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Today’s key Box-Toppers numbers. Click links to jump to charts elsewhere on this page.▪️ Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners.
▪️ Box-Toppers points of the day’s top players.
▪️ Top 10 players in 2023 Box-Toppers points.
▪️ A B-T look at upcoming pitching matchups.
Tigers pitcher Alex Faedo is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Faedo struck out 10 over eight innings, allowing two runs, three hits and no walks, in the 7-2 win over the White Sox.
Faedo earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season, and is 161st among all players, 49th among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day—Cardinals pitcher Miles Mikolas struck out five over seven scoreless innings, allowing five hits and no walks, in the 2-1 win over the Reds.
Mikolas earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 3.7 for the season, 18th among NL pitchers.
National League Batter of the Day—Pete Alonso of the Mets homered and went 2-for-2, scoring twice and driving two runs, in the 10-1 win over the Cubs.
Alonso earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 3.5 for the season, eighth among NL batters.
American League Batter of the Day—Randy Arozarena of the Rays went 2-for-3, scoring once and driving in two runs, in the 6-3 win over the Blue Jays.
Arozarena earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 6.0 for the season, 12th among all players and third among AL batters, behind Shohei Ohtani of the Angels (8.4) and Aaron Judge of the Yankees (6.0).
Streak—Rougned Odor of the Padres has now earned Box-Toppers points in 10 straight seasons with his first Player of the Game honor of 2023 Thursday.
Odor (HR 2B 2-5 R 5BI in the 8-6 win over the Nationals) earned his first Box-Toppers points in 2014 with the Rangers and now has 36.2 career Box-Toppers points, 26th among active NL batters. His best season was 2017 with the Rangers when he had 8.7 Box-Toppers points, eighth among AL batters. In 2022, he had 2.5 Box-Toppers points with the Orioles.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 in Box-Toppers season player rankings for 2023. Players are ranked by Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned this season through Thursday, May 25.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
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| 1 | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | pi sp | tb al | 8.7 |
| 2 | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | pi sp dh | ana al | 8.4 |
| 3 | Gallen, Zac 4171 | pi sp | ari nl | 7.7 |
| 4 | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | tex al | 7.7 |
| 5 | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 7.0 |
| 6 | Rasmussen, Drew 4547 | pi sp | tb al | 6.7 |
| 7 | Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | tex al | 6.7 |
| 8 | Kershaw, Clayton 2494 | pi sp | lad nl | 6.1 |
| 9 | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | pi sp | nyy al | 6.0 |
| 10 | Judge, Aaron 3767 | cf rf dh | nyy al | 6.0 |
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Scoring—Faedo earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day and Mikolas earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day. Alonso and Arozarena each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day. All of Thursday’s other Player of the Game winners (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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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).Back to top
| 5/25 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +9.0 | DET 7, CHW 2 | Alex Faedo, (W 1‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | |
| +7.0 | SEA 3, OAK 2 | Logan Gilbert, (W 3‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| NL | +7.0 | STL 2, CIN 1 | Miles Mikolas, (W 3‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | |
| BAT | +4.0 | NYM 10, CHC 1 | Pete Alonso, 1B | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | BAL 3, NYY 1 | Kyle Gibson, (W 6‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | SD 8, WSH 6 | Rougned Odor, 2B‑3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | ATL 8, PHI 5 | Marcell Ozuna, DH | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.1 | SF 5, MIL 0 | Jakob Junis, (W 3‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | ||
| BAT | +2.0 | TB 6, TOR 3 | Randy Arozarena, LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +2.0 | COL 7, MIA 6 | Mike Moustakas, PH‑1B | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 would 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.
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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 in 2023 (’23). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’22-23), the period 2018-2023 (’18-23) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2023 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2022 total (+/-).Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’23 | ’22‑23 | ’18‑23 | Career | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arozarena, Randy 4331 | lf | tb al | 6.0 | 12.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 0.0 |
| Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 4.0 | 18.1 | 25.1 | 25.1 | -10.1 |
| Mikolas, Miles 3034 | pi sp | stl nl | 3.7 | 15.8 | 30.5 | 33.2 | -8.4 |
| Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | nym nl | 3.5 | 18.4 | 29.9 | 29.9 | -11.4 |
| Ozuna, Marcell 3190 | dh | atl nl | 3.5 | 6.0 | 25.0 | 52.7 | +1.0 |
| Gibson, Kyle 3312 | pi sp | bal al | 3.0 | 12.0 | 37.5 | 56.5 | -6.0 |
| Faedo, Alex 4612 | pi sp | det al | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Junis, Jakob (Jake) 3857 | pi mr sp | sf nl | 1.0 | 6.0 | 14.0 | 17.0 | -4.0 |
| Odor, Rougned 3336 | 2b 3b | sd nl | 1.0 | 3.5 | 16.5 | 36.2 | -1.5 |
| Moustakas, Mike 2967 | 1b 2b ph | col nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 12.5 | 39.7 | +1.0 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Friday’s pitching matchups
A Box-Toppers look at the upcoming day’s probable pitching matchups. Teams are paired below with visiting teams on top and home teams on the bottom. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2023 (’23), over a two-year period (’22-23), over a six-year period (’18-23) and their career point total.Back to top
| Game | Starter | ’23 | ’22‑23 | ’18‑23 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CIN | Greene, Hunter 4651 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| CHC | Steele, Justin 4415 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| CHW | Lynn, Lance 2992 | 1.0 | 10.7 | 50.2 | 114.8 |
| DET | Wentz, Joey 4639 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| LAD | Syndergaard, Noah 3472 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 22.4 | 52.5 |
| TB | Beeks, Jalen 4047 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| SD | Musgrove, Joe 3705 | 0.0 | 17.4 | 47.5 | 53.2 |
| NYY | Vasquez, Randy* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| TEX | Gray, Jon 3634 | 2.7 | 8.7 | 36.4 | 48.1 |
| BAL | Rodriguez, Grayson 4790 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| STL | Liberatore, Matthew 4662 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| CLE | Bieber, Shane 4005 | 1.0 | 14.7 | 57.3 | 57.3 |
| PHI | Walker, Taijuan 3453 | 2.0 | 9.7 | 25.1 | 51.5 |
| ATL | Shuster, Jared 4816 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| SF | Wood, Alex 3246 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 26.0 | 61.1 |
| MIL | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | 2.7 | 10.1 | 41.5 | 41.5 |
| TOR | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | 7.0 | 19.7 | 41.1 | 76.4 |
| MIN | Varland, Louie 4758 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| WSH | Corbin, Patrick 3027 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 44.8 | 87.0 |
| KC | Lyles, Jordan 3100 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 23.4 | 31.1 |
| NYM | Scherzer, Max 2588 | 3.0 | 13.0 | 82.6 | 239.3 |
| COL | Seabold, Connor* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| MIA | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | 5.7 | 9.7 | 21.8 | 21.8 |
| LAA | Detmers, Reid 4513 | 1.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| BOS | Sale, Chris 2806 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 38.8 | 150.3 |
| ARI | Pfaadt, Brandon 4812 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| HOU | Brown, Hunter 4729 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| OAK | Kaprielian, James 4416 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 12.4 | 12.4 |
| PIT | Keller, Mitch 4230 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| SEA | Kirby, George 4595 | 2.0 | 13.4 | 13.4 | 13.4 |
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
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