Angels' Hector Santiago tops players for Friday, July 15; Nationals' Strasburg rises to 6th in Box-Toppers rankings

Shawn Plank July 16, 2016

Angels pitcher Hector Santiago 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 2016 season as of July 15:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	14.4
3	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
4	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	13.4
5	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	12.5
6	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	11.4
7	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	11.0
8	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
9	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.7
10	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	10.5

What are those numbers after players' names?

Also Friday, Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg rises to sixth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Santiago pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out seven and allowing five hits and no walks, in the 7-0 win over the White Sox.

Santiago earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day giving him 10.4 for the season. He becomes the 14th player this season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points and ranks 12th in season player rankings, fifth among American League pitchers.

National League Player of the Day—Padres pitcher Andrew Cashner struck out nine over six innings, allowing one run, four hits and two walks, in the 4-1 win over the Giants.

Both Cashner and Santiago had Box-Toppers game scores Friday of +9.0, but Santiago edged out Cashner for overall Player of the Day because he had more innings pitched—7 vs. 6.

National League Batter of the Day—Chris Taylor of the Dodgers hit a grand slam, tripled, doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in six runs, in the 13-7 win over the Diamondbacks.

This was Taylor’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Taylor made his Major League debut July 24, 2014, and was playing in his 97th career game. He is the 3,684th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

American League Batter of the Day—Josh Reddick of the Athletics homered and went 2-for-2, scoring four times and driving in one run, in the 8-7 win over the Blue Jays.

Rankings—Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg rises to sixth in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.

Strasburg (8IP 3H R 2BB 6K W in the 5-1 win over the Pirates) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 11.4 for the season. He ranks fifth among NL pitchers.

Notable—Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander rises to 30th place in career Box-Toppers points since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began, after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.

Verlander (7IP 4H 2R 2BB 10K W in the 4-2 win over the Royals) now has 129.6 career Box-Toppers points. He passes Trevor Hoffman (129.4) on the “all-time” list. He trails 29th-ranked player, Cubs pitcher Jon Lester (130.8). Verlander has 5.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, 26th among AL pitchers.

Scoring—Santiago earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Cashner earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Taylor and Reddick 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.

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.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/15
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    9.0
    LAA 7/CHW 0
    Hector Santiago (W,7-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    0
    0
    0
    7
  

    NL
    9.0
    SD 4/SF 1
    Andrew Cashner (W,4-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    1
    1
    0
    9
  

    
    8.0
    DET 4/KC 2
    Justin Verlander (W,9-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    2
    1
    2
    10
  

    BAT
    7.0
    LAD 13/ARI 7
    Chris Taylor, 2B
    5
    3
    3
    6
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    7.0
    DC 5/PIT 1
    Stephen Strasburg (W,13-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    1
    1
    2
    6
  

    BAT
    5.0
    OAK 8/TOR 7
    Josh Reddick, RF
    2
    4
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    COL 11/ATL 2
    Ryan Raburn, PH
    1
    1
    1
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    CHC 6/TEX 0
    Kyle Hendricks (W,8-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    0
    0
    2
    3
  

    
    3.0
    CLE 5/MIN 2
    Mike Napoli, 1B
    4
    3
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    NYM 5/PHI 3
    Jeurys Familia (S,32)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    CIN 5/MIL 4
    Anthony DeSclafani (W,4-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    6
    3
    3
    0
    8
  

    
    2.0
    MIA 7/STL 6
    A.J. Ramos (S,28)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    2.0
    BOS 5/NYY 3
    Koji Uehara (S,5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.0
    BAL 4/TB 3
    Pedro Alvarez, DH
    4
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    HOU 7/SEA 3
    Carlos Correa, SS
    4
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

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 (16). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (15-16), the period 2011-2016 (11-16) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2016 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2015 total (+/-).


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	11.4	25.4	71.5	79.2	-2.6
Santiago, Hector 3109	pi sp	ana al	10.4	18.4	30.8	30.8	2.4
Correa, Carlos 3506	ss	hou al	7.7	14.9	14.9	14.9	0.5
Hendricks, Kyle 3386	pi sp	chi nl	6.0	15.7	20.7	20.7	-3.7
Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	det al	5.0	11.4	74.6	129.6	-1.4
Familia, Jeurys 3446	pi cp	nym nl	4.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	-4.0
Uehara, Koji 2802	pi cp	bos al	4.0	9.0	26.0	30.0	-1.0
Cashner, Andrew 2807	pi sp	sd nl	2.7	5.7	25.4	28.4	-0.3
Reddick, Josh 2936	rf	oak al	2.5	10.7	23.4	23.4	-5.7
DeSclafani, Anthony 3441	pi sp	cin nl	2.0	9.7	9.7	9.7	-5.7
Napoli, Mike 2161	1b	cle al	2.0	6.5	34.2	53.2	-2.5
Raburn, Ryan 2340	dh rf ph	col nl	2.0	4.0	19.7	37.7	0.0
Taylor, Chris 3684	2b	lad nl	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Ramos, A.J. 3210	pi cp	fla nl	1.0	6.0	11.0	11.0	-4.0
Alvarez, Pedro 2817	dh 1b	bal al	1.0	4.0	21.7	22.7	-2.0

What are those numbers after players' names?

Clayton Kershaw rockets up ‘All-Time' Top 100 list, earning 36.7 Box-Toppers points since last year's All-Star break

Shawn Plank July 15, 2016

Dodgers pitcher Kershaw has earned more Box-Toppers points in past year (36.7) than the 33.7 Randy Johnson earned in his record breaking single seasons (2000 and 2002).

Baseball squanders solitary spotlight moment by taking an All-Star break

Shawn Plank July 14, 2016

If there must be an All-Star break, move it to September—play ball in July.

Royals' Eric Hosmer is Box-Toppers Player of the Game as AL wins 2016 All-Star Game

Shawn Plank July 13, 2016

Eric Hosmer of the Royals is Box-Toppers 2016 All-Star Player of the Game.

Hosmer hit a game-tying, second-inning homer and went 2-for-3, driving in two runs, in the American League’s 4-2 win over the National League.

Hosmer was also named All-Star Game Most Valuable Player.

Hosmer had a Box-Toppers game score Tuesday of +2.0, tied with AL and Royal teammate Salvador Perez as highest scores earned by AL players. But Hosmer won Player of the Game on a tiebreaker because he had more at bats than Perez—3 vs. 2. Perez homered and drove in two runs in his two at bats.

Top pitcher of the game for the AL was Corey Kluber of the Indians (1IP 0H 0R 0BB K W), who also had a Box-Toppers game score of +2.0. Hosmer won Player of the Game honors over Kluber because in cases of game score ties, batters rank ahead of pitchers.

Kluber ranked ahead of two other AL pitchers who had Box-Toppers game scores of +2.0 (Dellin Betances of the Yankees and Kelvin Herrera of the Royals) because Kluber earned the win. Kluber leads AL players in Box-Toppers points this season with 12.5—he ranks fifth among all players.

Hosmer has 3.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, 42nd among AL batters. In 2015, Hosmer had 9.0 Box-Toppers points and ranked ninth among AL batters, his best season. Hosmer has 25.5 career Box-Toppers points, making his Box-Toppers debut in 2011. Since the start of 2011, he ranks 28th among AL batters in career Box-Toppers points.

Overall Box-Toppers points leader, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (20.0), was selected to the NL All-Star team but did not pitch in the game—he is on the disabled list, recovering from a lower back injury.

Manny Machado of the Orioles, who leads AL batters in Box-Toppers points (8.7), went 0-for-3 in the All-Star Game and had a Box-Toppers game score of −3.0.

Matt Carpenter of the Cardinals, who leads NL batters in Box-Toppers points (7.5), was selected to the NL All-Star team but is out with an injury and did not play.

Top player for the NL team was Kris Bryant of the Cubs, who opened scoring with a first-inning solo homer. Bryant went 1-for-2 and had a Box-Toppers game score of +1.0.

Scoring—Just as All-Star Game statistics don’t count in a player’s regular season statistics, no Box-Toppers points are awarded for the All-Star Game.

Box-Toppers game scores of AL All-Star players

Here are all the players who played for the winning American League team in Tuesday’s All-Star Game, listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score. Eric Hosmer had the highest game score and is Box-Toppers All-Star Player of the Game (POG)

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/12
    Score
    AL All-Stars
    Team
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    POG
    2.0
    Eric Hosmer, 1B
    Royals
    3
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Salvador Perez, C
    Royals
    2
    1
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    Corey Kluber (W,1-0)
    Indians
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.0
    Dellin Betances
    Yankees
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    Kelvin Herrera
    Royals
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.1
    Will Harris
    Astros
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    0.1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.0
    Jose Quintana
    White Sox
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    0.0
    Jackie Bradley, LF
    Red Sox
    2
    0
    2
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    0.0
    Mookie Betts, RF
    Red Sox
    2
    1
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    0.0
    Edwin Encarnacion, DH
    Blue Jays
    1
    1
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    0.0
    Cole Hamels
    Rangers
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    0.0
    Robinson Cano, 2B
    Mariners
    0
    0
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    -1.0
    Xander Bogaerts, SS
    Red Sox
    2
    0
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    -1.0
    David Ortiz, DH
    Red Sox
    1
    0
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    -1.0
    Carlos Beltran, RF
    Yankees
    1
    0
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    -1.0
    Michael Saunders, RF
    Blue Jays
    1
    0
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    -1.0
    Mark Trumbo, LF
    Orioles
    1
    0
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    -1.0
    Ian Desmond, CF
    Rangers
    1
    0
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    -1.0
    Josh Donaldson, 3B
    Blue Jays
    1
    0
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    -1.0
    Miguel Cabrera, 1B
    Tigers
    1
    0
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    -1.0
    Chris Sale
    White Sox
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    1
    1
    0
    1
  

    
    -1.8
    Andrew Miller
    Yankees
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    0.2
    2
    0
    0
    1
    1
  

    
    -2.0
    Mike Trout, CF
    Angels
    3
    0
    1
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    -2.0
    Francisco Lindor, SS
    Indians
    2
    0
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    -2.0
    Matt Wieters, C
    Orioles
    2
    0
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    -3.0
    Jose Altuve, 2B
    Astros
    3
    0
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    -3.0
    Manny Machado, 3B
    Orioles
    3
    0
    0
    0
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    -4.0
    Aaron Sanchez
    Blue Jays
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    2
    1
    1
    1
    0
  

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Giants' Madison Bumgarner tops players for Sunday, July 10, rising to 6th in Box-Toppers rankings

Shawn Plank July 11, 2016

Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, earning the season’s second-highest Box-Toppers game score and rising to sixth place in season player rankings.

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of July 10:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	14.4
3	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
4	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	13.4
5	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	12.5
6	Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	11.0
7	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
8	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.7
9	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	10.5
10	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	10.4

What are those numbers after players' names?

Bumgarner pitched a complete-game, one-hit shutout, striking out 14 and walking one in the 4-0 win over the Diamondbacks.

Bumgarner earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 11.0 for the season, rising to sixth in player rankings and fifth among National League pitchers.

He had a Box-Toppers game score Sunday of +21.0, the second-highest of the season, behind only the +22.0 score earned April 14 by Phillies pitcher Vince Velasquez. (See chart below for the 12 highest Box-Toppers game score earned by Players of the Games in 2016.)

Also Sunday, Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda had the 11th-highest Box-Toppers game score of the season, +16.0, but since he was beaten out by NL pitcher Bumgarner for Player of the Day, he only earns Player of the Game honors and 1.0 Box-Toppers point. Maeda was Player of the Game in the 3-1 win over the Padres (7IP 2H R 0BB 13K W).

Bumgarner also now has 103.7 career Box-Toppers points and rises to 62nd place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Sunday, he passes four players on the “all-time” list—Carlos Beltran (101.9), Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2), Miguel Tejada (102.3) and Dodgers pitcher Scott Kazmir (103.4). He now trails 61st-ranked player Jamie Moyer (104.0).

American League Player of the Day—Red Sox pitcher David Price pitched eight scoreless innings, striking out 10 and allowing four hits and two walks, in the 4-0 win over the Rays.

Price earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and now has 102.2 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 65th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes five players on the “all-time” list—Paul Konerko (100.7), Jason Schmidt (101.2), Tim Wakefield (101.4), Carlos Beltran of the Yankees (101.9) and Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2). Price trails 64th-ranked player Miguel Tejada (102.3).

American League Batter of the Day—Kennys Vargas of the Twins homered and went 1-for-2, scoring three times, in the 15-5 win over the Rangers.

National League Batter of the Day—Cameron Rupp of the Phillies homered and went 4-for-5, driving in four runs, in the 10-3 win over the Rockies.

Scoring—Bumgarner earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Price earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Vargas and Rupp 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

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/10
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    21.0
    SF 4/ARI 0
    Madison Bumgarner (W,10-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    14
  

    
    16.0
    LAD 3/SD 1
    Kenta Maeda (W,8-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    1
    1
    0
    13
  

    AL
    13.0
    BOS 4/TB 0
    David Price (W,9-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    4
    0
    0
    1
    10
  

    
    12.0
    ATL 2/CHW 0
    Mike Foltynewicz (W,3-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    0
    0
    0
    10
  

    
    9.0
    STL 5/MIL 1
    Mike Leake (W,6-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    6
    1
    1
    0
    10
  

    
    4.1
    `DC 3/NYM 2
    Tanner Roark
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    BAT
    4.0
    PHI 10/COL 3
    Cameron Rupp, C
    5
    1
    4
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    `HOU 2/OAK 1
    Dallas Keuchel
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    1
    1
    2
    5
  

    
    3.1
    NYY 11/CLE 7
    Nathan Eovaldi (W,7-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    4.1
    1
    0
    0
    3
    3
  

    BAT
    3.0
    MIN 15/TEX 5
    Kennys Vargas, 1B
    2
    3
    1
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    TOR 6/DET 1
    R.A. Dickey (W,7-9)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    2
    5
  

    
    2.1
    SEA 8/KC 5
    Mike Montgomery (W,3-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.1
    5
    1
    1
    0
    3
  

    
    2.0
    BAL 4/LAA 2
    J.J. Hardy, SS
    3
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    MIA 7/CIN 3
    Mike Dunn (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.0
    CHC 6/PIT 5
    Hector Rondon (S,14)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the 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 Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Bumgarner, Madison 2753	pi sp	sf nl	11.0	28.0	98.0	103.7	-6.0
Price, David 2593	pi sp	bos al	8.4	29.5	85.5	102.2	-12.7
Roark, Tanner 3261	pi sp	dc nl	7.7	8.7	23.7	23.7	6.7
Eovaldi, Nathan 2928	pi sp	nyy al	6.7	8.7	25.8	25.8	4.7
Maeda, Kenta 3609	pi sp	lad nl	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0	6.0
Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	5.0	26.4	40.8	40.8	-16.4
Dickey, R.A. 1734	pi sp	tor al	5.0	10.0	54.2	75.9	0.0
Rondon, Hector 3201	pi cp	chi nl	4.0	6.0	9.0	9.0	2.0
Rupp, Cameron 3556	ca	phi nl	3.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	2.5
Leake, Mike 2709	pi sp	stl nl	3.0	13.0	38.1	42.6	-7.0
Montgomery, Mike 3513	pi cp mr sp	sea al	3.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	-1.0
Foltynewicz, Mike 3455	pi sp	atl nl	3.0	5.7	5.7	5.7	0.3
Hardy, J.J. 2071	ss	bal al	2.7	2.7	24.1	51.3	2.7
Vargas, Kennys 3511	1b	min al	2.5	4.0	4.0	4.0	1.0
Dunn, Michael 2867	pi mr cp	fla nl	1.0	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.0

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Highest Box-Toppers game scores of 2016
Here are the highest Box-Toppers game scores earned by Players of the Games in 2016. Phillies pitcher Vince Velasquez had the highest score of +22.0 on April 14 when he was Player of the Day (earning 2.0 Box-Toppers points). All but two players among the top 12 here earned Player of the Day honors. Cardinals pitcher Jamie Garcia and Dodgers pitcher Kenta Maeda earned Player of the Game honors (worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point) because they finished behind that day’s overall top player—Garcia finished behind Velasquez on April 14 and Garcia finished behind Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner on July 10.
 





  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    

    Date
    Bonus
    Score
    Team
    Players
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    1
    4/14
    MLB
    22.0
    Phillies
    Vince Velasquez (W,2-0)
    9.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    16
  

    2
    7/10
    MLB
    21.0
    Giants
    Madison Bumgarner (W,10-4)
    9.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    14
  

    3
    5/1
    MLB
    20.0
    Dodgers
    Clayton Kershaw (W,3-1)
    9.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    14
  

    4
    4/14
    
    20.0
    Cardinals
    Jaime Garcia (W,1-0)
    9.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    13
  

    5
    5/11
    MLB
    19.0
    Nationals
    Max Scherzer (W,4-2)
    9.0
    6
    2
    2
    0
    20
  

    6
    5/12
    MLB
    18.0
    Dodgers
    Clayton Kershaw (W,5-1)
    9.0
    3
    0
    0
    1
    13
  

    7
    4/23
    MLB
    17.0
    Nationals
    Tanner Roark (W,2-2)
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    3
    15
  

    8
    6/5
    MLB
    17.0
    Marlins
    Jose Fernandez (W,9-2)
    7.0
    4
    0
    0
    0
    14
  

    9
    4/15
    MLB
    16.0
    White Sox
    Chris Sale (W,3-0)
    9.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    9
  

    10
    6/8
    MLB
    16.0
    Mariners
    Taijuan Walker (W,3-6)
    8.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    11
  

    11
    7/10
    
    16.0
    Dodgers
    Kenta Maeda (W,8-6)
    7.0
    2
    1
    1
    0
    13
  

    12
    4/19
    MLB
    16.0
    `Rays
    Drew Smyly
    8.0
    1
    0
    0
    2
    11
  

    
    
    
    
    `Denotes that the pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
  

Nationals' Max Scherzer tops players for Saturday, July 9, rises to 3rd in Box-Toppers rankings

Shawn Plank July 10, 2016

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

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of July 9:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	14.4
3	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0
4	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	13.4
5	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	12.5
6	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
7	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.7
8	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	10.5
9	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	10.4
10	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	10.4

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Scherzer struck out nine over seven innings, allowing one run, three hits and two walks, in the 6-1 win over the Mets.

Scherzer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 14.0 for the season, rising from fifth to third in player rankings, behind two other National League pitchers, Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers (20.0) and Jose Fernandez of the Marlins (14.4).

Scherzer also now has 120.0 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 38th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He passes Cliff Lee (119.1) on the “all-time” list and now trails 37th-ranked player Gary Sheffield (124.1).

In addition, Scherzer ranks third among all players in Box-Toppers points since the start of 2015 with 35.0, trailing Kershaw (45.7) and Jake Arrieta of the Cubs (39.8). He ranks second among all players in Box-Toppers points since the start of 2011 with 99.6, behind only Kershaw (145.8).

American League Player of the Day—Yankees closing pitcher Aroldis Chapman pitched 2 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing no runs or hits and striking out four, in the 7-6, 11-inning win over the Indians.

National League Batter of the Day—Josh E. Bell of the Pirates hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the 12-6 win over the Cubs.

This was Bell’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Bell made his Major League debut July 8 and was playing in his second career game. He is the 3,682nd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

American League Batter of the Day—Stephen Vogt of the Athletics homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 3-2 win over the Astros.

Debut—Cheslor Cuthbert of the Royals made his Box-Toppers debut Saturday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Cuthbert (2B 2-4 R 2BI in the 5-3 win over the Mariners) made his Major League debut July 7, 2015, and was playing in his 74th career game. He is the 3,683rd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Scherzer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Chapman earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Bell and Vogt 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

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/9
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    10.0
    DC 6/NYM 1
    Max Scherzer (W,10-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    1
    0
    2
    9
  

    
    6.0
    STL 8/MIL 1
    Carlos Martinez (W,8-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    4
    1
    1
    4
    11
  

    AL
    5.1
    NYY 7/CLE 6
    Aroldis Chapman (W,3-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.1
    0
    0
    0
    1
    4
  

    BAT
    5.0
    PIT 12/CHC 6
    Josh Bell, PH
    1
    1
    1
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    MIN 8/TEX 6
    Eddie Rosario, LF
    5
    4
    4
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    BOS 4/TB 1
    Rick Porcello (W,11-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    6
    1
    1
    0
    5
  

    
    3.2
    MIA 4/CIN 2
    Adam Conley (W,6-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.2
    4
    2
    2
    1
    7
  

    BAT
    3.0
    OAK 3/HOU 2
    Stephen Vogt, C
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    COL 8/PHI 3
    Tony Wolters, C
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    `DET 3/TOR 2
    Matt Boyd
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    4
    1
    1
    2
    6
  

    
    3.0
    LAD 4/SD 3
    Kenley Jansen (S,26)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.1
    SF 4/ARI 2
    George Kontos (W,2-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.0
    CHW 5/ATL 4
    Todd Frazier, 3B
    4
    1
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    KC 5/SEA 3
    Cheslor Cuthbert, 3B
    4
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    BAL 3/LAA 2
    Brad Brach (W,6-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the 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 Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	14.0	35.0	99.6	120.0	-7.0
Conley, Adam 3594	pi sp	fla nl	6.7	9.7	9.7	9.7	3.7
Martinez, Carlos 3371	pi sp	stl nl	4.7	18.4	19.4	19.4	-9.0
Chapman, Aroldis 2826	pi cp	nyy al	4.7	12.7	42.7	43.7	-3.3
Frazier, Todd 2929	3b	chi al	4.2	13.1	27.1	27.1	-4.7
Porcello, Rick 2573	pi sp	bos al	4.0	8.0	29.7	38.7	0.0
Jansen, Kenley 2871	pi cp	lad nl	4.0	8.0	34.4	34.4	0.0
Vogt, Stephen 3503	ca 1b	oak al	2.5	5.0	5.0	5.0	0.0
Wolters, Tony 3668	ca	col nl	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Brach, Brad 3374	pi mr	bal al	2.0	5.0	6.0	6.0	-1.0
Kontos, George 3106	pi cp mr	sf nl	2.0	4.0	6.7	6.7	0.0
Bell, Josh E. 2789	ph	pit nl	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Rosario, Eddie 3542	lf	min al	1.0	2.5	2.5	2.5	-0.5
Boyd, Matt 3550	pi sp	det al	1.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	0.0
Cuthbert, Cheslor 3683	3b	kc al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Dodgers' Yasmani Grandal tops players for Friday, July 8; 3 pitchers rise in Box-Toppers top 10 rankings

Shawn Plank July 9, 2016

Yasmani Grandal of the Dodgers 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 2016 season as of July 8:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	14.4
3	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	13.4
4	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	12.5
5	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
6	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
7	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.7
8	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	10.5
9	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	10.4
10	Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	10.4

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Also Friday, three players rise in Box-Toppers top 10 player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors—Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez rises to second, Indians pitcher Corey Kluber rises to fourth and Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg rises to 10th.

Player of the Day—Grandal hit three homers and went 5-for-5, driving in six runs, in the 10-6 win over the Padres.

Grandal had a Box-Toppers game score of +9.0, tied with two other of Friday’s Players of the Games. Grandal won overall Player of the Day on a tiebreaker. The other two players were pitchers—Kluber and Strasburg—and in case of game score ties, batters own the tiebreaker over pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—Indians pitcher Corey Kluber struck out eight over eight innings, allowing one run, five hits and no walks, in the 10-2 win over the Yankees.

Kluber earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 12.5 for the season, rising to fourth in player rankings and extending his lead among AL pitchers (second place AL pitcher Chris Sale of the White Sox has 10.7 points).

American League Batter of the Day—Luis Valbuena of the Astros hit a three-run walk-off home run in the 10-9 win over the Athletics. Valbuena went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs.

National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Friday because the overall Player of the Day is NL batter Yasmani Grandal.

Rankings—In addition to Kluber, two other players rose in Box-Toppers top 10 player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday:

Marlins pitcher Jose Fernandez (7IP 6H R 0BB 8K W in the 3-1 win over the Reds) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 14.4 for the season, rising to second place in player rankings, trailing overall leader, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (20.0).
Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg (7IP 2H R 3BB 9K W in the 3-1 win over the Mets) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 10.4 for the season, rising to 10th place in player rankings, sixth among NL pitchers. Strasburg becomes the 12th player this season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points.

Debut—Tommy Joseph of the Phillies made his Box-Toppers debut Friday, earning his first career Player of the Game honor.

Joseph (PH 3-R HR in the 5-3 win over the Rockies) made his Major League debut May 13 and was playing in his 44th career game. He is the 3,681st player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Grandal earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Kluber earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Valbuena earns 1.5 points for being AL 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

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/8
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    9.0
    LAD 10/SD 6
    Yasmani Grandal, C
    5
    3
    5
    6
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    AL
    9.0
    CLE 10/NYY 2
    Corey Kluber (W,9-8)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    5
    1
    1
    0
    8
  

    
    9.0
    DC 3/NYM 1
    Stephen Strasburg (W,12-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    1
    1
    3
    9
  

    
    8.0
    MIA 3/CIN 1
    Jose Fernandez (W,11-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    6
    1
    0
    0
    8
  

    
    7.2
    TOR 6/DET 0
    J.A. Happ (W,12-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.2
    6
    0
    0
    1
    9
  

    BAT
    4.0
    HOU 10/OAK 9
    Luis Valbuena, 3B
    5
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    SF 6/ARI 2
    Brandon Crawford, SS
    3
    1
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    PHI 5/COL 3
    Tommy Joseph, PH
    1
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.2
    TEX 6/MIN 5
    Tony Barnette (W,6-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.2
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    3.0
    ATL 11/CHW 8
    Adonis Garcia, 3B
    5
    2
    4
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    LAA 9/BAL 5
    Mike Trout, CF
    3
    3
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.2
    SEA 3/KC 2
    Hisashi Iwakuma (W,9-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    5
    1
    1
    3
    6
  

    
    2.1
    BOS 6/TB 5
    Robbie Ross Jr. (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    MIL 4/STL 3
    Chris Carter, 1B
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.1
    PIT 8/CHC 4
    Mark Melancon (S,27)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    0.1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

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


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	14.4	19.1	45.1	45.1	9.7
Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	12.5	25.9	56.7	56.7	-0.9
Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	10.4	24.4	70.5	78.2	-3.6
Trout, Mike 2949	cf	ana al	7.5	19.5	44.0	44.0	-4.5
Happ, J.A. 2536	pi sp	tor al	7.0	20.1	35.5	43.5	-6.1
Carter, Chris 2828	1b	mil nl	7.0	8.0	25.9	26.9	6.0
Grandal, Yasmani 3058	ca	lad nl	3.0	5.0	13.0	13.0	1.0
Crawford, Brandon 2878	ss	sf nl	2.0	5.5	16.5	16.5	-1.5
Ross, Robbie Jr. 2999	pi cp mr	bos al	2.0	2.0	11.7	11.7	2.0
Barnette, Tony 3670	pi mr	tex al	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Garcia, Adonis 3613	3b	atl nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Valbuena, Luis 2600	3b	hou al	1.5	6.0	10.5	13.5	-3.0
Iwakuma, Hisashi 3048	pi sp	sea al	1.0	14.1	49.2	49.2	-12.1
Melancon, Mark 2792	pi cp	pit nl	1.0	8.0	21.0	22.0	-6.0
Joseph, Tommy 3681	ph	phi nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Nationals' Max Scherzer ‘most worthy but unchosen' player for 2016 All-Star Game

Shawn Plank July 8, 2016

A look at the All-Star rosters based on Box-Toppers points. Which players were worthy but unchosen? Which players made it but probably shouldn't have?

Angels' Hector Santiago tops players for Thursday, July 7; Padres' Drew Pomeranz rises to 10th in Box-Toppers rankings

Shawn Plank July 8, 2016

Angels pitcher Hector Santiago 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 2016 season as of July 7:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	13.4
3	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	13.4
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
5	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	10.8
6	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
7	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.7
8	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	10.5
9	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	10.4
10	Pomeranz, Drew 3061	pi sp	sd nl	10.4

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Also Thursday, Padres pitcher Drew Pomeranz rises to 10th place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Santiago pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out nine and allowing three hits and four walks, in the 5-1 win over the Rays.

National League Player of the Day—Padres pitcher Drew Pomeranz pitched seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, striking out six, in the 6-0 win over the Dodgers.

Pomeranz earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 10.4 for the season, rising to 10th place among all players. He ranks sixth among NL pitchers. Pomeranz also becomes the 11th player this season with 10 or more Box-Toppers points.

Four pitchers among Thursday’s Players of the Game were tied for highest Box-Toppers game score of the day (+9.0)—Santiago, Pomeranz, plus Athletics pitcher Rich Hill and Twins pitcher Tyler Duffey. Santiago and Pomeranz ranked ahead of Hill and Duffey because they had more innings pitched (7 vs. 6). Santiago ranked ahead of Pomeranz to earn overall Player of the Day honors because he had more strikeouts (9 vs. 6).

National League Batter of the Day—Trevor Story of the Rockies hit two homers and went 2-for-3, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 11-2 win over the Phillies.

American League Batter of the Day—Salvador Perez of the Royals hit a ninth-inning, walk-off, two-run double in the 4-3 win over the Mariners. Perez went 3-for-4, scoring once.

Notable—Wilmer Flores of the Mets has earned Box-Toppers points two days in a row and three times in the past five days after earning Player of the Game honors Thursday.

Flores (HR 1-2 R 3BI in the 9-7 win Thursday over the Nationals) was also Player of the Game Wednesday and was NL Batter of the Day in the Mets’ win Sunday, July 3. Flores has 3.5 Box-Toppers points for the season, all earned in the past five days.

Also notable—Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright now has 107.3 career Box-Toppers points—57th-most among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began—after earning Player of the Game honors Thursday.

Wainwright (7IP 5H R BB 9K W in the 5-1 win over the Pirates) now trails 56th-ranked player on the “all-time” list, Lance Berkman (108.1). Wainwright has 5.5 Box-Toppers points for the season, 25th among NL pitchers.

Scoring—Santiago earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Pomeranz earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Story and Perez 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.

Note—Friday’s usual Box-Toppers team power rankings report and player rankings report will be delayed until the All-Star break on Monday.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/7
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    9.0
    LAA 5/TB 1
    Hector Santiago (W,6-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    3
    0
    0
    4
    9
  

    NL
    9.0
    SD 6/LAD 0
    Drew Pomeranz (W,8-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    2
    6
  

    
    9.0
    OAK 3/HOU 1
    Rich Hill (W,9-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    1
    2
    10
  

    
    9.0
    MIN 10/TEX 1
    Tyler Duffey (W,5-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    4
    9
  

    
    8.0
    STL 5/PIT 1
    Adam Wainwright (W,8-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    1
    9
  

    BAT
    6.0
    COL 11/PHI 2
    Trevor Story, SS
    3
    3
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.2
    `ATL 4/CHC 3
    Lucas Harrell
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    4
    1
    1
    2
    5
  

    
    3.0
    NYM 9/DC 7
    Wilmer Flores, 1B-3B
    2
    1
    1
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    2.0
    KC 4/SEA 3
    Salvador Perez, C
    4
    1
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    TOR 5/DET 4
    Michael Saunders, LF
    4
    3
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    NYY 5/CLE 4
    Chase Headley, 3B
    3
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the 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 Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Pomeranz, Drew 3061	pi sp	sd nl	10.4	13.4	21.4	21.4	7.4
Hill, Rich 2215	pi sp	oak al	9.4	13.4	13.4	33.1	5.4
Santiago, Hector 3109	pi sp	ana al	8.4	16.4	28.8	28.8	0.4
Wainwright, Adam 2150	pi sp	stl nl	5.5	8.5	56.6	107.3	2.5
Saunders, Michael 2768	lf	tor al	4.2	4.2	13.9	14.9	4.2
Perez, Salvador 2972	ca	kc al	4.0	8.5	21.7	21.7	-0.5
Duffey, Tyler 3558	pi sp	min al	4.0	8.0	8.0	8.0	0.0
Story, Trevor 3607	ss	col nl	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0	4.0
Flores, Wilmer 3345	3b 1b	nym nl	3.5	6.0	8.5	8.5	1.0
Headley, Chase 2552	3b	nyy al	3.5	5.5	17.0	27.5	1.5
Harrell, Lucas 2988	pi sp	atl nl	2.0	2.0	6.7	6.7	2.0

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Twins' Ervin Santana tops players for Wednesday, July 6; Giants' Cueto rises to 2nd in Box-Toppers rankings

Shawn Plank July 7, 2016

Twins pitcher Ervin Santana 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 2016 season as of July 6:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	13.4
3	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	13.4
4	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
5	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	10.8
6	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
7	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.7
8	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	10.5
9	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	10.4
10	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0

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Also Wednesday, Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto rises to second place in Box-Toppers player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day—Santana pitched a two-hit, complete-game shutout, striking out eight and walking none, in the 4-0 win over the Athletics.

Santana earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first Box-Toppers points of the season, and has now earned Box-Toppers points in 12 straight seasons.

He earned his first points in 2005 with the Angels and has 95.3 for his career, ninth among active American League pitchers. His best season was 2008 with the Angels, when he had 16.7 points, leading all AL pitchers. In 2015, he had 5.4 points with the Twins.

National League Player of the Day—Giants pitcher Johnny Cueto pitched a complete game, allowing one run, five hits, one walk and striking out eight, in the 5-1 win over the Rockies.

Cueto earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 13.4 for the season and rising from fourth to second in season player rankings, trailing overall leader, Dodgers pitcher Clayton Kershaw (20.0).

Cueto’s rise in Box-Toppers top 10 rankings is the first movement in that chart in a week. None of the players in the top 10 have earned Player of the Game honors since June 29.

National League Batter of the Day—Yangervis Solarte of the Padres hit a three-run homer and doubled, going 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 13-6 win over the Diamondbacks.

American League Batter of the Day—Nick Castellanos of the Tigers homered, doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 12-2 win over the Indians.

Notable—Angels pitcher Jered Weaver now has 125.1 Box-Toppers points—37th-most among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began—after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.

Weaver (6IP 4H R BB 5K W in the 7-2 win over the Rays) now trails the 36th-ranked player on the “all-time” list, Mariano Rivera (126.4). Weaver has 2.0 Box-Toppers points for the season.

Debut—Bryce Brentz of the Red Sox made his Box-Toppers debut Wednesday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Brentz (2-4 2R 3BI in the 11-6 win over the Rangers) made his Major League debut Sept. 17, 2014, and was playing in his 17th career game. He is the 3,680th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Santana earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Cueto earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Solarte and Castellanos 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

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/6
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    15.0
    MIN 4/OAK 0
    Ervin Santana (W,3-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    2
    0
    0
    0
    8
  

    NL
    9.0
    SF 5/COL 1
    Johnny Cueto (W,13-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    5
    1
    1
    1
    8
  

    
    6.0
    TOR 4/KC 2
    Marcus Stroman (W,7-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    2
    2
    1
    6
  

    BAT
    5.0
    SD 13/ARI 6
    Yangervis Solarte, 3B
    5
    2
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    5.0
    DET 12/CLE 2
    Nick Castellanos, 3B
    5
    2
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    CHW 5/NYY 0
    Miguel Gonzalez (W,2-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    0
    0
    1
    3
  

    
    4.0
    LAA 7/TB 2
    Jered Weaver (W,7-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    1
    1
    1
    5
  

    
    4.0
    DC 7/MIL 4
    Jonathan Papelbon (S,17)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    3.0
    HOU 9/SEA 8
    Carlos Gomez, CF
    4
    1
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    BOS 11/TEX 6
    Bryce Brentz, LF
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    BAL 6/LAD 4
    Mark Trumbo, RF
    6
    3
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    NYM 4/MIA 2
    Wilmer Flores, 3B
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    PIT 7/STL 5
    A.J. Schugel (W,2-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.0
    CIN 5/CHC 3
    Tony Cingrani (S,10)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    1.0
    PHI 4/ATL 3
    Freddy Galvis, SS
    4
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

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


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	13.4	26.2	77.4	96.8	0.6
Trumbo, Mark 2851	rf	bal al	7.2	9.7	32.9	32.9	4.7
Castellanos, Nick 3349	3b	det al	5.5	11.7	13.7	13.7	-0.7
Galvis, Freddy 3202	ss	phi nl	4.0	8.0	12.0	12.0	0.0
Gonzalez, Miguel 3062	pi sp	chi al	3.7	10.4	32.5	32.5	-3.0
Stroman, Marcus 3327	pi sp	tor al	3.7	6.4	20.1	20.1	1.0
Flores, Wilmer 3345	3b ss 2b	nym nl	2.5	5.0	7.5	7.5	0.0
Weaver, Jered 2178	pi sp	ana al	2.0	9.7	64.3	125.1	-5.7
Santana, Ervin 2005	pi sp	min al	2.0	7.4	45.8	95.3	-3.4
Papelbon, Jonathan 2110	pi cp	dc nl	2.0	6.0	23.7	54.4	-2.0
Schugel, A.J. 3669	pi mr	pit nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Solarte, Yangervis 3304	3b	sd nl	1.5	6.5	7.5	7.5	-3.5
Gomez, Carlos 2397	cf	hou al	1.0	7.0	17.5	28.5	-5.0
Cingrani, Tony 3158	pi cp	cin nl	1.0	1.0	8.4	8.4	1.0
Brentz, Bryce 3680	lf	bos al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Phillies' Eflin tops players for Tuesday, July 5; Yankees' Tanaka tops AL players

Shawn Plank July 6, 2016

Phillies pitcher Zach Eflin is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day

Top 10 players

Here are the top 10 players in Box-Toppers points (BTP) for the 2016 season as of July 5:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	13.4
3	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
4	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	11.7
5	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	10.8
6	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
7	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.7
8	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	10.5
9	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	10.4
10	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0

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Eflin pitched a complete game, allowing one run, six hits and no walks, striking out six, in the 5-1 win over the Braves.

This was Eflin’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Eflin made his Major League debut June 14 and was playing in his fifth career game. He is the 3,679th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

American League Player of the Day—Yankees pitcher Masahiro Tanaka pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing six hits and one walk, striking out six, in the 9-0 win over the White Sox.

National League Batter of the Day—Giancarlo Stanton of the Marlins hit two home runs and went 3-for-4, driving in five runs, in the 5-2 win over the Mets.

American League Batter of the Day—Andrelton Simmons of the Angels tripled, doubled and went 3-for-5, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 13-5 win over the Rays.

Notable—Pirates pitcher Juan Nicasio has the most 2016 Box-Toppers points of any of the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Tuesday.

Nicasio (2IP H 0R BB 2K W in the 5-2 win over the Cardinals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.0 for the season, 34th among all players, 16th among NL pitchers.

Scoring—Elfin earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Tanaka earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Stanton and Simmons 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

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/5
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    7.0
    PHI 5/ATL 1
    Zach Eflin (W,1-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    9.0
    6
    1
    1
    0
    6
  

    AL
    6.2
    NYY 9/CHW 0
    Masahiro Tanaka (W,6-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    6
    0
    0
    1
    6
  

    BAT
    6.0
    MIA 5/NYM 2
    Giancarlo Stanton, RF
    4
    2
    3
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    6.0
    TOR 8/KC 3
    R.A. Dickey (W,6-9)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    2
    0
    3
    8
  

    BAT
    4.0
    LAA 13/TB 5
    Andrelton Simmons, SS
    5
    3
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    CIN 9/CHC 5
    Joey Votto, 1B
    1
    2
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    4.0
    `BAL 4/LAD 1
    Brad Brach (H,14)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    3.0
    CLE 12/DET 1
    Lonnie Chisenhall, RF
    5
    1
    4
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    MIL 5/DC 2
    Aaron Hill, 2B
    4
    1
    3
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    ARI 7/SD 5
    Jean Segura, 2B
    4
    3
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    TEX 7/BOS 2
    Elvis Andrus, SS
    2
    2
    2
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    COL 7/SF 3
    DJ LeMahieu, 2B
    4
    1
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    MIN 11/OAK 4
    Kennys Vargas, 1B
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    HOU 5/SEA 2
    Dallas Keuchel (W,6-9)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    5
    2
    2
    1
    6
  

    
    2.0
    PIT 5/STL 2
    Juan Nicasio (W,7-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    1
    0
    0
    1
    2
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the 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 Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Nicasio, Juan 2888	pi sp mr	pit nl	7.0	8.0	23.4	23.4	6.0
Tanaka, Masahiro 3305	pi sp	nyy al	6.7	14.7	27.4	27.4	-1.3
LeMahieu, DJ 3091	2b	col nl	5.5	12.5	18.5	18.5	-1.5
Hill, Aaron 2056	2b	mil nl	5.5	8.5	22.5	41.5	2.5
Andrus, Elvis 2582	ss	tex al	4.7	4.7	12.2	15.2	4.7
Stanton, Giancarlo 2737	rf	fla nl	4.5	10.0	31.7	37.2	-1.0
Keuchel, Dallas 3050	pi sp	hou al	4.0	25.4	39.8	39.8	-17.4
Dickey, R.A. 1734	pi sp	tor al	4.0	9.0	53.2	74.9	-1.0
Chisenhall, Lonnie 2959	rf	cle al	3.5	3.5	13.5	13.5	3.5
Votto, Joey 2366	1b	cin nl	3.0	8.0	24.7	56.7	-2.0
Segura, Jean 3173	2b	ari nl	2.0	4.0	8.5	8.5	0.0
Eflin, Zach 3679	pi sp	phi nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Simmons, Andrelton 3165	ss	ana al	1.5	5.5	7.0	7.0	-2.5
Brach, Brad 3374	pi mr	bal al	1.0	4.0	5.0	5.0	-2.0
Vargas, Kennys 3511	1b	min al	1.0	2.5	2.5	2.5	-0.5

What are those numbers after players' names?

Brewers' Guerra tops players for Monday, July 4; Astros' McCullers tops NL players

Shawn Plank July 5, 2016

Brewers pitcher Junior Guerra 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 2016 season as of July 4:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	13.4
3	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
4	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	11.7
5	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	10.8
6	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
7	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.7
8	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	10.5
9	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	10.4
10	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0

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Guerra pitched 7 1/3 scoreless innings, striking out seven and allowing two hits and no walks, in the 1-0 win over the Nationals.

American League Player of the Day—Astros pitcher Lance McCullers struck out 10 over seven innings, allowing one run, five hits and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Mariners.

National League Batter of the Day—Kris Bryant of the Cubs hit a two-run homer, going 1-for-1 and scoring three times, in the 10-4 win over the Reds.

Bryant earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 7.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, most of any of the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Monday. Bryant rises to 29th place among all players and third among NL batters, behind Matt Carpenter of the Cardinals (7.5) and Wil Myers of the Padres (7.2).

American League Batter of the Day—Todd Frazier of the White Sox hit two doubles and went 3-for-3, scoring twice and driving in a run, in the 8-2 win over the Yankees.

Streak—Mike Napoli of the Indians has now earned Box-Toppers points in 11 straight seasons after earning his first Player of the Game honor of the season Monday.

Napoli (HR 2B 2-3 2R 2BI in the 5-3 win over the Tigers) earned his first Box-Toppers points in 2006 with the Angels and has 52.2 career points, ninth among active AL first basemen. His best season was 2011 with the Rangers when he had 9.0 Box-Toppers points, ninth among AL batters. In 2015, he had 4.5 points with the Red Sox, a season in which he also played for the Rangers.

Notable—Giants pitcher Jake Peavy now has 141.8 career Box-Toppers points—24th-most since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began—after earning Player of the Game honors Monday.

Peavy (6.2IP 5H R 2BB 6K W in the 3-1 win over the Rockies) trails 23rd-ranked player on the “all-time” list, David Ortiz of the Red Sox (142.9). Peavy has 5.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, 29th among NL pitchers.

Debut—Dodgers pitcher Pedro Baez made his Box-Toppers debut Monday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Baez (2IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K ND in the 7-5 win over the Orioles) made his Major League debut May 5, 2014, and was playing in his 110th career game. He is the 3,678th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Guerra earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and McCullers earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Bryant and Frazier 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

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/4
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    10.1
    MIL 1/DC 0
    Junior Guerra (W,6-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.1
    2
    0
    0
    2
    7
  

    AL
    9.0
    HOU 2/SEA 1
    Lance McCullers (W,4-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    1
    10
  

    BAT
    5.0
    CHC 10/CIN 4
    Kris Bryant, LF
    1
    3
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    TOR 6/KC 2
    Aaron Sanchez (W,9-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    3
  

    
    4.0
    `LAD 7/BAL 5
    Pedro Baez
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    3.2
    PHI 8/ATL 2
    Jerad Eickhoff (W,6-9)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.2
    5
    2
    2
    3
    8
  

    
    3.2
    SF 3/COL 1
    Jake Peavy (W,5-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    5
    1
    1
    2
    6
  

    
    3.0
    NYM 8/MIA 6
    Travis d'Arnaud, C
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    SD 8/ARI 4
    Derek Norris, C
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    3.0
    CHW 8/NYY 2
    Todd Frazier, 3B
    3
    2
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    CLE 5/DET 3
    Mike Napoli, 1B
    3
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    BOS 12/TEX 5
    Travis Shaw, 3B
    5
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    PIT 4/STL 2
    Gregory Polanco, RF
    5
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    TB 4/LAA 2
    Logan Morrison, 1B
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    0.2
    OAK 3/MIN 1
    Kendall Graveman (W,4-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    3
    1
    1
    4
    3
  

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


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Bryant, Kris 3465	lf 3b rf	chi nl	7.0	15.5	15.5	15.5	-1.5
Eickhoff, Jerad 3566	pi sp	phi nl	7.0	12.0	12.0	12.0	2.0
Guerra, Junior 3633	pi sp	mil nl	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0	7.0
Sanchez, Aaron 3392	pi sp	tor al	5.7	7.7	9.7	9.7	3.7
Peavy, Jake 1635	pi sp	sf nl	5.0	10.0	38.1	141.8	0.0
Shaw, Travis 3544	1b 3b	bos al	4.5	8.7	8.7	8.7	0.3
Polanco, Gregory 3361	rf	pit nl	4.5	7.5	11.5	11.5	1.5
McCullers, Lance 3488	pi sp	hou al	3.4	10.1	10.1	10.1	-3.3
Frazier, Todd 2929	3b	chi al	3.2	12.1	26.1	26.1	-5.7
Graveman, Kendall 3444	pi sp	oak al	3.0	7.7	7.7	7.7	-1.7
Napoli, Mike 2161	1b	cle al	1.0	5.5	33.2	52.2	-3.5
Norris, Derek 3198	ca	sd nl	1.0	5.5	13.0	13.0	-3.5
Morrison, Logan 2794	1b	tb al	1.0	5.0	15.0	16.5	-3.0
d’Arnaud, Travis 3384	ca	nym nl	1.0	3.5	7.5	7.5	-1.5
Baez, Pedro 3678	pi mr	lad nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Blue Jays' Happ tops players for Sunday, July 3; Dodgers' McCarthy tops NL players

Shawn Plank July 4, 2016

Blue Jays pitcher J.A. Happ 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 2016 season as of July 3:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	13.4
3	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
4	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	11.7
5	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	10.8
6	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
7	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.7
8	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	10.5
9	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	10.4
10	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0

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Happ struck out 11 over seven innings, allowing one run, five hits and no walks, in the 17-1 win over the Indians.

National League Player of the Day—Dodgers pitcher Brandon McCarthy pitched five scoreless innings, striking out eight and allowing two hits and one walk, in the 4-1 win over the Rockies.

National League Batter of the Day—Wilmer Flores of the Mets hit two homers and went 6-for-6, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 14–3 win over the Cubs.

American League Batter of the Day—Sandy Leon of the Red Sox homered and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 10-5 win over the Angels.

This was Leon’s Box-Toppers debut, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors. Leon made his Major League debut May 14, 2012, and was playing in his 89th career game. He is the 3,676th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Notable—Seth Smith of the Mariners earned Player of the Game honors for the second straight day Sunday.

Smith (grand slam 1-4 in the 9-4 win over the Orioles) was also Player of the Game Saturday in the Mariners 12-6 win over the Orioles.

Also notable—Nationals pitcher Stephen Strasburg has the most 2016 Box-Toppers points of any of the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Sunday.

Strasburg (6.2 IP 0H 0R 4BB 5K W in the 12-1 win over the Reds) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 9.4 for the season, 13th among all players, ninth among NL pitchers.

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

Yankees pitcher Chad Green (6IP 3H R 8K W in the 6-3 win over the Padres) made his Major League debut May 16 and was playing in his third career game. He is the 3,675th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.
Giants pitcher Josh Osich (1IP 0H 0R 0BB K W in the 5-4 win over the Diamondbacks) made his Major League debut July 3, 2015, and was playing in his 76th career game. He is the 3,677th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Happ earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and McCarthy earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Flores and Leon 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

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/3
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    11.0
    TOR 17/CLE 1
    J.A. Happ (W,11-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    0
    11
  

    NL
    10.0
    LAD 4/COL 1
    Brandon McCarthy (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    8
  

    
    9.0
    NYY 6/SD 3
    Chad Green (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    1
    0
    8
  

    
    7.2
    DC 12/CIN 1
    Stephen Strasburg (W,11-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.2
    0
    0
    0
    4
    5
  

    BAT
    7.0
    NYM 14/CHC 3
    Wilmer Flores, 3B
    6
    3
    6
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    STL 9/MIL 8
    Stephen Piscotty, RF
    4
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.0
    CHW 4/HOU 1
    Jose Quintana (W,6-8)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    1
    1
    2
    4
  

    
    3.0
    MIA 5/ATL 2
    J.T. Realmuto, C
    5
    3
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    PHI 7/KC 2
    Maikel Franco, 3B
    4
    2
    3
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    3.0
    BOS 10/LAA 5
    Sandy Leon, C
    4
    2
    2
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    PIT 6/OAK 3
    David Freese, 1B
    1
    1
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    DET 5/TB 1
    Ian Kinsler, 2B
    4
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    SEA 9/BAL 4
    Seth Smith, LF
    4
    1
    1
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    MIN 5/TEX 4
    Brian Dozier, 2B
    3
    2
    1
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    SF 5/ARI 4
    Josh Osich (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

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


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Strasburg, Stephen 2736	pi sp	dc nl	9.4	23.4	69.5	77.2	-4.6
Quintana, Jose 3040	pi sp	chi al	6.7	12.7	31.5	31.5	0.7
Happ, J.A. 2536	pi sp	tor al	6.0	19.1	34.5	42.5	-7.1
Kinsler, Ian 2144	2b	det al	4.5	11.0	30.2	60.6	-2.0
Realmuto, J.T. 3491	ca	fla nl	3.5	8.5	8.5	8.5	-1.5
Piscotty, Stephen 3570	rf	stl nl	3.0	7.2	7.2	7.2	-1.2
Smith, Seth 2489	rf lf	sea al	3.0	4.0	22.0	36.2	2.0
McCarthy, Brandon 2082	pi sp	lad nl	1.7	3.7	26.8	35.5	-0.3
Flores, Wilmer 3345	3b ss 2b	nym nl	1.5	4.0	6.5	6.5	-1.0
Leon, Sandy 3676	ca	bos al	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5
Dozier, Brian 3219	2b	min al	1.0	4.7	12.7	12.7	-2.7
Franco, Maikel 3510	3b	phi nl	1.0	4.2	4.2	4.2	-2.2
Freese, David 2710	1b 3b	pit nl	1.0	1.0	21.2	23.2	1.0
Green, Chad 3675	pi sp	nyy al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0
Osich, Josh 3677	pi mr	sf nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Dodgers' Kazmir tops players for Saturday, July 2; Angels' Cron tops AL players

Shawn Plank July 3, 2016

Dodgers pitcher Scott Kazmir 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 2016 season as of July 2:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	13.4
3	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
4	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	11.7
5	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	10.8
6	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
7	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.7
8	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	10.5
9	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	10.4
10	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0

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Kazmir pitched six scoreless innings, striking out 10 and allowing three hits and no walks, in the 6-1 win over the Rockies.

Kazmir earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 103.4 for his career, rising to 62nd place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his points Saturday, he passes four players on the “all-time” list—Giants pitcher Madison Bumgarner (101.7), Carlos Beltran of the Yankees (101.9), Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2) and Miguel Tejada (102.3). Kazmir trails 61st-ranked player Jamie Moyer (104.0).

Kazmir has 7.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, 14th among NL pitchers.

American League Player of the Day—C.J. Cron of the Angels hit two homers and doubled, going 6-for-6, scoring five times and driving in five runs, in the 21-2 win over the Red Sox.

Cron had a Box-Toppers game score of +10 Saturday, the highest score for any batter earning Player of the Game honors this season. June 27’s Player of the Day Kris Bryant of the Cubs also had a Box-Toppers game score of +10, but Cron’s score ranks higher than Bryant’s because Cron had more at bats—6 vs. 5.

National League Batter of the Day—Wellington Castillo of the Diamondbacks hit a go-ahead, eighth-inning, three-run homer in the 6-5 win over the Giants. Castillo also doubled and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in four runs.

American League Batter of the Day—There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Saturday because the overall AL Player of the Day was batter C.J. Cron.

100 career points—In addition to Kazmir, two other players with more than 100 career Box-Toppers points earned Player of the Game honors Saturday:

Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander (7IP 4H 2R BB 8K W in the 3-2 win over the Rays) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 128.6 for his career. He rises to 31st among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began, passing two players on the “all-time” list—A.J. Burnett (127.8) and Vladimir Guerrero (128.3). Verlander now trails 30th-ranked player Trevor Hoffman (129.4). Verlander has 4.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, 30th among AL pitchers.
Cardinals pitcher Adam Wainwright (7IP 7H 0R 2BB 5K W in the 3-0 win over the Brewers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 106.3 for his career. He rises to 57th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began, passing three players on the “all-time” list—Aramis Ramirez (105.8), Adrian Beltre of the Rangers (105.8) and Frank Thomas (106.2). Wainwright now trails 56th-ranked player Lance Berkman (108.1). Wainwright has 4.5 Box-Toppers points for the season, 35th among NL pitchers.

Notable—Padres pitcher Drew Pomeranz has the most 2016 Box-Toppers points of any of the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Saturday.

Pomeranz (7IP 5H R 0BB 7K ND in the 2-1 win over the Yankees) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 8.7 for the season, 17th among all players, 12th among NL pitchers.

Debut—Reds pitcher Josh Smith made his Box-Toppers debut Saturday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Smith (1.1IP 0H 0R 0BB K W in the 9-4 win over the Nationals) made his Major League debut June 23, 2015, and was playing in his 22nd career game. He is the 3,674th player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Kazmir earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Cron earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day. Castillo earns 1.5 points for being NL 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

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/2
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    13.0
    LAD 6/COL 1
    Scott Kazmir (W,7-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    0
    0
    0
    10
  

    AL
    10.0
    LAA 21/BOS 2
    C.J. Cron, 1B
    6
    5
    6
    5
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    7.0
    DET 3/TB 2
    Justin Verlander (W,8-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    4
    2
    1
    1
    8
  

    
    7.0
    `SD 2/NYY 1
    Drew Pomeranz
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    5
    1
    1
    0
    7
  

    
    6.0
    MIN 17/TEX 5
    Max Kepler, RF
    5
    2
    2
    7
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    5.2
    KC 6/PHI 2
    Danny Duffy (W,4-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.2
    7
    2
    2
    0
    8
  

    
    5.0
    ATL 9/MIA 1
    Lucas Harrell (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    5
  

    
    4.1
    `NYM 4/CHC 3
    Addison Reed (H,17)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    1
    0
    0
    0
    4
  

    
    4.0
    SEA 12/BAL 6
    Seth Smith, LF
    5
    2
    3
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    4.0
    ARI 6/SF 5
    Welington Castillo, C
    4
    2
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    TOR 9/CLE 6
    Josh Donaldson, DH
    4
    3
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    STL 3/MIL 0
    Adam Wainwright (W,7-5)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    7
    0
    0
    2
    5
  

    
    2.1
    CIN 9/DC 4
    Josh Smith (W,1-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.1
    0
    0
    0
    0
    1
  

    
    2.0
    CHW 7/HOU 6
    Dioner Navarro, DH
    4
    0
    2
    4
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    PIT 4/OAK 2
    Juan Nicasio (W,6-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    1.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

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


Player of Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Pomeranz, Drew 3061	pi sp	sd nl	8.7	11.7	19.7	19.7	5.7
Donaldson, Josh 3144	3b	tor al	8.2	18.1	38.1	38.1	-1.7
Kazmir, Scott 1947	pi sp	lad nl	7.0	19.7	47.6	103.4	-5.7
Nicasio, Juan 2888	pi sp	pit nl	6.0	7.0	22.4	22.4	5.0
Duffy, Danny 2915	pi sp	kc al	5.7	9.7	24.7	24.7	1.7
Wainwright, Adam 2150	pi sp	stl nl	4.5	7.5	55.6	106.3	1.5
Verlander, Justin 2112	pi sp	det al	4.0	10.4	73.6	128.6	-2.4
Cron, C.J. 3338	dh 1b	ana al	2.7	8.7	9.7	9.7	-3.3
Smith, Seth 2489	rf lf	sea al	2.0	3.0	21.0	35.2	1.0
Kepler, Max 3664	rf	min al	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Castillo, Wellington 3251	ca	ari nl	1.5	5.0	8.0	8.0	-2.0
Navarro, Dioner 2087	dh ca	chi al	1.0	2.0	10.0	19.0	0.0
Reed, Addison 3023	pi mr	nym nl	1.0	2.0	10.0	10.0	0.0
Harrell, Lucas 2988	pi sp	atl nl	1.0	1.0	5.7	5.7	1.0
Smith, Josh 3674	pi mr	cin nl	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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Tigers' Fulmer tops players for Friday, July 1; Dodgers' Norris is ‘Kershavian,' topping NL players

Shawn Plank July 2, 2016

Tigers pitcher Michael Fulmer 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 2016 season as of July 1:


	Player	Pos	Team	BTP
1	Kershaw, Clayton 2494	pi sp	lad nl	20.0
2	Fernandez, Jose 3147	pi sp	fla nl	13.4
3	Scherzer, Max 2588	pi sp	dc nl	12.0
4	Cueto, Johnny 2400	pi sp	sf nl	11.7
5	Kluber, Corey 3200	pi sp	cle al	10.8
6	Arrieta, Jake 2738	pi sp	chi nl	10.7
7	Sale, Chris 2806	pi sp	chi al	10.7
8	Salazar, Danny 3223	pi sp	cle al	10.5
9	Hamels, Cole 2135	pi sp	tex al	10.4
10	Syndergaard, Noah 3472	pi sp	nym nl	10.0

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Fulmer pitched seven scoreless innings, striking out 10 and allowing two hits and one walk, in the 10-2 win over the Rays.

Fulmer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 8.7 for the season, most of any of Friday’s 15 Players of the Games. Fulmer ranks 17th among all players and fifth among American League pitchers.

National League Player of the Day—Dodgers pitcher Bud Norris of the Dodgers performed in a very “Kershavian” manner, pitching six scoreless innings, striking out eight and allowing two hits and one walk, in the 5-0 win over the Rockies.

This was Norris’ first start with the Dodgers after being traded from the Braves to fill in for the injured ace Clayton Kershaw (20.0 Box-Toppers points and leader in player rankings). Norris now has 4.7 Box-Toppers points on the season.

National League Batter of the Day—Wil Myers of the Padres homered and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 7-6 win over the Yankees.

Myers earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 7.2 for the season, rising to second place among NL batters, behind Matt Carpenter of the Cardinals (7.5).

American League Batter of the Day—David Ortiz of the Red Sox homered and went 3-for-4, in the 5-4 win over the Angels. His homer was his 522nd for his career, putting him in 19th place on the all-time list.

Ortiz earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 142.9 for his career, 23rd-most of any player since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 22nd-ranked player, Mets pitcher Bartolo Colon (143.8). Ortiz ranks eighth in career points among all active players and third among active batters, behind Alex Rodriguez of the Yankees (187.0) and Albert Pujols of the Angels (176.3).

Ortiz has 5.0 Box-Toppers points for the season, 15th among AL batters.

Debut—Rangers pitcher Matt Bush made his Box-Toppers debut Friday, the first time in his career he earned Player of the Game honors.

Bush (2IP H 0R 0BB 2K W in the 3-2 win over the Twins) made his Major League debut May 13 and was playing in his 23rd career game. He is the 3,673rd player to debut in Box-Toppers since record keeping began in 1995.

Scoring—Fulmer earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Norris earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Myers and Ortiz 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

  
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
  

    7/1
    Score
    Game
    Player of Game
    AB
    R
    H
    BI
    
    IP
    H
    R
    ER
    BB
    K
  

    MLB
    14.0
    DET 10/TB 2
    Michael Fulmer (W,8-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    7.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    10
  

    NL
    11.0
    LAD 5/COL 0
    Bud Norris (W,4-7)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    2
    0
    0
    1
    8
  

    
    6.0
    NYM 10/CHC 2
    Jacob deGrom (W,4-4)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    3
    1
    1
    1
    7
  

    
    5.0
    `DC 3/CIN 2
    Sammy Solis
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    0
    0
    0
    0
    3
  

    
    4.0
    STL 7/MIL 1
    Jaime Garcia (W,6-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    8.0
    4
    1
    1
    4
    6
  

    
    4.0
    PHI 4/KC 3
    Jeremy Hellickson (W,6-6)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    5
    1
    1
    1
    6
  

    
    4.0
    HOU 5/CHW 0
    Mike Fiers (W,6-3)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    4
    0
    0
    2
    4
  

    BAT
    3.0
    SD 7/NYY 6
    Wil Myers, 1B
    3
    2
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    3.0
    SEA 5/BAL 2
    Wade LeBlanc (W,1-0)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    6.0
    3
    2
    2
    1
    5
  

    
    3.0
    CLE 2/TOR 1
    Trevor Bauer (W,7-2)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    5.0
    2
    0
    0
    3
    3
  

    
    3.0
    TEX 3/MIN 2
    Matt Bush (W,3-1)
    -
    -
    -
    -
    
    2.0
    1
    0
    0
    0
    2
  

    
    2.0
    MIA 7/ATL 5
    Marcell Ozuna, CF
    6
    1
    4
    3
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    2.0
    SF 6/ARI 4
    Conor Gillaspie, 3B
    4
    2
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    BAT
    1.0
    BOS 5/LAA 4
    David Ortiz, DH
    4
    1
    3
    1
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    1.0
    PIT 7/OAK 3
    Jordy Mercer, SS
    4
    1
    2
    2
    
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
    -
  

    
    
    `Denotes that the 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 Game	Pos	Team	16	15-16	11-16	Career	+/-
Fulmer, Michael 3640	pi sp	det al	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7	8.7
Bauer, Trevor 3065	pi sp	cle al	7.7	17.1	25.8	25.8	-1.7
Myers, Wil 3228	1b	sd nl	7.2	10.2	15.7	15.7	4.2
Garcia, Jaime 2508	pi sp	stl nl	6.0	15.4	33.1	41.8	-3.4
Hellickson, Jeremy 2778	pi sp	phi nl	5.4	10.4	34.1	37.1	0.4
Ortiz, David	dh	bos al	5.0	9.5	40.9	142.9	0.5
Norris, Bud 2638	pi sp	lad nl	4.7	5.7	36.1	45.1	3.7
deGrom, Jacob 3343	pi sp	nym nl	4.0	26.4	39.4	39.4	-18.4
Ozuna, Marcell 3190	cf	fla nl	4.0	7.0	17.5	17.5	1.0
Fiers, Michael 3029	pi sp	hou al	3.0	10.0	24.1	24.1	-4.0
Mercer, Jordy 3206	ss	pit nl	2.0	2.0	8.0	8.0	2.0
LeBlanc, Wade 2669	pi sp	sea al	2.0	2.0	2.0	9.0	2.0
Solis, Sammy 3651	pi mr	dc nl	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.0
Gillaspie, Conor 3218	3b	sf nl	1.0	1.0	7.5	7.5	1.0
Bush, Matt 3673	pi mr	tex al	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	1.0

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A look at Box-Toppers All-Stars at the season's halfway point

Shawn Plank July 1, 2016

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