Blue Jays’ Scherzer, Cubs’ Crow-Armstrong top players in spring games of Saturday, March 8

Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.

Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Pete Crow-Armstrong of the Cubs, Ty France of the Twins, Matt Chapman of the Giants and Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom. Also, seven players earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the second time Saturday during the 2025 spring training season.

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Red Sox’ Crochet, Brewers’ Myers top players in spring games of Wednesday, March 5

Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s spring training games.

Other Player of the Game winners Wednesday include Brewers pitcher Tobias Myers, Tomás Nido of the Tigers, Oneil Cruz of the Pirates and Sam Huff of the Giants.

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Giants’ Ray, Red Sox’ Buehler top players in spring training games of Sunday, March 2

Giants pitcher Robbie Ray is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Sunday’s spring training games.

Other Player of the Game winners Sunday include Braves pitcher Spencer Schwellenbach, Red Sox pitcher Walker Buehler, Blue Jays pitcher Max Scherzer, Freddy Fermin of the Royals and Alec Bohm of the Phillies.

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Mets’ Tidwell, Yankees’ Gabrielson top players in spring games of Saturday, March 1

Mets pitcher Blade Tidwell is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.

Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Rhys Hoskins of the Brewers, Cole Gabrielson of the Yankees, Eugenio Suárez of the Diamondbacks and Angels pitcher Kyle Hendricks.

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Mets’ Moreno, Athletics’ Wilson top players in spring games of Friday, Feb. 28

Mets pitcher Luis Moreno is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Friday’s spring training games.

Also Friday, two players earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the second time in the 2025 spring training season—Corbin Carroll of the Diamondbacks and Vimael Machín of the Orioles. Other notable Player of the Game winners in Friday’s spring training games include Vladimir Guererro Jr. of the Blue Jays, Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole and Pirates pitcher Mitch Keller.

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Giants’ Roupp, Red Sox’ Mayer top players in spring games of Thursday, Feb. 27

Giants pitcher Landen Roupp is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Thursday’s spring training games.

Roupp struck out five over three scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 6-4 win over the Mariners. Roupp did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the game was in a scoreless tie when he exited.

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Astros’ Smith, Nationals’ Chaparro top players in spring games of Tuesday, Feb. 25

Cam Smith of the Astros is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Tuesday’s spring training games.

Smith hit two home runs and went 2-for-2, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 8-5 win over the Mets.

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Box-Toppers’ 2025 daily coverage begins with spring training opener Thursday

Box-Toppers coverage of the 2025 Major League Baseball season begins with the first spring training game Thursday.

Since 1995, Box-Toppers has tracked each Major League game played, tracking 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.

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Reliever Treinen tops players as Dodgers win World Series over Yankees in 5 games

Relief pitcher Blake Treinen is Box-Toppers Player of the Game Wednesday as the Dodgers defeat the Yankees to win the 2024 World Series in five games.

The Los Angeles Dodgers defeat the New York Yankees 7-6 to win the best-of-seven game series, 4-1.

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Yankees’ Anthony Volpe is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in World Series Game 4

Anthony Volpe of the Yankees is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s World Series Game 4.

The New York Yankees win 11-4, winning their first game of the best-of-seven-game series, which the Los Angeles Dodgers lead 3-1.

Volpe hit a third-inning, go-ahead grand slam and doubled, going 2-for-3, scoring three times and driving in four runs.

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