Dbacks' Robbie Ray tops players for Tuesday, May 30, rises to 5th in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank May 31, 2017

Diamondbacks pitcher Robbie Ray is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to fifth in season player rankings.

Also Tuesday, Albert Pujols of the Angels extends his streak of consecutive seasons earning Box-Toppers points to 17—only six players in Box-Toppers tracking history (since 1995) have longer streaks.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of May 30:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	10.7
2	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	9.4
3	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	8.0
5	Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	7.0
6	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	7.0
7	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	6.7
8	Judge, Aaron 3767	rf	nyy al	6.5
9	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	6.4
10	Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	6.4

What are those numbers after players' names?

Player of the Day—Ray pitched a complete-game, four-hit shutout, striking out 10 and walking none, in the 3-0 win over the Pirates.

Ray earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 7.0 for the season, rising to fifth among all players and third among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—Royals pitcher Eric Skoglund pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits, one walk and striking out five, in the 1-0 win over the Tigers.

This was Skoglund’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Skoglund was also making his Major League debut. He is the 3,811th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Box-Toppers season streaks

Here are the players who have earned Box-Toppers points in the most consecutive seasons. Carlos Beltran has tied Jason Giambi for the longest streak—19 straight seasons. Beltran has earned points each season from 1999 to 2017; Giambi earned points each season from 1995 to 2013. (Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.) Players are listed by length of their streak. Also shown is the duration of their streak and their career Box-Toppers point (BTP) total.


	Streak	Player	Pos	Duration	Career BTP
1	19	Jason Giambi	1b	1995-2013	133.4
1	19	Carlos Beltran*	rf	1999-2017	107.6
3	18	Jim Thome	1b dh	1995-2012	146.7
3	18	Chipper Jones	3b	1995-2012	149.0
3	18	Johnny Damon	lf	1995-2012	63.0
3	18	Alex Rodriguez	3b	1996-2013	187.0
7	17	Mariano Rivera	pi cp	1995-2011	126.4
7	17	Derek Jeter	ss	1996-2012	76.4
7	17	Paul Konerko	1b	1998-2014	100.7
7	17	Tim Hudson	pi sp	1999-2015	157.0
7	17	Torii Hunter	cf	1999-2015	115.9
7	17	David Ortiz	dh	2000-2016	145.9
7	17	CC Sabathia*	pi sp	2001-2017	188.0
7	17	Albert Pujols*	dh 1b	2001-2017	183.3
15	16	Manny Ramirez	lf	1995-2010	167.2
15	16	Andy Pettitte	pi sp	1995-2010	138.5
15	16	Jamie Moyer	pi sp	1995-2010	104.0
15	16	Scott Rolen	3b	1996-2011	97.6
15	16	Kevin Millwood	pi sp	1997-2012	108.3
15	16	Derek Lowe	pi sp	1998-2013	91.5
15	16	Aramis Ramirez	3b	2000-2015	105.8
15	16	Mark Buehrle	pi sp	2000-2015	116.7
15	16	Ichiro Suzuki*	rf	2001-2016	53.7
24	15	Randy Johnson	pi sp	1995-2009	278.8
24	15	Garret Anderson	lf	1995-2009	86.5
24	15	Ivan Rodriguez	ca	1995-2009	79.0
24	15	Tony Clark	1b	1995-2009	63.8
24	15	Gary Sheffield	lf	1995-2009	124.1
24	15	Jason Kendall	ca	1996-2010	40.9
24	15	Vladimir Guerrero	rf	1997-2011	128.3
24	15	Bobby Abreu	rf	1997-2011	95.5
24	15	Mike Cameron	cf	1997-2011	70.3
24	15	Miguel Tejada	ss	1997-2011	102.3
24	15	Jorge Posada	ca	1997-2011	79.5
24	15	Livan Hernandez	pi sp	1997-2011	76.7
24	15	Kyle Lohse	pi sp	2001-2015	89.0
24	15	Jake Peavy	pi sp	2002-2016	141.8
24	15	Miguel Cabrera*	1b	2003-2017	145.9

BTP: Box-Toppers points
* Active streak of a player active in 2017
Updated Tuesday, May 30, 2017
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American League Batter of the Day—Elvis Andrus of the Rangers hit a three-run homer and doubled in the 9-5 win over the Rays. Andrus went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in five total runs.

National League Batter of the Day—Austin Hedges of the Padres homered, doubled and went 2-for-4, driving in four runs, in the 6-2 win over the Cubs.

Streak—Albert Pujols of the Angels has now earned Box-Toppers points for 17 straight seasons—tied for the seventh-longest streak in Box-Toppers tracking history—after earning his first Player of the Game honors of the season Tuesday. He also hit his 599th career home run.

Pujols (HR 2-4 R 3BI in the 9-3 win over the Braves) earned his first Box-Toppers points in 2001 with the Cardinals and now has 183.3 career points, seventh among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails sixth-ranked player Alex Rodriguez (187.0).

In career Box-Toppers points Pujols is second among all batters (behind Rodriguez), third among all active players (behind Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw’s 194.3 and Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia’s 188.0) and first among all active batters (ahead of second-place Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers, who has 145.9).

Pujols’ best season was 2009 with the Cardinals when he had 16.7 Box-Toppers points, leading all NL batters and ranking eighth among all players that season. Pujols has led NL batters in Box-Toppers points five times—leading the league in season Box-Toppers points more than any other batter—all with the Cardinals:

In 2003, he had 16.5 points.
In 2004—15.9.
2008—15.2.
2009—16.7.
2010—15.4.

In 2016, Pujols had 8.0 Box-Toppers points with the Angels, fourth among AL designated hitters.

Pujols’ 17 consecutive seasons earning Box-Toppers points is tied for the second-longest currently active streak. Only Carlos Beltran of the Astros (19 seasons) has a longer streak among active players (his streak is tied for the longest since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995). Pujols streak is tied with Sabathia’s 17-season streak.

Pujols’ 17-season streak is tied with seven other players. (See Box-Toppers season streaks chart for details.)

Scoring—Ray earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Skoglund earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Andrus and Hedges each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’s other Players of the Game (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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Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/30
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    15.0
    ARI 3, PIT 0
    Robbie Ray (W,5-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    10
  

    AL
    8.1
    KC 1, DET 0
    Eric Skoglund (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    2
    0
    0
    1
    5
  

    
    7.0
    CLE 9, OAK 4
    Trevor Bauer (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    7
    3
    3
    1
    14
  

    BAT
    5.0
    TEX 9, TB 5
    Elvis Andrus, SS
    5
    2
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    SEA 10, COL 4
    Kyle Seager, 3B
    5
    3
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    BOS 13, CHW 7
    Jackie Bradley Jr., CF
    3
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.1
    NYY 8, BAL 3
    Luis Severino (W,4-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    7
    1
    1
    1
    8
  

    
    4.0
    NYM 5, MIL 4 (F/12)
    Josh Smoker (W,1-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    3.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    4
  

    
    4.0
    `MIA 7, PHI 2
    Justin Nicolino
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    3.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    BAT
    3.0
    SD 6, CHC 2
    Austin Hedges, C
    4
    1
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    HOU 7, MIN 2
    Alex Bregman, 3B
    3
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    `TOR 6, CIN 4
    Danny Barnes
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    1
    1
    1
    1
    5
  

    
    2.0
    LAD 9, STL 4
    Chase Utley, 2B
    4
    2
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    LAA 9, ATL 3
    Albert Pujols, DH
    4
    1
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    WSH 6, SF 3
    Michael Taylor, CF
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

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.

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players

Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Players of the Game. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (’17). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’16-17), the period 2012-2017 (’12-17) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2017 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2016 total (+/-).


Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	7.0	13.7	17.7	17.7	0.3
Severino, Luis 3567	pi sp	nyy al	5.7	7.7	10.7	10.7	3.7
Andrus, Elvis 2582	ss	tex al	3.5	12.7	17.7	23.2	-5.7
Bauer, Trevor 3065	pi sp	cle al	3.0	14.4	32.5	32.5	-8.4
Smoker, Josh 3725	pi mr cp	nym nl	2.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	0.7
Hedges, Austin 3790	ca	sd nl	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Bradley, Jackie Jr. 3293	cf	bos al	2.0	7.5	18.0	18.0	-3.5
Utley, Chase 1861	2b 1b	lad nl	2.0	3.0	14.0	75.1	1.0
Barnes, Danny 3807	pi mr	tor al	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Skoglund, Eric 3811	pi sp	kc al	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
Seager, Kyle 3031	3b	sea al	1.0	10.5	29.5	29.5	-8.5
Pujols, Albert 1438	dh 1b	ana al	1.0	9.0	33.5	183.3	-7.0
Nicolino, Justin 3576	pi sp	fla nl	1.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	-1.0
Bregman, Alex 3721	3b	hou al	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	-1.0
Taylor, Michael 3447	cf	dc nl	1.0	2.0	7.5	7.5	0.0

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Nationals' Tanner Roark tops players for Monday, May 29; Indians' Carrasco rises to 9th in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank May 30, 2017

Nationals pitcher Tanner Roark is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of May 29:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	10.7
2	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	9.4
3	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	8.0
5	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	7.0
6	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	6.7
7	Judge, Aaron 3767	rf	nyy al	6.5
8	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	6.4
9	Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	6.4
10	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	6.4

What are those numbers after players' names?

Also Monday, Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Roark pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out six and allowing six hits, in the 3-0 win over the Giants.

American League Player of the Day—Carlos Beltran of the Astros hit a three-run homer and went 4-for-5, scoring three times, in the 16-8 win over the Twins.

Beltran earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 107.6 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 59th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Monday, he passes three players on the “all-time” list—Frank Thomas (106.2), Red Sox pitcher David Price (106.2) and Twins pitcher Ervin Santana (106.7), who was the starting opposing pitcher in Beltran’s game Monday. Beltran ranks 19th among all batters in career points since 1995 and fourth among all active batters.

Beltran has 2.7 Box-Toppers points in 2017 and earlier this season tied the record for longest consecutive season streak earning Box-Toppers points at 19 (1999-2017).

Box-Toppers season streaks


	Streak	Player	Pos	Duration	Career BTP
1	19	Jason Giambi	1b	1995-2013	133.4
1	19	Carlos Beltran*	rf	1999-2017	107.6
3	18	Jim Thome	1b dh	1995-2012	146.7
3	18	Chipper Jones	3b	1995-2012	149.0
3	18	Johnny Damon	lf	1995-2012	63.0
3	18	Alex Rodriguez	3b	1996-2013	187.0
7	17	Mariano Rivera	pi cp	1995-2011	126.4
7	17	Derek Jeter	ss	1996-2012	76.4
7	17	Paul Konerko	1b	1998-2014	100.7
7	17	Tim Hudson	pi sp	1999-2015	157.0
7	17	Torii Hunter	cf	1999-2015	115.9
7	17	David Ortiz	dh	2000-2016	145.9
7	17	CC Sabathia*	pi sp	2001-2017	188.0
14	16	Manny Ramirez	lf	1995-2010	167.2
14	16	Andy Pettitte	pi sp	1995-2010	138.5
14	16	Jamie Moyer	pi sp	1995-2010	104.0
14	16	Scott Rolen	3b	1996-2011	97.6
14	16	Kevin Millwood	pi sp	1997-2012	108.3
14	16	Derek Lowe	pi sp	1998-2013	91.5
14	16	Aramis Ramirez	3b	2000-2015	105.8
14	16	Mark Buehrle	pi sp	2000-2015	116.7
14	16	Albert Pujols*	dh 1b	2001-2016	182.3
14	16	Ichiro Suzuki*	rf	2001-2016	53.7
24	15	Randy Johnson	pi sp	1995-2009	278.8
24	15	Garret Anderson	lf	1995-2009	86.5
24	15	Ivan Rodriguez	ca	1995-2009	79.0
24	15	Tony Clark	1b	1995-2009	63.8
24	15	Gary Sheffield	lf	1995-2009	124.1
24	15	Jason Kendall	ca	1996-2010	40.9
24	15	Vladimir Guerrero	rf	1997-2011	128.3
24	15	Bobby Abreu	rf	1997-2011	95.5
24	15	Mike Cameron	cf	1997-2011	70.3
24	15	Miguel Tejada	ss	1997-2011	102.3
24	15	Jorge Posada	ca	1997-2011	79.5
24	15	Livan Hernandez	pi sp	1997-2011	76.7
24	15	Kyle Lohse	pi sp	2001-2015	89.0
24	15	Jake Peavy	pi sp	2002-2016	141.8
24	15	Miguel Cabrera*	1b	2003-2017	145.9

BTP: Box-Toppers points
* Active streak of a player active in 2017
Updated Monday, May 29, 2017
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National League Batter of the Day—Hunter Renfroe of the Padres hit a grand slam, going 1-for-4, in the 5-2 win over the Cubs.

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 was batter Carlos Beltran.

Rankings—Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Monday.

Carrasco (7IP 4H 2R BB 7K W in the 5-3 win over the Athletics) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.4 for the season. He ranks third among AL pitchers.

Streaks—Two players extended streaks of 10 or more consecutive seasons earning Box-Toppers points after earning their first Player of the Game honors of the season Monday:

Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers has now earned Box-Toppers points for 15 straight seasons.
Marlins pitcher Edinson Volquez has now earned Box-Toppers points for 12 straight seasons.

Cabrera (2-3 R 3BI in the 10-7 win over the Royals) earned his first Box-Toppers points in 2003 with the Marlins, making his 15-season streak tied (with 14 others) for the 24th-longest streak in Box-Toppers tracking history. It is the fifth-longest currently active streak.

Cabrera has 145.9 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 23rd place among all players since 1995 when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his point Monday, he passes two players on the “all-time” list—Cubs pitcher Jon Lester (145.2) and David Ortiz (145.9). (While Cabrera and Ortiz both have the same career Box-Toppers point total, Cabrera ranks ahead because he has more 2017 points—1.0 vs. 0.0.) Cabrera now trails 22nd-ranked player Jim Thome (146.7).

Cabrera now has the seventh-most career Box-Toppers points among active players after passing Lester. And he has the seventh-most career points among all batters since 1995, passing Ortiz and trailing sixth-ranked Thome (146.7). Cabrera maintains his second-place rank in career points among active batters, trailing Albert Pujols of the Angels (182.3).

Cabrera’s best season was 2013 with the Tigers when he had 16.9 Box-Toppers points, first among AL batters and eighth among all players. Cabrera also led AL batters in 2009 with the Tigers with 16.5 points, ninth among all players that season. In 2016, Cabrera had 12.0 Box-Toppers points, fourth among AL batters.

Volquez (6IP 3H R 2BB 4K W in the 4-1 win over the Phillies) earned his first Box-Toppers points in 2006 with the Rangers and has 65.2 career points, 19th among active NL pitchers. His best season was 2008 with the Reds when he had 15.1 Box-Toppers points, sixth among NL pitchers. In 2016, he had 6.4 points with the Royals.

Scoring—Roark earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Beltran earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Renfroe earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day. All of Monday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/29
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    6.0
    WSH 3, SF 0
    Tanner Roark (W,5-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    6
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    AL
    5.0
    HOU 16, MIN 8
    Carlos Beltran, DH
    5
    3
    4
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    TOR 17, CIN 2
    Justin Smoak, 1B
    5
    3
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    CLE 5, OAK 3
    Carlos Carrasco (W,5-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    2
    2
    1
    7
  

    
    4.0
    NYM 4, MIL 2
    Robert Gsellman (W,3-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    2
    1
    2
    5
  

    
    4.0
    TB 10, TEX 8
    Alex Colome (S,14)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    3.0
    CHW 5, BOS 4
    Melky Cabrera, LF
    4
    1
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    DET 10, KC 7
    Miguel Cabrera, 1B
    3
    1
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    3.0
    SD 5, CHC 2
    Hunter Renfroe, RF
    3
    1
    1
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    MIA 4, PHI 1
    Edinson Volquez (W,1-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    1
    2
    4
  

    
    3.0
    `PIT 4, ARI 3
    Trevor Williams
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    1
    1
    0
    3
  

    
    3.0
    LAD 5, STL 1
    Rich Hill (W,2-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    2
    1
    1
    2
    4
  

    
    3.0
    BAL 3, NYY 2
    Brad Brach (S,10)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    3.0
    SEA 6, COL 5
    Edwin Diaz (S,9)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    ATL 6, LAA 3
    Jim Johnson (S,11)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

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.

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	6.4	18.8	47.5	52.9	-6.0
Roark, Tanner 3261	pi sp	dc nl	4.0	16.7	32.7	32.7	-8.7
Colome, Alex 3189	pi cp	tb al	4.0	13.0	21.7	21.7	-5.0
Smoak, Justin 2731	1b	tor al	3.5	7.0	20.2	26.4	0.0
Johnson, Jim 2417	pi cp	atl nl	3.0	7.0	18.0	24.7	-1.0
Cabrera, Melky 2143	lf ph	chi al	3.0	7.0	17.0	33.5	-1.0
Renfroe, Hunter 3749	rf	sd nl	3.0	5.5	5.5	5.5	0.5
Beltran, Carlos 1194	dh rf	hou al	2.7	8.7	20.9	107.6	-3.3
Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	lad nl	2.0	16.4	20.4	40.1	-12.4
Diaz, Edwin 3690	pi cp	sea al	2.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	-5.0
Williams, Trevor 3792	pi sp	pit nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Cabrera, Miguel 1776	1b	det al	1.0	13.0	58.8	145.9	-11.0
Volquez, Edinson 2220	pi sp	fla nl	1.0	7.4	37.1	65.2	-5.4
Brach, Brad 3374	pi cp mr	bal al	1.0	4.0	8.0	8.0	-2.0
Gsellman, Robert 3748	pi sp	nym nl	1.0	2.7	2.7	2.7	-0.7

What are those numbers after players' names?

Brewers' Jimmy Nelson tops players for Sunday, May 28; Yankees' Judge rises to 7th in Box-Toppers rankings

Shawn Plank May 29, 2017

Brewers pitcher Jimmy Nelson is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of May 28:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	10.7
2	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	9.4
3	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	8.0
5	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	7.0
6	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	6.7
7	Judge, Aaron 3767	rf	nyy al	6.5
8	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	6.4
9	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	6.4
10	McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	6.0

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Also Sunday, Aaron Judge of the Yankees rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings—first among all batters—after earning American League Batter of the Day honors.

Player of the Day—Nelson struck out 10 over seven innings, allowing one run, seven hits and no walks, in the 9-5 win over the Diamondbacks.

American League Player of the Day—Rays pitcher Tommy Hunter pitched two scoreless innings—the ninth and the 10th—striking out three and allowing no hits, in the 8-6, 15-inning win over the Twins. Hunter picked up a no-decision and did not earn the win because the score was tied 5-5 when he exited.

Normally, middle relievers who pitch fewer than three innings and do not earn the win or save don’t earn Player of the Game honors. But Hunter did because he had a higher Box-Toppers game score and the same or more innings pitched than the player who otherwise would have won. Closer Erasmo Ramirez (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K Sv) with a Box-Toppers game score of +3.0 was in line for Player of the Game honors. But Hunter edged him out because he had both a higher Box-Toppers game score (+5.0) and more innings pitched (2.0 vs. 1.0).

Additionally, Hunter, with only two innings pitched, was able to win AL Player of the Day honors because of lower Box-Toppers game scores of AL players who earned Player of the Game honors Sunday, including his runner-up, Indians pitcher Josh Tomlin, who despite a complete game win (CG 6H R 0BB 3K W in the 10-1 win over the Royals) only had a Box-Toppers game score of +4.0.

National League Batter of the Day—Adam Duvall of the Reds homered twice and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 8-4 win over the Phillies.

American League Batter of the Day—Aaron Judge of the Yankees hit a grand slam and went 2-for-4 in the 9-5 win over the Athletics.

Judge earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 6.5 for the season, rising to seventh in season player rankings. He also rises to first among all batters, moving ahead of Bryce Harper of the Nationals (6.0), who falls out of the overall top 10 to 11th place.

Notable—Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto rises to 70th place among all players in career Box-Toppers points (since 1995 when tracking began) after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.

Cueto (6IP 6H R BB 8K W in the 7-1 win over the Braves) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 101.8 for his career. With his point Sunday, he passes three players on Box-Toppers “all-time” career points list—Jason Schmidt (101.2), Mark Teixeira (101.3) and Tim Wakefield (101.4). Cueto now trails 69th-place player Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2).

Scoring—Nelson earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Hunter earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Duvall and Judge each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/28
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    8.0
    MIL 9, ARI 5
    Jimmy Nelson (W,3-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    7
    1
    1
    0
    10
  

    BAT
    6.0
    CIN 8, PHI 4
    Adam Duvall, LF
    4
    2
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    COL 8, STL 4
    Gerardo Parra, RF
    4
    3
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    SF 7, ATL 1
    Johnny Cueto (W,5-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    6
    1
    1
    1
    8
  

    AL
    5.0
    `TB 8, MIN 6 (F/15)
    Tommy Hunter
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    4.0
    CLE 10, KC 1
    Josh Tomlin (W,3-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    6
    1
    1
    0
    3
  

    
    3.2
    SD 5, WSH 3
    Kirby Yates (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    3.2
    LAD 9, CHC 4
    Josh Fields (W,2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    BAT
    3.0
    NYY 9, OAK 5
    Aaron Judge, RF
    4
    1
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    MIA 9, LAA 2
    JT Riddle, SS
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    SEA 5, BOS 0
    Christian Bergman (W,2-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    2
    2
  

    
    2.0
    HOU 8, BAL 4
    Yuli Gurriel, 1B
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.2
    CHW 7, DET 3
    Miguel Gonzalez (W,4-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    6
    3
    3
    0
    6
  

    
    1.0
    NYM 7, PIT 2
    Jay Bruce, RF
    5
    1
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    0.0
    TEX 3, TOR 1
    Elvis Andrus, SS
    5
    2
    3
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

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.

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Judge, Aaron 3767	rf	nyy al	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5	6.5
Gonzalez, Miguel 3062	pi sp	chi al	4.0	13.1	41.9	41.9	-5.1
Bruce, Jay 2453	rf	nym nl	4.0	12.5	29.7	62.8	-4.5
Nelson, Jimmy 3299	pi sp	mil nl	4.0	7.0	17.4	17.4	1.0
Duvall, Adam 3573	lf	cin nl	3.5	10.0	11.5	11.5	-3.0
Bergman, Christian 3799	pi sp	sea al	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Gurriel, Yuli 3796	1b	hou al	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7	2.7
Parra, Gerardo 2746	rf	col nl	2.5	5.0	17.0	23.5	0.0
Riddle, JT 3805	ss	fla nl	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	2.0	18.4	72.0	101.8	-14.4
Andrus, Elvis 2582	ss	tex al	2.0	11.2	16.2	21.7	-7.2
Tomlin, Josh 2771	pi sp	cle al	2.0	7.0	20.4	26.4	-3.0
Hunter, Tommy 2623	pi mr	tb al	1.7	2.7	9.7	17.7	0.7
Yates, Kirby 3628	pi mr	sd nl	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	-1.0
Fields, Josh 3247	pi mr	lad nl	1.0	1.0	5.0	5.0	1.0

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Nationals' Stephen Strasburg tops players for Saturday, May 27, rises to 7th in season player rankings

Shawn Plank May 28, 2017

Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to seventh place in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of May 27:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	10.7
2	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	9.4
3	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	8.0
5	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	7.0
6	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	6.7
7	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	6.4
8	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	6.4
9	McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	6.0
10	Harper, Bryce 3011	rf	dc nl	6.0

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Also Saturday, Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Strasburg struck out 15 over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, in the 3-0 win over the Padres.

Strasburg earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 6.4 for the season, rising to seventh in player rankings, fifth among National League pitchers.

With Strasburg's rise, there are now three Nationals players in Box-Toppers top 10 season player rankings—Max Scherzer in fourth with 8.0 points, Bryce Harper in 10th with 6.0 and Strasburg in seventh with 6.4.

American League Player of the Day—Tigers pitcher Buck Farmer struck out 11 over 6 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing three hits and two walks, in the 4-3 win over the White Sox.

This was Farmer’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Farmer made his Major League debut Aug. 13, 2014, and was playing in his 33rd career game. He is the 3,809th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

National League Batter of the Day—Nick Hundley of the Giants homered and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 6-3 win over the Braves.

American League Batter of the Day—Andrelton Simmons of the Angels doubled and went 2-for-4, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the 5-2 win over the Marlins.

Rankings—Astros pitcher Dallas Keuchel rises to eighth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday.

Keuchel (6IP 4H R 2BB 8K W in the 5-2 win over the Orioles) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.4 for the season. He ranks third among AL pitchers.

Notable—Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright now has 114.5 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday.

Wainwright (7IP 3H 0R BB 6K W in the 3-0 win over the Rockies) ranks 45th among all players in career Box-Toppers points since 1995 (when Box-Toppers tracking began). He trails 44th-ranked player Josh Beckett (114.9). Wainwright has 2.5 Box-Toppers points this season.

Debut—Red Sox pitcher Brian Johnson made his Box-Toppers debut Saturday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Johnson (CG 5H 0R 0BB 8K W in the 6-0 win over the Mariners) made his Major League debut July 21, 2015, and was playing in his third career game. He is the 3,810th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Strasburg earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Farmer earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Hundley and Simmons each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Saturday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/27
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    18.0
    WSH 3, SD 0
    Stephen Strasburg (W,6-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    0
    0
    1
    15
  

    
    14.0
    MIL 6, ARI 1
    Chase Anderson (W,3-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    1
    0
    0
    3
    11
  

    AL
    12.1
    DET 4, CHW 3
    Buck Farmer (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    3
    0
    0
    2
    11
  

    
    12.0
    BOS 6, SEA 0
    Brian Johnson (W,2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    5
    0
    0
    0
    8
  

    
    9.0
    STL 3, COL 0
    Adam Wainwright (W,5-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    
    9.0
    LAD 5, CHC 0
    Brandon McCarthy (W,5-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    
    7.0
    TOR 3, TEX 1
    Marco Estrada (W,4-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    1
    1
    1
    8
  

    
    6.0
    HOU 5, BAL 2
    Dallas Keuchel (W,8-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    1
    1
    2
    8
  

    
    4.2
    NYY 3, OAK 2
    Dellin Betances (S,5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    BAT
    4.0
    SF 6, ATL 3
    Nick Hundley, C
    4
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    PIT 5, NYM 4 (F/10)
    Andrew McCutchen, CF
    3
    1
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    CHW 3, DET 0
    David Robertson (S,6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    3.0
    `KC 5, CLE 2
    Joakim Soria
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    PHI 4, CIN 3
    Hector Neris (W,2-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

    BAT
    1.0
    LAA 5, MIA 2
    Andrelton Simmons, SS
    4
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    MIN 5, TB 3
    Eddie Rosario, LF
    3
    1
    2
    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.

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	6.4	21.5	80.6	89.3	-8.7
Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	6.4	13.4	49.2	49.2	-0.6
Estrada, Marco 2847	pi sp	tor al	4.0	15.0	44.1	47.1	-7.0
Betances, Dellin 3333	pi mr cp	nyy al	4.0	8.0	16.7	16.7	0.0
McCarthy, Brandon 2082	pi sp	lad nl	4.0	6.7	26.4	40.5	1.3
Soria, Joakim 2258	pi mr	kc al	3.0	4.0	12.7	48.7	2.0
Wainwright, Adam 2150	pi sp	stl nl	2.5	12.7	63.8	114.5	-7.7
Simmons, Andrelton 3165	ss	ana al	2.5	4.0	9.5	9.5	1.0
Anderson, Chase 3328	pi sp	mil nl	2.0	9.0	18.0	18.0	-5.0
Robertson, David 2774	pi cp	chi al	2.0	7.0	24.0	28.0	-3.0
Rosario, Eddie 3542	lf	min al	2.0	5.0	6.5	6.5	-1.0
Neris, Hector 3553	pi mr	phi nl	2.0	4.0	5.0	5.0	0.0
Farmer, Buck 3809	pi sp	det al	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7	1.7
Hundley, Nick 2497	ca	sf nl	1.5	2.5	13.5	24.0	0.5
McCutchen, Andrew 2637	cf	pit nl	1.0	8.0	39.5	54.9	-6.0
Johnson, Brian 3810	pi sp	bos al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

For nearly 16 years, Curt Schilling held 3rd-place spot in Box-Toppers career points rankings, until Clayton Kershaw passed him this week

Shawn Plank May 27, 2017

Curt Schilling rose into third place in Box-Toppers career points on July 21, 2001, and held that spot continuously for nearly 16 years until just this week, when Clayton Kershaw, in his 10th season, passed him.

Nationals' Max Scherzer tops players for Friday, May 26, rises to 4th in season player rankings

Shawn Plank May 27, 2017

Nationals pitcher Max Scherzer is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to fourth place in season player rankings.

Scherzer struck out 13 over 8 2/3 innings, allowing one run, three hits and two walks, in the 5-1 win over the Padres.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of May 26:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	10.7
2	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	9.4
3	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	8.0
5	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	7.0
6	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	6.7
7	McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	6.0
8	Harper, Bryce 3011	rf	dc nl	6.0
9	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	6.0
10	Holland, Greg 2906	pi cp	col nl	6.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

Scherzer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 8.0 for the season and rises from fifth to fourth place in season player rankings. He is second among National League pitchers, behind overall leader Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers (10.7).

Scherzer also now has 139.7 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 29th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Friday, he passes Andy Pettitte (138.5) on the “all-time” list. He now trails 28th-ranked player Jake Peavy (141.8).

American League Player of the Day—Athletics pitcher Sean Manaea struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 4-1 win over the Yankees.

American League Batter of the Day—Devon Travis of the Blue Jays hit a grand slam and doubled in the 7-6 win over the Rangers. Travis went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in four runs.

National League Batter of the Day—Justin Bour of the Marlins hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-4 in the 8-5 win over the Angels.

Rankings—Dodgers pitcher Alex Wood rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.

Wood (5IP 2H 0R 2BB 8K W in the 4-0 win over the Cubs) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.0 for the season. He rises from eighth to fifth place in rankings. He ranks third among NL pitchers, behind Kershaw (10.7) and Scherzer (8.0).

Scoring—Scherzer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Manaea earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Travis and Bour each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Friday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/26
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    14.2
    WSH 5, SD 1
    Max Scherzer (W,5-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.2
    3
    1
    1
    2
    13
  

    AL
    10.0
    OAK 4, NYY 1
    Sean Manaea (W,3-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    1
    8
  

    
    9.1
    NYM 8, PIT 1
    Jacob deGrom (W,4-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.1
    6
    1
    1
    1
    10
  

    
    9.0
    CIN 5, PHI 2
    Tim Adleman (W,3-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    1
    0
    0
    2
    4
  

    
    9.0
    HOU 2, BAL 0
    Joe Musgrove (W,4-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    6
  

    
    9.0
    LAD 4, CHC 0
    Alex Wood (W,6-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    2
    0
    0
    2
    8
  

    
    8.2
    TB 5, MIN 2
    Chris Archer (W,4-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    5
    2
    2
    1
    11
  

    
    6.0
    COL 10, STL 0
    Antonio Senzatela (W,7-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    6.0
    `ARI 4, MIL 2 (F/10)
    Zack Godley
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    5
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    
    5.2
    ATL 2, SF 0
    Jaime Garcia (W,2-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    4
    0
    0
    2
    5
  

    BAT
    5.0
    TOR 7, TEX 6
    Devon Travis, 2B
    4
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    CHW 8, DET 2
    Melky Cabrera, LF
    5
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    KC 6, CLE 4
    Mike Minor (W,2-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    BAT
    2.0
    MIA 8, LAA 5
    Justin Bour, 1B
    4
    1
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    BOS 3, SEA 0
    Eduardo Rodriguez (W,4-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    5
    0
    0
    3
    4
  

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.

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	8.0	33.7	111.9	139.7	-17.7
Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	7.0	8.0	26.4	26.4	6.0
Rodriguez, Eduardo 3480	pi sp	bos al	5.7	10.4	16.4	16.4	1.0
Godley, Zack 3538	pi sp	ari nl	4.0	5.0	8.7	8.7	3.0
deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	3.7	13.4	48.8	48.8	-6.0
Bour, Justin 3433	1b	fla nl	3.5	6.0	16.0	16.0	1.0
Archer, Chris 3194	pi sp	tb al	3.0	12.0	52.1	52.1	-6.0
Senzatela, Antonio 3760	pi sp	col nl	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Manaea, Sean 3637	pi sp	oak al	2.7	9.4	9.4	9.4	-4.0
Cabrera, Melky 2143	lf ph	chi al	2.0	6.0	16.0	32.5	-2.0
Travis, Devon 3436	2b	tor al	1.5	2.5	5.5	5.5	0.5
Garcia, Jaime 2508	pi sp	atl nl	1.0	9.0	27.1	44.8	-7.0
Musgrove, Joe 3705	pi sp	hou al	1.0	4.7	4.7	4.7	-2.7
Adleman, Tim 3625	pi sp	cin nl	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	-1.0
Minor, Mike 2894	pi mr sp	kc al	1.0	1.0	25.4	28.1	1.0

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Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw tops Box-Toppers player rankings for 3rd straight week

Shawn Plank May 26, 2017

Kershaw leads player rankings for 3rd straight week. New players rise to lead AL categories—Ervin Santana leads pitchers, Miguel Sano leads batters, both are Twins.

Arizona Diamondbacks, hottest team of past week, rise to top of Box-Toppers weekly rankings

Shawn Plank May 26, 2017

Diamondbacks top Box-Toppers team rankings after being hottest team of the week. Astros continue to lead AL but fall from 1st to 3rd overall.

Dbacks' Robbie Ray tops players for Thursday, May 25; Red Sox' Pomeranz tops AL players

Shawn Plank May 26, 2017

Diamondbacks pitcher Robbie Ray is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of May 25:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	10.7
2	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	9.4
3	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
4	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	6.7
5	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	6.0
6	McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	6.0
7	Harper, Bryce 3011	rf	dc nl	6.0
8	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	6.0
9	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	6.0
10	Holland, Greg 2906	pi cp	col nl	6.0

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Ray struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks, in the 4-0 win over the Brewers.

Ray earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.0 for the season, most of any of the 10 who earned Player of the Game honors Thursday. Ray ranks 18th among players in 2017 Box-Toppers points, seventh among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—Red Sox pitcher Drew Pomeranz struck out 11 over six innings, allowing two runs, four hits and one walk, in the 6-2 win over the Rangers.

National League Batter of the Day—Francisco Cervelli of the Pirates doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 9-4 win over the Braves.

American League Batter of the Day—Carlos Correa of the Astros homered and went 3-for-4, driving in two runs, in the 7-6 win over the Tigers.

Debut—Padres pitcher Dinelson Lamet made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Lamet (5IP 3H R 2BB 8K W in the 4-3 win over the Mets) was also making his Major League debut Thursday. He is the 3,808th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Ray earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Pomeranz earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Cervelli and Correa each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/25
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    14.0
    ARI 4, MIL 0
    Robbie Ray (W,4-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    9
  

    AL
    8.0
    BOS 6, TEX 2
    Drew Pomeranz (W,4-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    2
    2
    1
    11
  

    
    6.0
    SD 4, NYM 3
    Dinelson Lamet (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    3
    1
    1
    2
    8
  

    
    5.0
    TB 4, LAA 0
    Matt Andriese (W,5-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    6
    0
    0
    2
    5
  

    BAT
    3.0
    PIT 9, ATL 4
    Francisco Cervelli, C
    5
    2
    4
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    LAD 7, STL 3
    Hyun-Jin Ryu (S,1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    4.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

    BAT
    2.0
    HOU 7, DET 6
    Carlos Correa, SS
    4
    1
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    SEA 4, WSH 2
    Nelson Cruz, RF
    3
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    CHC 5, SF 1
    Mike Montgomery (S,1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    4.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    0
  

    
    2.0
    `PHI 2, COL 1 (F/11)
    Hector Neris
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    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.

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 top players


Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	5.0	11.7	15.7	15.7	-1.7
Andriese, Matt 3505	pi sp	tb al	3.7	5.7	8.7	8.7	1.7
Correa, Carlos 3506	ss	hou al	2.5	10.2	17.4	17.4	-5.2
Cruz, Nelson 2224	dh rf	sea al	2.0	8.5	29.5	55.7	-4.5
Ryu, Hyun-Jin 3139	pi sp cp	lad nl	2.0	2.0	23.1	23.1	2.0
Pomeranz, Drew 3061	pi sp	bos al	1.7	14.1	25.1	25.1	-10.7
Cervelli, Francisco 3387	ca	pit nl	1.5	2.5	7.5	7.5	0.5
Montgomery, Mike 3513	pi cp	chi nl	1.0	6.0	10.0	10.0	-4.0
Neris, Hector 3553	pi mr	phi nl	1.0	3.0	4.0	4.0	-1.0
Lamet, Dinelson 3808	pi sp	sd nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Athletics' Sonny Gray tops players for Wednesday, May 24; Rockies' Chatwood tops NL players

Shawn Plank May 25, 2017

Athletics pitcher Sonny Gray is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of May 24:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	10.7
2	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	9.4
3	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
4	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	6.7
5	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	6.0
6	McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	6.0
7	Harper, Bryce 3011	rf	dc nl	6.0
8	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	6.0
9	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	6.0
10	Holland, Greg 2906	pi cp	col nl	6.0

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Gray struck out 11 over seven innings, allowing one run and three hits, in the 4-1 win over the Marlins.

National League Player of the Day—Rockies pitcher Tyler Chatwood pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out eight and allowing one hit, in the 7-2 win over the Phillies.

National League Batter of the Day—Adam Frazier of the Pirates hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-2, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 12-5, 10-inning win over the Braves.

American League Batter of the Day—Jose Iglesias of the Tigers homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 6-3 win over the Astros.

Notable—Yankees pitcher Luis Severino has the most season Box-Toppers points of any of the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Severino (8IP 4H 0R BB 7K W in the 3-0 win over the Royals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 4.7 for the season, ranked 20th among all players this season. He ranks 11th among AL pitchers.

Scoring—Gray earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Chatwood earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Frazier and Iglesias each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/24
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    12.0
    OAK 4, MIA 1
    Sonny Gray (W,2-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    11
  

    
    10.0
    NYY 3, KC 0
    Luis Severino (W,3-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    4
    0
    0
    1
    7
  

    NL
    10.0
    COL 7, PHI 2
    Tyler Chatwood (W,4-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    1
    0
    0
    4
    8
  

    
    7.0
    STL 6, LAD 1
    Mike Leake (W,5-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    4
    1
    1
    0
    5
  

    BAT
    6.0
    PIT 12, ATL 5 (F/10)
    Adam Frazier, LF-CF
    2
    3
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    WSH 5, SEA 1
    Tanner Roark (W,4-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    8
    1
    1
    0
    8
  

    BAT
    4.0
    DET 6, HOU 3
    Jose Iglesias, SS
    4
    3
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    CHC 5, SF 4
    Anthony Rizzo, 1B
    3
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    TB 5, LAA 2
    Steven Souza Jr., RF
    3
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.1
    `ARI 8, CHW 6
    J.J. Hoover (H,6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    2
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    
    3.0
    TOR 8, MIL 4
    Ryan Goins, SS
    4
    1
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    BOS 9, TEX 4
    Mitch Moreland, PH-1B
    2
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    SD 6, NYM 5
    Matt Szczur, CF
    1
    2
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.1
    MIN 4, BAL 3
    Jose Berrios (W,3-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    4
    3
    3
    2
    7
  

    
    1.0
    CIN 4, CLE 3
    Arismendy Alcantara, PR
    0
    1
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

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.

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Severino, Luis 3567	pi sp	nyy al	4.7	6.7	9.7	9.7	2.7
Chatwood, Tyler 2856	pi sp	col nl	4.4	11.4	18.1	21.1	-2.6
Frazier, Adam 3771	lf cf	pit nl	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
Leake, Mike 2709	pi sp	stl nl	3.0	8.0	38.4	47.6	-2.0
Goins, Ryan 3478	ss	tor al	3.0	4.5	9.0	9.0	1.5
Berrios, Jose 3791	pi sp	min al	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Rizzo, Anthony 3063	1b	chi nl	2.5	5.5	29.5	29.5	-0.5
Iglesias, Jose 3532	ss	det al	2.5	2.5	3.5	3.5	2.5
Roark, Tanner 3261	pi sp	dc nl	2.0	14.7	30.7	30.7	-10.7
Souza, Steven Jr. 3461	rf	tb al	2.0	7.7	13.2	13.2	-3.7
Gray, Sonny 3259	pi sp	oak al	2.0	3.0	34.8	34.8	1.0
Moreland, Mitch 2799	1b ph	bos al	1.0	4.5	17.7	19.7	-2.5
Szczur, Matt 3704	cf	sd nl	1.0	2.5	2.5	2.5	-0.5
Hoover, J.J. 3163	pi mr	ari nl	1.0	1.0	10.0	10.0	1.0
Alcantara, Arismendy 3378	2b pr	cin nl	1.0	1.0	2.5	2.5	1.0

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Dodgers' Clayton Kershaw tops players for Tuesday, May 23, rises to 3rd in career Box-Toppers points since 1995, passing Schilling

Shawn Plank May 24, 2017

Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, maintaining his top spot in season player rankings and rising to third place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of May 23:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	10.7
2	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	9.4
3	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
4	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	6.7
5	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	6.0
6	McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	6.0
7	Harper, Bryce 3011	rf	dc nl	6.0
8	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	6.0
9	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	6.0
10	Holland, Greg 2906	pi cp	col nl	6.0

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Also Tuesday, two other players rose in Box-Toppers top 10 player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors: Twins pitcher Ervin Santana rose to second place and Astros pitcher Lance McCullers rose to sixth place.

Player of the Day—Kershaw struck out 10 over nine innings, allowing one run, three hits and no walks, in the 2-1, 13-inning win over the Cardinals. Kershaw did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was tied 1-1 when he exited after nine innings.

Kershaw earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 10.7 for the season. He is the first player to reach 10.0 Box-Toppers points in 2017, the ninth straight season he’s earned 10 or more points in a season. Kershaw was also the first player to 10 points in 2016, reaching the milestone a week earlier than this year (May 17).

All-time leaders

Here are Box-Toppers top 20 players since record keeping began in 1995:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Randy Johnson	pi sp	retired	278.8
2	Pedro Martinez	pi sp	retired	244.8
3	Clayton Kershaw	pi sp	lad nl	194.4
4	Curt Schilling	pi sp	retired	194.1
5	CC Sabathia	pi sp	nyy al	188.0
6	Alex Rodriguez	dh	released	187.0
7	Albert Pujols	1b dh	ana al	182.3
8	Roy Halladay	pi sp	retired	170.7
9	Felix Hernandez	pi sp	sea al	169.7
10	Manny Ramirez	lf dh	retired	167.2
11	Johan Santana	pi sp	free agent	166.6
12	Roger Clemens	pi sp	retired	164.8
13	Zack Greinke	pi sp	ari nl	162.8
14	John Smoltz	pi sp	retired	160.9
15	Tim Hudson	pi sp	retired	157.0
16	Mike Mussina	pi sp	retired	155.6
17	Barry Bonds	lf	retired	153.2
18	Greg Maddux	pi sp	retired	151.7
19	Bartolo Colon	pi sp	atl nl	151.2
20	Chipper Jones	3b	retired	149.0

BTP: Box-Toppers points
List of top 100 players since 1995 at the close of the 2016 season.

Kershaw maintains his top spot in Box-Toppers season player rankings, ahead of second-place player, Twins pitcher Ervin Santana (9.4 Box-Toppers points), who was American League Player of the Day Tuesday.

Kershaw also rises to third place in career Box-Toppers points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. Kershaw now has 194.4 career Box-Toppers points and passes Curt Schilling (194.1) on the “all-time” list. It should be noted that Schilling began his career in 1988, before Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995, and so would likely have more total career points. Rough Box-Toppers projected estimates put Schilling’s actual career total at 232. (A look at projected Box-Toppers point totals for pitchers who began their careers before 1995.)

Kershaw has risen steadily up Box-Toppers career points rankings in recent years but his rise will now become more difficult. Kershaw now trails second-place player Pedro Martinez on the “all-time” list, who has 244.8 career Box-Toppers points since 1995. The 50.4-point gap between Martinez and Kershaw is the largest between any two players in “all-time” Box-Toppers rankings. In essence, Kershaw has whizzed by the close-together “inner planets” of players with fewer than 200 Box-Toppers points and now has to travel much greater distances to reach the “gas giants” of players with more than 200 career Box-Toppers points since 1995—Martinez and Randy Johnson (the overall leader with 278.8 points).

However, given Kershaw’s pace, perhaps the 50.4-point gap between Martinez and Kershaw is not so great and insurmountable. Kershaw has earned 50.8 points since July 23, 2015, less than two complete seasons (which included time on the disabled list). If Kershaw were able to maintain that pace, he might catch Martinez by the end of the 2018 season.

American League Player of the Day—Twins pitcher Ervin Santana pitched a two-hit, complete-game shutout, striking out six and walking two, in the 2-0 win over the Orioles.

Santana earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 9.4 for the season, rising from third to second place in season player rankings, first among AL pitchers, passing previous AL pitching leader, Chris Sale of the Red Sox (8.4 points). Santana trails overall leader, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (10.7 points).

Santana also now has 106.7 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 59th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Tuesday, he passes six players on the “all-time” list: Dodgers pitcher Scott Kazmir (105.1), Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner (105.7), Aramis Ramirez (105.8), Carlos Beltran of the Astros (105.9), Frank Thomas (106.2) and Red Sox pitcher David Price (106.2). Santana now trails 58th-ranked player Lance Berkman (108.1).

National League Batter of the Day—Anthony Rendon of the Nationals homered twice and doubled in the 10-1 win over the Mariners. Rendon went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in five runs.

American League Batter of the Day—Xander Bogaerts of the Red Sox doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring four times and driving in three runs, in the 11-6 win over the Rangers.

Rankings—Astros pitcher Lance McCullers Jr. Rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.

McCullers (5IP H 0R 2BB 5K W in the 6-2 win over the Tigers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.0 for the season. He ranks third among AL pitchers.

Notable—Cubs pitcher Jon Lester now has 145.2 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday (CG 4H R 0BB 10K W in the 4-1 win over the Giants). Lester had a Box-Toppers game score of +13.0, but lost out on earning Player of the Game honors to Kershaw, who had a game score of +14.0. So Lester only earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game.

That point boosts him to 24th place in career Box-Toppers points since 1995, when tracking began. He passes Miguel Cabrera of the Tigers (144.9) on the “all-time” list and now trails 23rd-ranked player David Ortiz (145.9). Lester now ranks seventh among active players in career points, trailing Braves pitcher Bartolo Colon (151.2).

Debut—Blue Jays pitcher Danny Barnes made his Box-Toppers debut Tuesday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Barnes (1.2IP 0H 0R 0BB 3K W in the 4-3 win over the Brewers) made his Major League debut Aug. 2, 2016, and was playing in his 26th career game. He is the 3,807th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Kershaw earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Santana earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Rendon and Bogaerts each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/23
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    14.0
    `LAD 2, STL 1 (F/13)
    Clayton Kershaw
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    3
    1
    1
    0
    10
  

    
    13.0
    CHC 4, SF 1
    Jon Lester (W,3-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    4
    1
    1
    0
    10
  

    AL
    11.0
    MIN 2, BAL 0
    Ervin Santana (W,7-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    2
    0
    0
    2
    6
  

    BAT
    7.0
    WSH 10, SEA 1
    Anthony Rendon, 3B
    4
    3
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    7.0
    HOU 6, DET 2
    Lance McCullers Jr. (W,5-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    1
    0
    0
    2
    5
  

    
    5.1
    LAA 4, TB 0
    Matt Shoemaker (W,4-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    3
    0
    0
    3
    5
  

    
    5.0
    MIA 11, OAK 9
    Justin Bour, 1B
    5
    4
    4
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    5.0
    BOS 11, TEX 6
    Xander Bogaerts, SS
    5
    4
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    NYM 9, SD 3
    Michael Conforto, LF
    4
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.2
    TOR 4, MIL 3
    Danny Barnes (W,1-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    4.0
    COL 8, PHI 2
    Charlie Blackmon, CF
    4
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    CLE 8, CIN 7
    Edwin Encarnacion, 1B
    4
    3
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    ATL 6, PIT 5
    Matt Adams, 1B
    5
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    KC 6, NYY 2
    Danny Duffy (W,4-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    6
    2
    2
    3
    7
  

    
    1.0
    ARI 5, CHW 4
    Fernando Rodney (S,11)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    0
  

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.

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	10.7	35.1	134.8	194.4	-13.7
Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	9.4	13.4	46.2	106.7	5.4
McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	6.0	12.1	18.8	18.8	-0.1
Conforto, Michael 3622	cf lf	nym nl	4.0	9.0	9.0	9.0	-1.0
Rendon, Anthony 3258	3b	dc nl	3.5	9.0	15.5	15.5	-2.0
Duffy, Danny 2915	pi sp	kc al	3.0	13.7	31.7	32.7	-7.7
Shoemaker, Matt 3290	pi sp	ana al	3.0	10.0	28.4	28.4	-4.0
Blackmon, Charlie 2891	cf	col nl	2.7	6.7	13.2	14.7	-1.3
Lester, Jon 2173	pi sp	chi nl	2.0	24.1	69.6	145.2	-20.1
Encarnacion, Edwin 2098	dh 1b	cle al	2.0	10.0	45.1	69.1	-6.0
Rodney, Fernando 1803	pi cp	ari nl	2.0	7.0	25.0	37.0	-3.0
Bour, Justin 3433	1b	fla nl	2.0	4.5	14.5	14.5	-0.5
Adams, Matt 3220	1b ph	atl nl	2.0	3.0	11.5	11.5	1.0
Bogaerts, Xander 3383	ss	bos al	1.5	2.5	8.0	8.0	0.5
Barnes, Danny 3807	pi mr	tor al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Dbacks' Zack Greinke tops players for Monday, May 22, rises to 4th in Box-Toppers season player rankings

Shawn Plank May 23, 2017

Diamondbacks pitcher Zack Greinke is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to fourth place in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of May 22:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	8.7
2	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	7.7
4	Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	6.7
5	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	6.0
6	Harper, Bryce 3011	rf	dc nl	6.0
7	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	6.0
8	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	6.0
9	Holland, Greg 2906	pi cp	col nl	6.0
10	Sano, Miguel 3527	3b	min al	5.5

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Greinke also rises to 13th place in career points among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began.

Also Monday, Miguel Sano of the Twins rises to 10th place in season player rankings, first among American League batters, after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Greinke struck out 12 over 8 2/3 innings, allowing one run and four hits, in the 5-1 win over the White Sox.

Greinke earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 6.7 for the season, rising to fourth in season player rankings, second among National League pitchers, behind overall leader Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers (8.7 Box-Toppers points).

All-time leaders

Here are Box-Toppers top 20 players since record keeping began in 1995:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Randy Johnson	pi sp	retired	278.8
2	Pedro Martinez	pi sp	retired	244.8
3	Curt Schilling	pi sp	retired	194.1
4	Clayton Kershaw	pi sp	lad nl	192.4
5	CC Sabathia	pi sp	nyy al	188.0
6	Alex Rodriguez	dh	released	187.0
7	Albert Pujols	1b dh	ana al	182.3
8	Roy Halladay	pi sp	retired	170.7
9	Felix Hernandez	pi sp	sea al	169.7
10	Manny Ramirez	lf dh	retired	167.2
11	Johan Santana	pi sp	free agent	166.6
12	Roger Clemens	pi sp	retired	164.8
13	Zack Greinke	pi sp	ari nl	162.8
14	John Smoltz	pi sp	retired	160.9
15	Tim Hudson	pi sp	retired	157.0
16	Mike Mussina	pi sp	retired	155.6
17	Barry Bonds	lf	retired	153.2
18	Greg Maddux	pi sp	retired	151.7
19	Bartolo Colon	pi sp	atl nl	151.2
20	Chipper Jones	3b	retired	149.0

BTP: Box-Toppers points
List of top 100 players since 1995 at the close of the 2016 season.

Greinke also now has 162.8 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 13th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes John Smoltz (160.9) on the “all-time” list and now trails 12th-ranked player Roger Clemens (164.8). It should be noted that both Smoltz and Clemens began their careers before Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995 and so their career totals would likely be higher. Rough Box-Toppers projected estimates put Smoltz’s actual career total at 255 and Clemens’s at 320. (A look at projected Box-Toppers points totals for pitchers who began their careers before 1995.)

American League Player of the Day—Astros pitcher Brad Peacock struck out eight over 4 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing one hit, in the 1-0 win over the Tigers. Peacock did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because he did not pitch the requisite five innings to earn the win. But he did pitch at least three innings to automatically qualify to be considered as Player of the Game.

American League Batter of the Day—Miguel Sano of the Twins homered and went 4-for-6, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 14-7 win over the Orioles.

Sano earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 5.5 for the season. He rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers seasonplayer rankings and first among AL batters, passing previous leader Aaron Judge of the Yankees (5.0 Box-Toppers points).

National League Batter of the Day—Joe Panik of the Giants homered and doubled twice in the 6-4 win over the Cubs. Panik went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs.

Debut—Rockies pitcher Jeff Hoffman made his Box-Toppers debut Monday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Hoffman (7IP 3H R 0BB 7K W in the 8-1 win over the Phillies) made his Major League debut Aug. 20, 2016, and was playing in his 11th career game. He is the 3,806th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Greinke earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Peacock earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Sano and Panik each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Monday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/22
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    13.2
    ARI 5, CHW 1
    Zack Greinke (W,6-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.2
    4
    1
    1
    1
    12
  

    AL
    9.1
    `HOU 1, DET 0
    Brad Peacock
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    4.1
    1
    0
    0
    2
    8
  

    
    9.0
    COL 8, PHI 1
    Jeff Hoffman (W,2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    1
    0
    7
  

    
    7.0
    CIN 5, CLE 1
    Scott Feldman (W,3-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    1
    1
    2
    9
  

    BAT
    4.0
    MIN 14, BAL 7
    Miguel Sano, 3B
    6
    3
    4
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    3.0
    SF 6, CHC 4
    Joe Panik, 2B
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.1
    LAA 3, TB 2
    Bud Norris (S,9)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    1
    0
    0
    1
    3
  

    
    2.0
    ATL 5, PIT 2
    Ender Inciarte, CF
    5
    1
    5
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    NYY 4, KC 2
    Didi Gregorius, SS
    3
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

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.

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Greinke, Zack 1871	pi sp	ari nl	6.7	16.4	85.7	162.8	-3.0
Sano, Miguel 3527	3b	min al	5.5	8.5	14.5	14.5	2.5
Feldman, Scott 2632	pi sp	cin nl	4.0	4.0	20.7	28.7	4.0
Norris, Bud 2638	pi cp	ana al	3.0	8.7	33.4	49.1	-2.7
Inciarte, Ender 3360	cf	atl nl	3.0	5.0	9.0	9.0	1.0
Peacock, Brad 2968	pi sp	hou al	2.7	2.7	9.4	12.1	2.7
Panik, Joe 3401	2b	sf nl	1.5	7.0	12.0	12.0	-4.0
Gregorius, Didi 3184	ss	nyy al	1.0	3.0	7.5	7.5	-1.0
Hoffman, Jeff 3806	pi sp	col nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Blue Jays' Marco Estrada tops players for Sunday, May 21; Nationals' Strasburg tops NL players

Shawn Plank May 22, 2017

Blue Jays pitcher Marco Estrada is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Estrada struck out 12 over 7 2/3 innings, allowing one run and five hits, in the 3-1 win over the Orioles.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of May 21:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	8.7
2	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	7.7
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	6.0
5	Harper, Bryce 3011	rf	dc nl	6.0
6	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	6.0
7	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	6.0
8	Holland, Greg 2906	pi cp	col nl	6.0
9	Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	5.4
10	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	5.4

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National League Player of the Day—Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg struck out 11 over 7 2/3 innings, allowing two runs and five hits, in the 3-2 win over the Braves.

Strasburg earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 4.4 for the season, most among the 16 who earned Player of the Game honors Sunday. Strasburg ranks 22nd among all players and eighth among NL pitchers.

Strasburg also has the most career Box-Toppers points among the 16 who earned Player of the Game honors Sunday with 87.3. That ranks 14th among active NL pitchers and 107th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began.

National League Batter of the Day—Kris Bryant of the Cubs homered twice and went 3-for-3, scoring four times and driving in two runs, in the 13-6 win over the Brewers.

American League Batter of the Day—Yan Gomes of the Indians homered, doubled and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 8-6 win over the Astros.

Notable—Kyle Freeland of the Rockies became the third pitcher this season to earn Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for batting.

Freeland (HR 2B 2-2 2R BI in the 6-4 win over the Reds) had a Box-Toppers game score of +3.0 for batting, best among Rockies players Sunday. He had a Box-Toppers game score of -5.8 for pitching (5.2IP 5H 4R 2BB 3K W).

Previously this season, two Cardinals have earned Player of the Game honors for batting—Adam Wainwright on April 21 and Carlos Martinez on May 8. In 2016, pitchers earned Player of the Game honors for batting eight times.

Scoring—Estrada earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Strasburg earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Bryant and Gomes each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Sunday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/21
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    11.2
    TOR 3, BAL 1
    Marco Estrada (W,3-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    5
    1
    1
    1
    12
  

    NL
    8.2
    WSH 3, ATL 2
    Stephen Strasburg (W,5-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    5
    2
    2
    1
    11
  

    
    8.0
    SD 5, ARI 1
    Clayton Richard (W,3-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    5
    1
    1
    0
    6
  

    
    7.0
    `PIT 1, PHI 0
    Chad Kuhl
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    1
    0
    0
    2
    5
  

    BAT
    6.0
    CHC 13, MIL 6
    Kris Bryant, 3B
    3
    4
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    6.0
    CLE 8, HOU 6
    Yan Gomes, C
    3
    2
    2
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    LAD 6, MIA 3
    Brandon McCarthy (W,4-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    5
  

    
    4.1
    NYY 3, TB 2
    Dellin Betances (S,2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    4.0
    LAA 12, NYM 5
    Mike Trout, CF
    3
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    CHW 8, SEA 1
    Derek Holland (W,4-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    6
    1
    1
    2
    6
  

    
    3.2
    `TEX 5, DET 2
    Sam Dyson (H,3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.2
    1
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    3.0
    KC 6, MIN 4
    Brandon Moss, DH
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    BOS 12, OAK 3
    Hanley Ramirez, DH
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    STL 8, SF 3
    Randal Grichuk, RF
    4
    1
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    COL 6, CIN 4
    Kyle Freeland, P
    2
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    MIN 8, KC 4
    Robbie Grossman, RF
    4
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

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.

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	4.4	19.5	78.6	87.3	-10.7
Holland, Derek 2634	pi sp	chi al	4.0	8.0	30.1	49.8	0.0
Richard, Clayton 2584	pi sp	sd nl	4.0	6.0	14.2	33.6	2.0
Estrada, Marco 2847	pi sp	tor al	3.0	14.0	43.1	46.1	-8.0
Betances, Dellin 3333	pi mr cp	nyy al	3.0	7.0	15.7	15.7	-1.0
McCarthy, Brandon 2082	pi sp	lad nl	3.0	5.7	25.4	39.5	0.3
Gomes, Yan 3177	ca	cle al	3.0	4.0	12.2	12.2	2.0
Freeland, Kyle 3763	pi sp	col nl	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Grichuk, Randal 3474	rf	stl nl	2.5	3.5	13.0	13.0	1.5
Bryant, Kris 3465	3b lf	chi nl	1.5	12.0	20.5	20.5	-9.0
Trout, Mike 2949	cf	ana al	1.0	13.5	48.5	50.0	-11.5
Ramirez, Hanley 2119	dh 1b	bos al	1.0	8.0	23.5	58.6	-6.0
Moss, Brandon 2520	dh rf lf 1b	kc al	1.0	5.0	26.0	28.0	-3.0
Grossman, Robbie 3267	rf	min al	1.0	3.0	10.0	10.0	-1.0
Kuhl, Chad 3687	pi sp	pit nl	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	-1.0
Dyson, Sam 3399	pi mr	tex al	1.0	1.0	4.0	4.0	1.0

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Giants' Jeff Samardzija tops players for Saturday, May 20; Indians' Clevinger tops AL players

Shawn Plank May 21, 2017

Giants pitcher Jeff Samardzija is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of May 20:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	8.7
2	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	7.7
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	6.0
5	Harper, Bryce 3011	rf	dc nl	6.0
6	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	6.0
7	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	6.0
8	Holland, Greg 2906	pi cp	col nl	6.0
9	Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	5.4
10	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	5.4

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Samardzija pitched eight scoreless innings, striking out eight and allowing five hits and no walks, in the 3-1, 13-inning win over the Cardinals. Samardzija picked up a no-decision and did not earn the win because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.

Samardzija has the most 2017 Box-Toppers points of any of the 13 who earned Player of the Game honors Saturday. Samardzija earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 4.0 for the season and ranks 23rd among all players, ninth among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Mike Clevinger pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out eight and allowing two hits, in the 3-0 win over the Astros.

Clevinger had a Box-Toppers game score Saturday of +11.0, tied with overall Player of the Day Jeff Samardzija. But Samardzija won Player of the Day on a tiebreaker—he had more innings pitched (eight vs. seven).

American League Batter of the Day—Avisail Garcia of the White Sox homered twice and doubled twice, going 4-for-5, scoring three times and driving in six runs, in the 16-1 win over the Mariners.

National League Batter of the Day—JT Riddle of the Marlins homered, doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 10-6 win over the Dodgers.

This was Riddle’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Riddle made his Major League debut April 11 and was playing in his 19th career game. He is the 3,805th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Debuts—In addition to Riddle, two other players made their Box-Toppers debut Saturday, the first time in their careers they earned Player of the Game honors:

Athletics pitcher Frankie Montas (3IP 2H 0R 0BB 5K ND in the 8-3 win over the Red Sox) made his Major League debut Sept. 2, 2015, and was playing in his 23rd career game. He is the 3,803rd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Reds pitcher Asher Wojciechowski (3.2IP H 0R 0BB 3K W in the 12-8 win over the Rockies) made his Major League debut Apr 9, 2015, and was playing in his sixth career game. He is the 3,804th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Samardzjia earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Clevinger earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Garcia and Riddle each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Saturday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/20
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    11.0
    `SF 3, STL 1 (F/13)
    Jeff Samardzija
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    0
    0
    0
    8
  

    AL
    11.0
    CLE 3, HOU 0
    Mike Clevinger (W,2-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    2
    8
  

    
    8.2
    ARI 9, SD 1
    Robbie Ray (W,3-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    2
    0
    0
    3
    6
  

    BAT
    8.0
    CHW 16, SEA 1
    Avisail Garcia, RF
    5
    3
    4
    6
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    TB 9, NYY 5
    Corey Dickerson, DH
    3
    3
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    `OAK 8, BOS 3
    Frankie Montas
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    3.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    5
  

    
    5.2
    CIN 12, COL 8
    Asher Wojciechowski (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    3.2
    1
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    5.0
    DET 9, TEX 3
    Alex Avila, 1B
    3
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    4.0
    MIA 10, LAD 6
    JT Riddle, SS
    5
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    BAL 7, TOR 5
    Mark Trumbo, DH
    4
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    PIT 6, PHI 3
    David Freese, 3B
    3
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    NYM 7, LAA 5
    Michael Conforto, LF
    2
    3
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    `ATL 5, WSH 2
    Jose Ramirez (H,6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    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.

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 top players


Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Samardzija, Jeff 2495	pi sp	sf nl	4.0	14.7	50.8	53.8	-6.7
Garcia, Avisail 3256	rf	chi al	4.0	6.5	15.0	15.0	1.5
Ray, Robbie 3502	pi sp	ari nl	3.0	9.7	13.7	13.7	-3.7
Conforto, Michael 3622	cf lf	nym nl	3.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	-2.0
Avila, Alex 2642	ca 1b	det al	3.0	4.0	10.5	20.0	2.0
Clevinger, Mike 3707	pi sp mr	cle al	2.7	5.7	5.7	5.7	-0.3
Freese, David 2710	3b	pit nl	2.0	4.0	20.2	26.2	0.0
Ramirez, Jose A. 3716	pi mr	atl nl	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	1.0
Riddle, JT 3805	ss	fla nl	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Trumbo, Mark 2851	dh rf	bal al	1.0	9.2	28.9	34.9	-7.2
Dickerson, Corey 3222	dh lf	tb al	1.0	5.5	17.5	17.5	-3.5
Montas, Frankie 3803	pi mr	oak al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Wojciechowski, Asher 3804	pi mr	cin nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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White Sox' Jose Quintana tops players for Friday, May 19; Dodgers' Wood rises to 6th in Box-Toppers rankings

Shawn Plank May 20, 2017

White Sox pitcher Jose Quintana is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of May 19:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	8.7
2	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	7.7
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	6.0
5	Harper, Bryce 3011	rf	dc nl	6.0
6	Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	6.0
7	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	6.0
8	Holland, Greg 2906	pi cp	col nl	6.0
9	Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	5.4
10	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	5.4

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Also Friday, Dodgers pitcher Alex Wood rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Quintana allowed one run and one hit over eight innings, striking out seven and walking one, in the 2-1, 10-inning win over the Mariners. Quintana picked up the no-decision and did not earn the win because he exited with the score tied, 1-1.

National League Player of the Day—Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom struck out nine over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits, in the 3-0 win over the Angels.

American League Batter of the Day—Wellington Castillo of the Orioles hit two homers, including the game-winning, walk-off, two-run homer in the 10th inning, in the 5-3 win over the Blue Jays. Castillo went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs.

National League Batter of the Day—Jake Lamb of the Diamondbacks hit two homers, going 2-for-5 and driving in five runs, in the 10-1 win over the Padres.

Rankings—Dodgers pitcher Alex Wood rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Wood (7.1IP 6H 0R 2BB 4K W in the 7-2 win over the Marlins) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.0 for the season. He ranks third among NL pitchers.

Streak—Evan Longoria of the Rays has now earned Box-Toppers points for 10 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honor for 2017 on Friday.

Longoria (2B 4-5 2R BI in the 5-4 win over the Yankees) earned his first Box-Toppers point in 2008 with the Rays and has 48.0 career points, second among active AL third basemen (behind Adrian Beltre of the Rangers who has 111.3). Longoria’s best season was 2009 with the Rays when he had 8.5 points, second among AL third basemen. In 2016, he had 6.5 points with the Rays, sixth among AL third basemen.

Scoring—Quintana earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and deGrom earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Castillo and Lamb each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Friday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/19
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    11.0
    `CHW 2, SEA 1 (F/10)
    Jose Quintana
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    1
    1
    1
    1
    7
  

    NL
    9.0
    NYM 3, LAA 0
    Jacob deGrom (W,3-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    3
    9
  

    
    6.0
    MIL 6, CHC 3
    Wily Peralta (W,5-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    5
  

    BAT
    4.0
    BAL 5, TOR 3 (F/10)
    Welington Castillo, C
    5
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    4.0
    ARI 10, SD 1
    Jake Lamb, 3B
    5
    2
    2
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.1
    LAD 7, MIA 2
    Alex Wood (W,5-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    6
    0
    0
    2
    4
  

    
    3.0
    COL 12, CIN 6
    Alexi Amarista, SS
    5
    1
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    ATL 7, WSH 4
    Dansby Swanson, SS
    2
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    MIN 4, KC 3 (F/10)
    Kennys Vargas, PH
    1
    1
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    TEX 5, DET 3
    Nick Martinez (W,1-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    4
    1
    0
    1
    4
  

    
    3.0
    SF 6, STL 5
    Bryan Morris (W,2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.-
    -
    -
    -
    -
    2
  

    
    2.2
    CLE 5, HOU 3
    Trevor Bauer (W,4-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.2
    5
    3
    3
    1
    9
  

    
    2.0
    TB 5, NYY 4
    Evan Longoria, 3B
    5
    2
    4
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    OAK 3, BOS 2 (F/10)
    Mark Canha, RF
    4
    1
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    PHI 7, PIT 2
    Jeremy Hellickson (W,5-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    2
    1
    1
    2
  

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.

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Wood, Alex 3246	pi sp	lad nl	6.0	7.0	25.4	25.4	5.0
Quintana, Jose 3040	pi sp	chi al	4.0	14.4	39.2	39.2	-6.4
Hellickson, Jeremy 2778	pi sp	phi nl	3.0	16.1	37.1	47.8	-10.1
deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	2.7	12.4	47.8	47.8	-7.0
Lamb, Jake 3517	3b	ari nl	2.5	6.5	7.5	7.5	-1.5
Vargas, Kennys 3511	dh 1b ph	min al	2.5	5.0	6.5	6.5	0.0
Bauer, Trevor 3065	pi sp	cle al	2.0	13.4	31.5	31.5	-9.4
Peralta, Wily 3123	pi sp	mil nl	2.0	3.0	21.0	21.0	1.0
Canha, Mark 3454	cf rf	oak al	2.0	2.0	4.5	4.5	2.0
Martinez, Nick 3430	pi sp	tex al	2.0	2.0	5.7	5.7	2.0
Amarista, Alexi 3032	ss ph	col nl	2.0	2.0	11.0	11.0	2.0
Castillo, Wellington 3251	ca	bal al	1.5	6.5	13.0	13.0	-3.5
Longoria, Evan 2423	3b	tb al	1.0	7.5	20.0	48.0	-5.5
Swanson, Dansby 3751	ss	atl nl	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
Morris, Bryan 3369	pi mr	sf nl	1.0	1.0	2.0	2.0	1.0

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Dodgers' Kershaw leads Box-Toppers player rankings report for 2nd straight week

Shawn Plank May 19, 2017

Kershaw tops player rankings for second straight week. Other category leaders unchanged from last week: AL pitchers—Chris Sale, NL batters—Bryce Harper, AL batters—Aaron Judge.

Houston Astros rise to lead Box-Toppers weekly team rankings, displacing Nationals

Shawn Plank May 19, 2017

Astros end Nationals 4-week stint atop Box-Toppers team rankings. Nationals remain top NL team. Rangers were the hottest team of the past week.

Twins' Jose Berrios tops players for Thursday, May 18; Rockies' Holland rises to 7th in Box-Toppers player rankings

Shawn Plank May 19, 2017

Twins pitcher Jose Berrios is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of May 17:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	8.7
2	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	7.7
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	6.0
5	Harper, Bryce 3011	rf	dc nl	6.0
6	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	6.0
7	Holland, Greg 2906	pi cp	col nl	6.0
8	Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	5.4
9	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	5.4
10	Triggs, Andrew 3723	pi sp	oak al	5.4

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Also Thursday, Rockies closing pitcher Greg Holland rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Berrios struck out 11 over 7 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 2-0 win over the Rockies.

National League Player of the Day—Javier Baez of the Cubs hit a grand slam and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 9-5 win over the Reds.

American League Batter of the Day—Darrell Ceciliani of the Blue Jays hit a homer and doubled, going 2-for-2, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 9-0 win over the Braves.

This was Ceciliani’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Ceciliani made his Major League debut May 19, 2015, and was playing in his 55th career game. He is the 3,801st player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Thursday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Javier Baez.

Rankings—Rockies closing pitcher Greg Holland rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Thursday.

Holland (0.1IP 0H 0R 0BB K Sv in the 5-1 win over the Twins) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.0 for the season, third among NL pitchers and most among all relief pitchers.

Debut—Mariners pitcher Sam Gaviglio made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Gaviglio (5IP 3H 0R BB 2K ND in the 5-4 win over the White Sox) made his Major League debut May 11 and was playing in his second career game. He is the 3,802nd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Berrios earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Baez earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Ceciliani earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/18
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    15.2
    MIN 2, COL 0
    Jose Berrios (W,2-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    2
    0
    0
    1
    11
  

    
    12.0
    KC 5, NYY 1
    Danny Duffy (W,3-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    0
    0
    2
    10
  

    NL
    7.0
    CHC 9, CIN 5
    Javier Baez, 2B
    3
    2
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    TEX 8, PHI 4
    Martin Perez (W,2-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    2
    2
    0
    8
  

    
    5.1
    LAD 7, MIA 2
    Kenley Jansen (S,8)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    BAT
    5.0
    TOR 9, ATL 0
    Darrell Ceciliani, CF
    2
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    DET 6, BAL 5
    J.D. Martinez, RF
    1
    2
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    PIT 10, WSH 4
    Adam Frazier, LF
    5
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    MIL 4, SD 2
    Eric Sogard, 2B
    4
    0
    4
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    `SEA 5, CHW 4
    Sam Gaviglio
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    3
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

    
    2.0
    OAK 8, BOS 3
    Trevor Plouffe, 3B
    4
    2
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.1
    COL 5, MIN 1
    Greg Holland (S,18)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    0.1
    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.

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 top players


Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Holland, Greg 2906	pi cp	col nl	6.0	6.0	36.0	39.0	6.0
Baez, Javier 3395	2b 3b	chi nl	3.2	5.2	7.7	7.7	1.2
Sogard, Eric 3174	ss 3b 2b	mil nl	3.0	3.0	7.0	7.0	3.0
Berrios, Jose 3791	pi sp	min al	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	3.0
Martinez, J.D. 2922	rf	det al	2.5	8.0	17.7	19.7	-3.0
Duffy, Danny 2915	pi sp	kc al	2.0	12.7	30.7	31.7	-8.7
Jansen, Kenley 2871	pi cp mr	lad nl	2.0	8.0	33.7	38.4	-4.0
Frazier, Adam 3771	lf	pit nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Ceciliani, Darrell 3801	cf	tor al	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Plouffe, Trevor 2869	3b	oak al	1.0	5.5	21.5	24.5	-3.5
Perez, Martin 3213	pi sp	tex al	1.0	3.0	14.0	14.0	-1.0
Gaviglio, Sam 3802	pi sp	sea al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Mariners' Christian Bergman tops players for Wednesday, May 17; Kershaw regains Box-Toppers points lead

Shawn Plank May 18, 2017

Mariners pitcher Christian Bergman is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, making his Box-Toppers debut with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of May 17:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	8.7
2	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
3	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	7.7
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	6.0
5	Harper, Bryce 3011	rf	dc nl	6.0
6	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	6.0
6	Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	5.4
8	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	5.4
9	Triggs, Andrew 3723	pi sp	oak al	5.4
10	Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	tex al	5.0

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Also Wednesday, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw regains the lead in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning National League Player of the Day honors.

Player of the Day—Bergman struck out nine over 7 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits, in the 4-0 win over the Athletics.

This was Bergman’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Bergman made his Major League debut June 9, 2014, and was playing in his 58th career game. He is the 3,799th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

National League Player of the Day—Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out five and allowing three hits, in the 6-1 win over the Giants.

2017 lead changes
Here are the season’s lead changes among players in Box-Toppers points. Chart shows the date and the player’s Box-Toppers point (BTP) total when they took the lead.
 
    Date
    Player
    Team
    BTP
  
    4/2
    Carlos Martinez
    stl nl
    2.0
  
    4/3
    Clayton Kershaw
    lad nl
    2.0
  
    4/9
    Noah Syndergaard
    nym nl
    3.0
  
    4/14
    Clayton Kershaw
    lad nl
    4.0
  
    4/15
    Ervin Santana
    min al
    4.7
  
    4/19
    Clayton Kershaw
    lad nl
    5.0
  
    5/2
    Chris Sale
    bos al
    6.7
  
    5/6
    Clayton Kershaw
    lad nl
    7.0

     5/12
    Ervin Santana
    min al
    7.7
  
    5/13
      Chris Sale
    bos al
      8.4
  
    5/17
    Clayton Kershaw
    lad nl
    8.7

Kershaw earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 8.7 for the season, rising from third to first place in season player rankings, passing previous leader, Red Sox pitcher Chris Sale (8.4 Box-Toppers points). Kershaw maintains his lead in Box-Toppers points among NL pitchers. This is the fifth time this season Kershaw has led Box-Toppers season player rankings.

Kershaw also now has 192.4 career Box-Toppers points, fourth among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails third-ranked player Curt Schilling (194.1). Kershaw ranks first in career points among active players.

American League Batter of the Day—Jared Hoying of the Rangers homered, doubled and went 4-for-4, scoring three times an driving in two runs, in the 9-3 win over the Phillies.

Hoying had a Box-Toppers game score of +5.0, tied with Tyler Collins of the Tigers, Player of the Game in the 5-4 win over the Orioles (2HR 2B 3-4 2R 4BI). But Hoying won AL Batter of the Day over Collins on a tiebreaker—Hoying had more hits (four vs. three).

This was Hoying’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Hoying made his Major League debut May 23, 2016, and was playing in his 41st career game. He is the 3,800th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

National League Batter of the Day—Kurt Suzuki of the Braves homered, doubled and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 8-4 win over the Blue Jays.

Scoring—Bergman earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Kershaw earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Hoying and Suzuki each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Wednesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/17
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    12.1
    SEA 4, OAK 0
    Christian Bergman (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    2
    0
    0
    2
    9
  

    NL
    9.0
    LAD 6, SF 1
    Clayton Kershaw (W,7-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    5
  

    BAT
    5.0
    TEX 9, PHI 3
    Jared Hoying, CF
    4
    3
    4
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    DET 5, BAL 4
    Tyler Collins, CF
    4
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    4.0
    ATL 8, TOR 4
    Kurt Suzuki, C
    3
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    HOU 3, MIA 0
    Lance McCullers Jr. (W,4-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    0
    0
    2
    3
  

    
    3.0
    LAA 12, CHW 8
    Danny Espinosa, 2B
    3
    3
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    PIT 6, WSH 1
    Gerrit Cole (W,2-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    1
    2
    3
  

    
    3.0
    `CHC 7, CIN 5
    Carl Edwards Jr. (H,5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    NYY 11, KC 7
    Starlin Castro, 2B
    4
    2
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    TB 7, CLE 4
    Jesus Sucre, C
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    BOS 5, STL 4 (F/13)
    Fernando Abad (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    1
  

    
    2.0
    MIL 3, SD 1
    Corey Knebel (S,2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

    
    1.0
    ARI 5, NYM 4 (F/11)
    Jake Lamb, 3B
    3
    1
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

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.

Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players


Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	8.7	33.1	132.8	192.4	-15.7
McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	5.0	11.1	17.8	17.8	-1.1
Castro, Starlin 2767	2b	nyy al	3.0	10.0	18.5	28.5	-4.0
Cole, Gerrit 3232	pi sp	pit nl	3.0	9.5	38.9	38.9	-3.5
Suzuki, Kurt 2344	ca	atl nl	2.5	4.0	15.0	34.5	1.0
Collins, Tyler 3302	cf	det al	2.5	2.5	5.5	5.5	2.5
Knebel, Corey 3757	pi mr cp	mil nl	2.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	1.0
Bergman, Christian 3799	pi sp	sea al	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Edwards, Carl Jr. 3775	pi mr	chi nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Sucre, Jesus 3794	ca	tb al	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Hoying, Jared 3800	cf	tex al	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Lamb, Jake 3517	3b	ari nl	1.0	5.0	6.0	6.0	-3.0
Espinosa, Danny 2804	2b	ana al	1.0	4.2	10.7	17.9	-2.2
Abad, Fernando 3653	pi mr	bos al	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	-1.0

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Rangers' Darvish tops players for Tuesday, May 16; Harper, Darvish rise in Box-Toppers top 10

Shawn Plank May 17, 2017

Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to 10th in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2017 season as of May 16:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	bos al	8.4
2	Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	7.7
3	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	7.0
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	6.0
5	Harper, Bryce 3011	rf	dc nl	6.0
6	Vargas, Jason 2055	pi sp	kc al	6.0
6	Carrasco, Carlos 2885	pi sp	cle al	5.4
8	Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	5.4
9	Triggs, Andrew 3723	pi sp	oak al	5.4
10	Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	tex al	5.0

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Also Tuesday, Bryce Harper of the Nationals rises to fifth place in season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Darvish struck out nine over seven innings, allowing one run and four hits, in the 5-1 win over the Phillies.

Darvish earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.0 for the season, rising to 10th place in season player rankings, seventh among American League pitchers.

National League Player of the Day—Charlie Blackmon of the Rockies homered and went 3-for-5, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 7-3 win over the Twins.

American League Batter of the Day—Chris Davis of the Orioles homered twice and doubled, going 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 13-11, 13-inning win over the Tigers.

Davis had a Box-Toppers game score of +5.0, which was tied with Jake Marisnick of the Astros, who was Player of the Game in the 12-2 win over the Marlins. Marisnick had a very similar line score to Davis, homering twice, doubling and going 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in four runs. But Davis beat Marisnick to earn AL Batter of the Day on a tiebreaker—he had more walks Tuesday (two vs. zero).

National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Tuesday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Charlie Blackmon.

Rankings—Bryce Harper of the Nationals rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday.

Harper (HR 2-4 2R 2BI in the 8-4 win over the Pirates) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game, giving him 6.0 for the season. He maintains his rank as top-ranked batter and is the only batter among the top 10 in Box-Toppers player rankings.

Notable—Yankees pitcher CC Sabathia now has 188.0 career Box-Toppers points after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday (6.2IP 5H 0R 2BB 4K W in the 7-1 win over the Royals). Sabathia ranks fifth among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began, trailing fourth-place player and active career points leader, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (190.7).

Also notable—Matt Kemp of the Braves earned Player of the Game honors for the second straight day Tuesday. Kemp (2-5 R 4BI in the 9-5 win over the Blue Jays) also was Player of the Game Monday in the 10-6 win over the Blue Jays. He has 3.5 Box-Toppers points on the season, fifth among NL batters.

Debut—Two players made their Box-Toppers debut Tuesday, the first time in their careers they earned Player of the Game honors:

Rays pitcher Jose Alvarado (2IP 0H 0R 0BB K ND in the 6-4 win over the Indians) made his Major League debut May 3 and was playing in his seventh career game. He is the 3,797th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Ian Happ of the Cubs (HR 1-3 2R 2BI in the 9-5 win over the Reds) made his Major League debut May 13 and was playing in his third career game. He is the 3,798th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Darvish earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Blackmon earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Davis earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Tuesday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    5/16
    Score
    Game
    Player of the Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    8.0
    TEX 5, PHI 1
    Yu Darvish (W,4-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    1
    1
    2
    9
  

    BAT
    5.0
    BAL 13, DET 11 (F/13)
    Chris Davis, 1B
    5
    3
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    HOU 12, MIA 2
    Jake Marisnick, CF
    5
    3
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.2
    NYY 7, KC 1
    CC Sabathia (W,3-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    5
    0
    0
    2
    4
  

    
    3.0
    LAA 7, CHW 6 (F/11)
    Cameron Maybin, LF
    6
    2
    5
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    OAK 9, SEA 6
    Mark Canha, CF
    5
    2
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    `TB 6, CLE 4
    Jose Alvarado (H,2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    NL
    2.0
    COL 7, MIN 3
    Charlie Blackmon, CF
    5
    1
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    ATL 9, TOR 5
    Matt Kemp, LF
    5
    1
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    MIL 6, SD 2
    Eric Sogard, 3B
    4
    1
    4
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    WSH 8, PIT 4
    Bryce Harper, RF
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    BOS 6, STL 3
    Jackie Bradley Jr., CF
    3
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    CHC 9, CIN 5
    Ian Happ, CF-LF
    3
    2
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    SF 2, LAD 1
    Ty Blach (W,1-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    2
    4
  

    
    2.0
    ARI 5, NYM 4
    Fernando Rodney (S,10)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    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.

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 top players


Player of the Game	Pos	Team	’17	’16-17	’12-17	Career	+/-
Harper, Bryce 3011	rf	dc nl	6.0	9.0	33.4	33.4	3.0
Darvish, Yu 3003	pi sp	tex al	5.0	15.4	60.6	60.6	-5.4
Kemp, Matt 2151	lf	atl nl	3.5	11.0	34.0	62.6	-4.0
Sabathia, C.C. 1492	pi sp	nyy al	3.0	9.0	35.5	188.0	-3.0
Maybin, Cameron 2672	lf	ana al	2.0	5.0	10.5	17.5	-1.0
Sogard, Eric 3174	ss 3b 2b	mil nl	2.0	2.0	6.0	6.0	2.0
Blackmon, Charlie 2891	cf	col nl	1.7	5.7	12.2	13.7	-2.3
Davis, Chris 2478	1b	bal al	1.5	9.0	50.9	59.4	-6.0
Bradley, Jackie Jr. 3293	cf	bos al	1.0	6.5	17.0	17.0	-4.5
Rodney, Fernando 1803	pi cp	ari nl	1.0	6.0	24.0	36.0	-4.0
Blach, Ty 3754	pi sp	sf nl	1.0	3.0	3.0	3.0	-1.0
Marisnick, Jake 3428	cf	hou al	1.0	2.0	5.0	5.0	0.0
Canha, Mark 3454	cf	oak al	1.0	1.0	3.5	3.5	1.0
Alvarado, Jose 3797	pi mr	tb al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Happ, Ian 3798	cf lf	chi nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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