Astros pitcher Jake Odorizzi is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
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, June 21.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 13.7 |
| 2 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 13.4 |
| 3 | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | tb al | 12.7 |
| 4 | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | pi sp | mil nl | 11.4 |
| 5 | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | pi sp | phi nl | 11.4 |
| 6 | Civale, Aaron 4173 | pi sp | cle al | 9.7 |
| 7 | Bauer, Trevor 3065 | pi sp | lad nl | 9.4 |
| 8 | Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 9.4 |
| 9 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 9.4 |
| 10 | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 8.7 |
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Meanwhile, Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom is the new Box-Toppers season player rankings leader after earning Player of the Game honors Monday. Also, two other players rose in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after earning Player of the Game honors Monday—Indians pitcher Aaron Civale rises to sixth place and Padres pitcher Yu Darvish rises to eighth.
Player of the Day—Odorizzi struck out nine over five scoreless and hitless innings, allowing one walk, in the 10-2 win over the Orioles.
Despite having a no-hitter, Odorizzi was pulled after 86 pitches as he recovers from a strained muscle in his right arm. Relievers continued a combined no-hitter until giving up the first hit in the eighth inning.
Odorizzi earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 3.0 for the season, 130th among all players and 51st among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Padres pitcher Yu Darvish struck out 11 over six innings, allowing one run, two hits and one walk, in the 6-2 win over the Dodgers.
Darvish earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 9.4 for the season, eighth among all players and fifth among NL pitchers.
Darvish now has 103.5 career Box-Toppers points, 76th among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his 1.0 point Monday, he passes two players on the “all-time” list—Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2) and Miguel Tejada (102.3). He trails 75th-ranked player Jamie Moyer (104.0). Darvish ranks 19th among active players in career points, 11th among active NL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day—Miguel Sano of the Twins hit a walk-off two-run homer and went 2-for-2, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the 7-5, 12-inning win over the Reds.
National League Batter of the Day—There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Monday because no NL batter earned Player of the Game honors.
New leader—Mets pitcher Jacob deGrom rises from second to first place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Monday.
deGrom (5IP H 0R 2BB 6K W in the 4-2, seven-inning win over the Braves) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 13.7 for the season. He passes previous leader Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole (13.4). He also extends his lead over second-place NL pitcher Brandon Woodruff of the Brewers (11.4).
deGrom also now has 119.1 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 45th place among all players since 1995, when Box-Toppers tracking began. With his 1.0 point Monday, he passes two players on the “all-time” list—Carlos Delgado (118.7) and Cliff Lee (119.1). He trails 44th-ranked player Gary Sheffield (124.1). deGrom ranks 13th among active players in career points, eighth among active NL pitchers.
Rankings—Indians pitcher Aaron Civale rises from eighth to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Monday.
Civale (4.2IP 3H 0R 2BB 5K ND vs. CHC) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 9.7 for the season, third among AL pitchers, behind Gerrit Cole of the Yankees (13.4) and Tyler Glasnow of the Rays (12.7).
Scoring—Odorizzi earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Darvish earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Sano 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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(A previous version of this post has been corrected. We forgot the Astros had moved to the American League because it’s only been eight years. So we treated Odorizzi as top NL player and Civale as top AL player. But the Astros are now an AL team and have been since 2013. So Odorizzi is top overall player and Darvish is top NL player, earning 1.7 Box-Toppers points, rather than the 1.0 he was awarded previously. Civale, as the second-ranked AL player, was stripped of AL Player of the Day honors (1.7 points) and given Player of the Game honors worth 1.0 point.)
Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners
Here is the top player from each of the day’s games listed from highest to lowest Box-Toppers game score (BTG).| 6/21 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +13.0 | HOU 10, BAL 2 | Jake Odorizzi, (W 2‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | |
| NL | +12.0 | SD 6, LAD 2 | Yu Darvish, (W 7‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | |
| +8.0 | NYM 4, ATL 2 (F/7) | Jacob deGrom, (W 7‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| +6.1 | ATL 1, NYM 0 (F/7) | Ian Anderson, (W 5‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| +4.2 | `CLE 4, CHC 0 | Aaron Civale | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| +4.0 | ARI 5, MIL 1 | Merrill Kelly, (W 3‑7) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | MIN 7, CIN 5 (F/12) | Miguel Sanó, PR‑1B | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +2.0 | TEX 8, OAK 3 | Jose Trevino, C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 Player of the Game winners
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 | +/- |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | nym nl | 13.7 | 22.4 | 83.7 | 119.1 | +5.0 |
| Civale, Aaron 4173 | pi sp | cle al | 9.7 | 12.4 | 15.4 | 15.4 | +7.0 |
| Darvish, Yu 3003 | pi sp | sd nl | 9.4 | 19.1 | 58.3 | 103.5 | ‑0.3 |
| Anderson, Ian 4312 | pi sp | atl nl | 4.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | +1.3 |
| Sano, Miguel 3527 | 1b pr | min al | 4.0 | 4.0 | 23.5 | 29.5 | +4.0 |
| Odorizzi, Jake 3291 | pi mr sp | hou al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 39.9 | 59.6 | +3.0 |
| Kelly, Merrill 4143 | pi sp | ari nl | 1.0 | 5.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | ‑3.0 |
| Trevino, Jose 4241 | ca | tex al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +1.0 |
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