ortiz | dh | 2000‑2016 | 145.9 |
| 12 | 17 | Zack Greinke | pi sp | 2007‑2023 | 224.5 |
| 12 | 17 | Andrew McCutchen* | dh lf | 2009‑2025 | 82.9 |
* Active streak.
Scoring
Priester earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Houser earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day.
Tucker and Pasquantino each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day.
All of Saturday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
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Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in 2025 Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned in the regular season through Saturday, June 28.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 14.1 |
| 2 | Hunter Brown | pi sp | Astros | 11.4 |
| 3 | Garrett Crochet | pi sp | Red Sox | 11.1 |
| 4 | Bryan Woo | pi sp | Mariners | 11.0 |
| 5 | Nick Pivetta | pi sp | Padres | 11.0 |
| 6 | Tarik Skubal | pi sp | Tigers | 10.7 |
| 7 | Paul Skenes | pi sp | Pirates | 10.4 |
| 8 | Sonny Gray | pi sp | Cardinals | 10.0 |
| 9 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | pi sp | Dodgers | 10.0 |
| 10 | Max Fried | pi sp | Yankees | 9.7 |
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
Reviewing the day’s top pitchers, overlooked top performers & lowest Box-Toppers game scores.Top pitching matchup
Result—ATL 6, PHI 1A Box-Toppers look at Saturday’s pitching matchups Notable—PHI at ATL Jesús Luzardo #Phillies 10.7 B-T points over 2024-25, 40th* Spencer Schwellenbach #Braves 12.7 B-T points over 2024-25, 33rd* *Rank among NL pitchers, 2024-25 All SA pitching matchups: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/6/...
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) Jun 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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Spencer Schwellenbach, Braves, was Player of the Game (7IP 3H R BB 12K W) with +13.0 B-T game score.
Jesús Luzardo, Phillies, had -2.0 B-T game score in loss (5IP 7H 2R 3BB 7K L).
Schwellenbach earns 1.0 B-T point, giving him 13.7 over 2025-25, rising to 26th among NL pitchers over that span.
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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—Bryan Woo, Mariners (6IP 5H 2R 0ER 2BB 9K ND)
Was not Player of the Game in loss vs. TEX.
Player of the Game—Shawn Armstrong, Texas (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K W) with +3.0 game score.
▪️+6.0—Michael Soroka, Nationals (6IP 2H R BB 5K ND)
Was not Player of the Game in loss vs. WSH.
Player of the Game—Kyle Hendricks, Angels (5IP 5H R 0BB 5K ND) with +3.0 game score.
▪️+5.0—Brandon Waddell, Mets (3IP H 0R 0BB 3K ND)
Was not Player of the Game in loss vs. PIT.
Player of the Game—Andrew McCutchen, Pirates (2-4 R 2BI) with +1.0 game score.
Lowest Box-Toppers game scores
Out of 433 total players Saturday, 122 pitchers-24.0—Chris Bassitt, Blue Jays (2IP 8H 9R 8ER 4BB 3K L vs. BOS)
-22.9—Lance McCullers Jr., Astros
-15.8—Bailey Ober, Twins
-14.9—Antonio Senzatela, Rockies
-14.0—Sandy Alcantara, Marlins
Lowest Box-Toppers game scores by batters
Out of 311 total batters Saturday-5.0—J.P. Crawford, Mariers 0-5 2K
-5.0—José Ramírez, Guardians 0-5 K
-4.0—Adolis García, Rangers 0-4 4K
-4.0—Jac Caglianone, Royals 0-4 3K
-4.0—Willi Castro, Twins 0-4 3K
-4.0—Jonah Heim, Rangers 0-4 3K
-4.0—Ryan McMahon, Rockies 0-4 3K
-4.0—Shohei Ohtani, Dodgers 0-4 3K
-4.0—Dalton Rushing, Dodgers 0-4 3K
-4.0—Alek Thomas, Diamondbacks 0-4 3K
-4.0—Miguel Vargas, White Sox 0-4 3K
Box-Toppers uses Baseball-Reference.com, MLB.com and other sources to compile this information.
Career Box-Toppers points—Active NL batters 1—Freddie Freeman #Dodgers 93.4 2—Shohei Ohtani #Dodgers 89.2 3—Andrew McCutchen #Pirates 82.9* 4—Bryce Harper #Phillies 75.6 5—Christian Yelich #Brewers 75.1 6—Mookie Betts #Dodgers 70.2 *Earns 1.0 B-T point Saturday www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/6/...
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) Jun 29, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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).| 6/28 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +15.0 | MIL 5, COL 0 | Quinn Priester (W, 6‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |
| +13.0 | ATL 6, PHI 1 | Spencer Schwellenbach (W, 7‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | ||
| AL | +7.0 | CHW 1, SF 0 | Adrian Houser (W, 3‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| BAT | +6.0 | CHC 12, HOU 3 | Kyle Tucker RF | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| BAT | +5.0 | KC 9, LAD 5 | Vinnie Pasquantino 1B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | TB 11, BAL 3 | Zack Littell (W, 7‑7) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| +4.2 | ATH 7, NYY 0 | JP Sears (W, 6‑7) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | ||
| +4.0 | BOS 15, TOR 1 | Lucas Giolito (W, 4‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| +3.0 | DET 10, MIN 5 | Zach McKinstry SS | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | STL 9, CLE 6 | Brendan Donovan 2B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | MIA 8, ARI 7 (F/10) | Anthony Bender (W, 2‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| +3.0 | TEX 3, SEA 2 (F/10) | Shawn Armstrong (W, 3‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +3.0 | `LAA 8, WSH 2 | Kyle Hendricks | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| +2.0 | SD 6, CIN 4 | Gavin Sheets LF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | PIT 9, NYM 2 | Andrew McCutchen DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 2025 (’25). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’24-’25), the period 2020-2025 (’20-25) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2025 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2024 total (+/-).Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’25 | ’24‑25 | ’20‑25 | Career | +/‑ |
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| Schwellenbach, Spencer 5035 | pi sp | atl nl | 6.0 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 13.7 | -1.7 |
| Priester, Quinn 5059 | pi mr sp | mil nl | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | +4.0 |
| Giolito, Lucas 3900 | pi sp | bos al | 5.0 | 5.0 | 32.4 | 53.1 | +5.0 |
| Littell, Zack 4533 | pi sp | tb al | 4.0 | 12.4 | 18.4 | 18.4 | -4.4 |
| Hendricks, Kyle 3386 | pi sp | ana al | 4.0 | 9.7 | 29.4 | 83.3 | -1.7 |
| Sheets, Gavin 4457 | dh lf | sd nl | 4.0 | 7.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | +1.0 |
| Houser, Adrian 4162 | pi sp | chi al | 3.7 | 4.7 | 18.1 | 20.1 | +2.7 |
| Sears, JP 4627 | pi sp | oak al | 3.0 | 10.7 | 19.7 | 19.7 | -4.7 |
| Tucker, Kyle 4277 | rf | chi nl | 3.0 | 9.0 | 38.2 | 38.2 | -3.0 |
| Armstrong, Shawn 4204 | pi mr sp cp | tex al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 8.0 | +3.0 |
| Donovan, Brendan 4603 | 2b lf 3b | stl nl | 2.0 | 6.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | -2.2 |
| Bender, Anthony 4512 | pi mr cp | fla nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +2.0 |
| Pasquantino, Vinnie 4766 | 1b dh | kc al | 1.5 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | -2.0 |
| McKinstry, Zach 5086 | ss dh ph | det al | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | -1.0 |
| McCutchen, Andrew 2637 | dh | pit nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 13.0 | 82.9 | 0.0 |
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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 2025 (’25), this year and last year (’24-25), over a six-year period (’20-25) and their career point total.Back to top
| Game | Starter | ’25 | ’24‑25 | ’20‑25 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| STL | Liberatore, Matthew 4662 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| CLE | Allen, Logan T. 4789 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 14.7 | 14.7 |
| NYM | Montas, Frankie 3803 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 29.1 | 41.5 |
| PIT | Burrows, Mike 5196 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| ATH | Severino, Luis 3567 | 1.0 | 7.7 | 20.1 | 65.9 |
| NYY | Stroman, Marcus 3327 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 26.4 | 65.2 |
| PHI | Suarez, Ranger 4228 | 6.4 | 16.8 | 34.5 | 35.5 |
| ATL | Strider, Spencer 4626 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 38.5 | 38.5 |
| TB | Bradley, Taj 4780 | 5.0 | 17.1 | 22.1 | 22.1 |
| BAL | Kremer, Dean 4330 | 1.0 | 9.7 | 30.8 | 30.8 |
| TOR | Lauer, Eric 4017 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 21.4 | 34.8 |
| BOS | Buehler, Walker 3943 | 4.0 | 5.7 | 32.1 | 63.6 |
| SD | Kolek, Stephen 5046 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| CIN | Lodolo, Nick 4586 | 3.7 | 12.7 | 19.7 | 19.7 |
| CHC | Taillon, Jameson 3658 | 5.4 | 13.4 | 38.5 | 64.9 |
| HOU | Valdez, Framber 4048 | 7.7 | 23.1 | 58.8 | 64.5 |
| COL | Marquez, German 3788 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 25.1 | 52.2 |
| MIL | Patrick, Chad 5131 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| LAD | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| KC | Bubic, Kris 4413 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 |
| SF | Verlander, Justin 2112 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 41.4 | 247.0 |
| CHW | Cannon, Jonathan 5036 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| SEA | Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 | 5.7 | 16.4 | 56.5 | 87.3 |
| TEX | Leiter, Jack 5132 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| WSH | Parker, Mitchell 4982 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| LAA | Kochanowicz, Jack 5094 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| MIA | Quantrill, Cal 4195 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 23.7 | 25.7 |
| ARI | Rodriguez, Eduardo 3480 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 25.7 | 69.9 |
| MIN | Paddack, Chris 4093 | 2.0 | 7.7 | 17.7 | 33.5 |
| DET | Skubal, Tarik 4414 | 10.7 | 31.8 | 61.9 | 61.9 |
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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Box-Toppers
Tracking who most helps their teams win the most games, based on box score stats. A method to measure & compare baseball's top players.
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. Players earn Box-Toppers points 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.