Red Sox pitcher Nick Pivetta is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Saturday’s spring training games.
Pivetta struck out five over three scoreless and hitless innings, allowing no walks, in the 1-0 win over the Twins.
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These five players were 2021 Silver Slugger Award winners and also led their league’s position in Box-Toppers points for the season: Xander Bogaerts of the Red Sox, Aaron Judge of the Yankees, Ozzie Albies of the Braves, Fernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres and Nick Castellanos of the Reds.
How 2021 Silver Sluggers winners fared in Box-Toppers rankings
Only five of the 17 batters winning Silver Slugger Awards Thursday also were among the leaders at their positions in 2021 Box-Toppers point totals.
The awards are given to the top batter in each position in both leagues, voted on by Major League Baseball coaches and managers.
Read MoreBox-Toppers 2021 year-end All-Star teams
The Box-Toppers All-Star teams for the 2021 regular season are led by overall Box-Toppers points leader, Dodgers pitcher Max Scherzer.
The American League and National League All-Star teams are composed of the players with the highest Box-Toppers point totals by position in each league. In addition to the batters—eight in the NL and nine (including the designated hitter) in the AL—are the top four starting pitchers in each league and the top closing pitcher.
Read MorePhillies’ Nola tops players for Sunday, July 25; Royals’ Lynch tops AL players
Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Nola struck out nine over 8 2/3 innings, allowing one run, four hits and no walks, in the 2-1 win over the Braves.
Read MoreTigers’ Haase tops players for Saturday, July 3; Brewers’ Garcia tops NL players
Eric Haase of the Tigers is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Haase hit a pair of two-run home runs and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in six runs, in the 11-5 win over the White Sox.
Read MoreBraves’ Albies tops players for Wednesday, June 30; Martinez, Duvall rise to lead batter rankings
Ozzie Albies of the Braves is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox extended his season Box-Toppers points lead among American League batters and Adam Duvall of the Marlins regained the 2021 Box-Toppers points lead among National League batters.
Read MorePadres’ Tatis tops players for Friday, June 25; Twins’ Arraez tops AL players
Fernando Tatis Jr. of the Padres is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Tatis hit three home runs and went 4-for-5, scoring four times and driving in four runs, in the 11-5 win over the Diamondbacks.
Read MoreAngels’ Stassi tops players for Monday, June 7; Padres’ Machado tops NL players
Max Stassi of the Angels is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Stassi homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in three runs, in the 8-3 win over the Royals.
Read MoreIndians’ Carlos Carrasco tops players for Wednesday, Aug. 1; Nationals’ Milone tops NL players
Indians pitcher Carlos Carrasco is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Carrasco struck out 10 over 7 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, in the 2-0 win over the Twins.
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