Giants' Lincecum tops players for Thursday, Aug. 8, Tigers' Scherzer rises to 6th in player Box-Toppers points

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Note: Box-Toppers is playing catch-up after time away. These are Box-Toppers results for Thursday, Aug. 8:

Giants pitcher Tim Lincecum is Thursday's Player of the Day, while Tigers pitcher Max Scherzer rises to sixth place in player Box-Toppers points for the season.

Lincecum allowed only one hit and no runs over eight innings, while striking out eight, in the 4-1 win over the Brewers. 

Scherzer earned Player of the Game honors Thursday  (7IP 5K W in the 10-3 win vs. the Indians), earning 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 13.7 for the season. He rises to sixth place overall and passes Miguel Cabrera (13.4) as the Box-Toppers points leader among Detroit Tigers players.

Royals pitcher Bruce Chen is American League Player of the Day. Chen pitched 7 2/3 scoreless innings and gave up no runs in the 5-1 win over the Red Sox. 

John McDonald of the Phillies is National League Batter of the Day. McDonald homered and drove in two runs in the 12-1 win over the Cubs. 

No American League batter earned Player of the Game honors, so there is no AL Batter of the Day for Thursday.

Lincecum receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Chen receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. McDonald receives 1.5 for being NL Batter of the Day.

All of Thursday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

 

808ScoreTeamBATTERSABRHRBIBBSO--PITCHERSIPHRERBBSO
MLB14.0Giants 0000000  Tim Lincecum (W, 6-11)8.010018
 8.0Dodgers 0000000  Hyun-Jin Ryu (W, 11-3)7.051007
AL3.2Royals 0000000  Bruce Chen (W, 5-0)7.250012
BAT3.0Phillies John McDonald 2B111200  00.000000
 3.0Tigers0000000  Max Scherzer (W, 17-1)7.042215
 2.0Pirates Neil Walker 2B303210  00.000000
 1.0Mets 0000000  LaTroy Hawkins (S, 2)1.000000

Cardinals’ Miller tops players for Tuesday, July 23; D-Backs Corbin rises to 2nd among players

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Note: Playing catch-up after time away. These are Box-Toppers results for Tuesday, July 23:

Cardinals pitcher Shelby Miller is Tuesday’s Player of the Day, while Diamondbacks pitcher Patrick Corbin rises to second place in Box-Toppers points for the season.

Miller threw six shutout innings in the 4-1 win over the Phillies to earn Player of the Day honors. Miller earns 2.0 Box-Toppers for being Player of the Day, giving him 13.4 for the season, moving him up to sixth place among players.

Corbin (6IP 6K in 10-4 win vs. Cubs) earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being Player of the Game, giving him 15.4 points for the season, moving him into second place among players. Though he has the same number of points as leader Justin Masterson of the Indians, Masterson holds the lead because he has more points than Corbin over the past two seasons (23.1 vs. 21.4).

Royals pitcher Bruce Chen is American League Player of the Day. Chen gave up one run over six innings in the 3-2 win over the Orioles.

Zack Cozart of the Reds is National League Batter of the Day. Cozart went 4-for-4 and homered in the 9-3 win over the Giants.

Chris Herrmann of the Twins is AL Batter of the Day. Herrmann hit a grand slam and went 3-for-5 in the 10-3 win over the Angels.

Miller receives 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day. Chen receives 1.7 for AL Player of the Day. Cozart and Herrmann each receive 1.5 for being top Batter of the Day in their league.

All of Tuesday's other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) receive 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

Top player from each game

Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score

 

723ScoreTeamBATTERSABRHRBIBBSO--PITCHERSIPHRERBBSO
MLB8.0Cardinals 0000000  Shelby Miller (W, 10-6)6.030016
 6.0Pirates 0000000  Gerrit Cole (W, 5-3)7.021114
 6.0Padres 0000000  Tyson Ross (W, 1-4)6.021126
BAT5.0Reds Zack Cozart SS434200  00.000000
AL5.0Royals 0000000  Bruce Chen (W, 4-0)6.031104
 4.1Giants 0000000  Sergio Romo (S, 24)1.110004
 4.0Dodgers Adrian Gonzalez 1B432310  00.000000
 4.0Marlins 0000000  Jose Fernandez (W, 6-5)7.052228
 3.1Red Sox 0000000  Jon Lester (W, 9-6)6.172208
BAT3.0Twins Chris Herrmann C513401  00.000000
 3.0Diamondbacks 0000000  Patrick Corbin (W, 12-1)6.041136
 3.0Yankees 0000000  Mariano Rivera (S, 32)1.000002
 3.0Mets 0000000  Bobby Parnell (S, 19)1.000002
 2.0Tigers Jhonny Peralta SS422200  00.000000
 1.0Mariners Kyle Seager 3B413100  00.000000
 1.0Astros Jonathan Villar SS423001  00.000000

Box-Toppers takes early crack at picking All-Star teams

Is it too early to be voting on All-Stars for the midsummer classic?

Yes.

That said, voting is open at mlb.com and fans have already started to vote even though there is not enough evidence yet to reveal who the season's all-stars really are.​

Since it is not stopping fans, we won't let it stop us at Box-Toppers, either. We will take a look at who is leading in Box-Toppers points by position and in each league. We'll also choose pitchers, even though voters don't get to pick those.

And because the season is only a little more than a month old and there hasn't yet been enough baseball played to clearly determine top players, we'll look at our all-star teams in two different ways. We'll look at Box-Toppers point leaders so far through the young 2013 season. And we'll look at who is leading in Box-Toppers points for the combined 2012 and 2013 seasons.​

The lists for both teams are below.​

2013 SEASON   2012-13 SEASONS 
ALPLAYERTEAMBTP PLAYERTEAMBTP
First baseMoss, Brandon 2520oak al3 Napoli, Mike 2161bos al10.7
Second baseKendrick, Howie 2191ana al2.5 Cano, Robinson 2092nyy al6
ShortstopLowrie, Jed 2437oak al2.5 Hardy, J.J. 2071bal al8.2
Third baseCabrera, Miguel 1776det al5.7 Cabrera, Miguel 1776det al17.4
CatcherWieters, Matt 2643bal al3 Mauer, Joe 1869min al10.5
Outfield 1Raburn, Ryan 2340cle al3.5 Davis, Chris 2478bal al14
Outfield 2Davis, Chris 2478bal al2 Hamilton, Josh 2332ana al11.5
Outfield 3Willingham, Josh 2205min al2 Trout, Mike 2949ana al11
Designated hitterHafner, Travis 1650nyy al3.5 Butler, Billy 2330kc al11.2
Starting pitcher 1Buchholz, Clay 2363bos al7.1 Verlander, Justin 2112det al27.8
Starting pitcher 2Moore, Matt 2975tb al6.7 Darvish, Yu 3003tex al22.8
Starting pitcher 3Darvish, Yu 3003tex al6 Hernandez, Felix 2064sea al22.4
Starting pitcher 4Masterson, Justin 2462cle al4.7 Dickey, R.A. 1734tor al22.1
Middle relieverChen, Bruce 1170kc al2 Chen, Bruce 1170kc al8
Closing pitcherPerkins, Glen 2506min al3 Rodney, Fernando 1803tb al8
NL       
First baseCarpenter, Matt 2987stl nl2.5 LaRoche, Adam 1910dc nl9
Second baseEllis, Mark 1614lad nl2.5 Phillips, Brandon 1691cin nl11
ShortstopTulowitzki, Troy 2308col nl1 Tulowitzki, Troy 2308col nl6
Third baseFrazier, Todd 2929cin nl2.5 Freese, David 2710stl nl10.7
CatcherPosey, Buster 2745sf nl2 Posey, Buster 2745sf nl7.5
Outfield 1Harper, Bryce 3011dc nl4.9 Braun, Ryan J. 2300mil nl15
Outfield 2Gonzalez, Carlos 2460col nl4 Gonzalez, Carlos 2460col nl13.2
Outfield 3Bruce, Jay 2453cin nl3 Holliday, Matt 1836stl nl11.7
Starting pitcher 1Lynn, Lance 2992stl nl5.7 Kershaw, Clayton 2494lad nl25.8
Starting pitcher 2Kershaw, Clayton 2494lad nl5 Lynn, Lance 2992stl nl23.4
Starting pitcher 3Harvey, Matt 3075nym nl5 Gonzalez, Gio 2626dc nl21.7
Starting pitcher 4Maholm, Paul 2078atl nl4.7 Bumgarner, Madison 2753sf nl21.4
Middle relieverCasilla, Santiago 2301sf nl2 Casilla, Santiago 2301sf nl6
Closing pitcherChapman, Aroldis 2826cin nl2 Chapman, Aroldis 2826cin nl16
AL top playerBuchholz, Clay 2363bos al7.1 Verlander, Justin 2112det al27.8
AL top batterCabrera, Miguel 1776det al5.7 Cabrera, Miguel 1776det al17.4
NL top playerLynn, Lance 2992stl nl5.7 Kershaw, Clayton 2494lad nl25.8
NL top batterHarper, Bryce 3011dc nl4.9 Braun, Ryan J. 2300mil nl15