Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day and rises to first place in season player rankings.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2021. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Monday, April 12.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 4.0 |
| 2 | Martinez, J.D. 2922 | dh rf | bos al | 3.2 |
| 3 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 3.0 |
| 4 | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | pi sp | sd nl | 3.0 |
| 5 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 2.7 |
| 6 | Civale, Aaron 4173 | pi sp | cle al | 2.7 |
| 7 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp mr | mil nl | 2.7 |
| 8 | Kimbrel, Craig 2825 | pi cp mr | chi nl | 2.7 |
| 9 | Seager, Kyle 3031 | 3b dh | sea al | 2.5 |
| 10 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 2.0 |
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Also Monday, three other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after earning Player of the Game honors—Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole, Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta and Padres pitcher Yu Darvish.
Player of the Day—Glasnow struck out 14 over 7 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 1-0 win over the Rangers.
Glasnow earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 4.0 for the season, rising from eighth to first in season player rankings, passing previous leader J.D. Martinez of the Red Sox (3.2 points), who falls to second. Martinez had taken the lead Sunday. This is the second time this season Glasnow has led season player rankings—on the first day of the season, April 1, he was also Player of the Day, and held the lead with 2.0 Box-Toppers points until April 8.
Glasnow had a Box-Toppers game score Monday of +18.2, the second-highest for a Player of the Game winner in 2021, behind the +19.0 game score recorded by Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove on Friday, April 9, pitching a no-hitter.
National League Player of the Day—Brewers pitcher Freddy Peralta struck out 10 over six innings, allowing one run, two hits and two walks, in the 6-3 win over the Cubs.
Peralta earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 2.7 for the season, rising to seventh place in season player rankings. He ranks third among NL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day—Jed Lowrie of the Athletics doubled and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 9-5 win over the Diamondbacks.
National League Batter of the Day—There is no NL Batter of the Day for Monday because no NL batter earned Player of the Game honors.
Notable—Two other Player of the Game winners from Monday also rose in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list:
Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole (6IP 3H R BB 8K W in the 3-1 win over the Blue Jays) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 3.0 for the season, rising from ninth to third in player rankings, second among AL pitchers. Cole also now has 103.5 career Box-Toppers points, 75th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. He trails 74th-ranked player Jamie Moyer (104.0). He ranks 18th among active, signed players in career points.
Padres pitcher Yu Darvish (7IP 3H R BB 6K W in the 6-2 win over the Pirates) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers points, giving him 2.0 for the season, rising to 10th in player rankings, fifth among NL pitchers.
Debut—Tigers pitcher Casey Mize made his Box-Toppers debut Monday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Mize (7IP 4H 0R 2BB 5K W in the 6-2 win over the Astros) made his Major League debut Aug. 19, 2020, and was playing in his ninth career game.
Scoring—Glasnow earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Peralta earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Lowrie earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day. All of Monday’s other Players of the Game (listed in the chart below) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
About Box-Toppers—Box-Toppers tracks who most helps their team win the most games. Using standard box score statistics, Box-Toppers uses a simple formula to determine a Player of the Game for each Major League Baseball game played. That player is the person who contributed most to his team’s win. In regular season games, players earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point for being named Player of the Game and can earn bonus points for being Player of the Day or top player or batter in their league for the day.
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Top player from each game
Listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score (BTG)| 4/12 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +18.2 | TB 1, TEX 0 | Tyler Glasnow, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | |
| NL | +10.0 | MIL 6, CHC 3 | Freddy Peralta, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 | |
| +8.0 | NYY 3, TOR 1 | Gerrit Cole, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| +7.0 | SD 6, PIT 2 | Yu Darvish, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| +6.0 | DET 6, HOU 2 | Casey Mize, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| +5.1 | CHW 4, CLE 3 | Codi Heuer, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| +5.0 | CIN 3, SF 0 | Wade Miley, (W 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| +4.2 | LAA 10, KC 3 | Alex Cobb, (W 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||
| +3.2 | `WSH 5, STL 2 | Erick Fedde | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | OAK 9, ARI 5 | Jed Lowrie, 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +1.1 | MIA 5, ATL 3 (F/10) | Yimi García, (W 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
AL—Overall American League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.
NL—Overall National League Player of the Day, worth 1.7 total Box-Toppers points.
BAT—Top AL or NL Batter of the Day, worth 1.5 total Box-Toppers points.
All other players listed here earn Player of the Game honors, worth 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
` Pitcher had a no-decision in the game and did not pick up a win or a save.
Box-Toppers point totals of the day’s top players
Here are Box-Toppers point totals of each of the Player of the Game winners. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total for the current season (’21). Also shown are each players’ Box-Toppers point total for this season and last (’20-21), the period 2016-2021 (’16-21) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2021 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2020 total (+/-).| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’21 | ’20‑21 | ’16‑21 | Career | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 4.0 | 12.0 | 27.7 | 27.7 | ‑4.0 |
| Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 3.0 | 10.4 | 74.1 | 103.5 | ‑4.4 |
| Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp mr | mil nl | 2.7 | 4.7 | 21.4 | 21.4 | +0.7 |
| Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 2.0 | 11.7 | 50.9 | 96.1 | ‑7.7 |
| Heuer, Codi 4327 | pi mr cp | chi al | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +0.0 |
| Miley, Wade 3006 | pi sp | cin nl | 2.0 | 3.0 | 23.4 | 53.8 | +1.0 |
| Lowrie, Jed 2437 | 2b | oak al | 1.5 | 1.5 | 12.2 | 38.2 | +1.5 |
| Fedde, Erick 4065 | pi sp mr | dc nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | +0.0 |
| Cobb, Alex 2916 | pi sp | ana al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 13.4 | 44.8 | +0.0 |
| Garcia, Yimi 3440 | pi cp mr | fla nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | +1.0 |
| Mize, Casey 4377 | pi sp | det al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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