Guardians’ Bibee tops players for Saturday, July 22; Orioles’ Bautista rises to 7th

Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

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Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee is Saturday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Also Saturday, Orioles closing pitcher Felix Bautista rises to seventh in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.

Player of the Day

Bibee struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 1-0 win over the Phillies.

Bibee earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 6.7 for the season, 52nd among all players and 26th among American League pitchers.

National League Player of the Day

Luis Campusano of the Padres hit a three-run home run and went 4-for-5, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 14-3 win over the Tigers.

Campusano earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 2.7 for the season, 52nd among NL batters.

National League Player of the Day is Luis Campusano of the Padres.

American League Batter of the Day

Triston Casas of the Red Sox hit two home runs and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 8-6 win over the Mets.

American League Batter of the Day is Triston Casas of the Red Sox.

National League Batter of the Day

There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Saturday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Luis Campusano.

Orioles closing pitcher Felix Bautista is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s win over the Rays.

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 Saturday, July 22.

Player Pos Team BTP
1 Ohtani, Shohei 3933 dh pi sp ana al 13.9
2 Strider, Spencer 4626 pi sp atl nl 12.7
3 Bassitt, Chris 3413 pi sp tor al 12.4
4 Gausman, Kevin 3191 pi sp tor al 12.0
5 Burnes, Corbin 4029 pi sp mil nl 11.7
6 Luzardo, Jesus 4282 pi sp fla nl 11.1
7 Bautista, Felix 4668 pi cp bal al 11.0
8 Gallen, Zac 4171 pi sp ari nl 10.7
9 Scherzer, Max 2588 pi sp nym nl 10.4
10 Miller, Bryce 4797 pi sp sea al 10.4
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Rankings

Orioles closing pitcher Felix Bautista rises to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday.

Bautista (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K Sv in the 6-5 win over the Rays) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 11.0 for the season. He ranks fourth among AL pitchers and increases his lead among AL closing pitchers, ahead of second-place Michael King of the Yankees (5.0 points).

This is Bautista’s second Player of the Game honor in three days. He was also Player of the Game Thursday.

Notable

Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole now has 146.3 career Box-Toppers points—30th-most since 1995—after earning Player of the Game honors Saturday.

Cole (6.1IP 5H 2R BB 10K ND in the 5-2 win over the Royals) earns 1.0 point, passing David Ortiz (145.9) on Box-Toppers’ “all-time” career points list. He now trails 29th-ranked player Jim Thome (146.7). Cole ranks ninth among active players in career points, third among active AL pitchers, behind Zack Greinke of the Royals (223.5) and Chris Sale of the Red Sox (150.3).

Cole now has 8.0 Box-Toppers points in 2023, 11th among AL pitchers.

Yankees pitcher Gerrit Cole is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s win over the Royals.

Also notable

Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for the second straight day Saturday.

Freeman (2HR 4-5 3R 3BI in the 16-3 win over the Rangers) was also Player of the Game Friday in the 11-5 win over the Rangers (HR 2B 2-4 2R 3BI). He earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point each time, giving him 4.5 for the season, 14th among NL batters.

Freddie Freeman of the Dodgers is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Saturday’s win over the Rangers.

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Debut

Three players made their Box-Toppers debut Saturday, each with their first career Player of the Game honor:

  • Sal Frelick of the Brewers (SF 3-3 R 2BI in the 4-3 win over the Braves) was also making his  Major League debut.

  • Zack Gelof of the Athletics (HR 2-3 2R BI in the 4-1 win over the Astros) made his Major League debut July 14 and was playing in his eighth career game.

  • Pirates pitcher Osvaldo Bido (3IP 4H 0R BB 3K W in the 3-0 win over the Angels) made his Major League debut June 14 and was playing in his eighth career game.

Scoring

  • Bibee earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.

  • Campusano earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day.

  • Casas earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day.

  • All of Saturday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.

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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).

7/22 BTG Game Player AB R H BI IP H R ER BB K
MLB +12.0 CLE 1, PHI 0 Tanner Bibee (W, 6‑2) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 7.0 2 0 0 1 8
+6.1 `NYY 5, KC 2 Gerrit Cole ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.1 5 2 2 1 10
NL +6.0 SD 14, DET 3 Luis Campusano C 5 3 4 4 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+5.0 LAD 16, TEX 3 Freddie Freeman 1B 5 3 4 3 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+5.0 CIN 4, ARI 2 Brandon Williamson (W, 2‑2) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.0 3 1 1 1 5
BAT +4.0 BOS 8, NYM 6 Triston Casas 1B 3 2 2 3 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.0 MIL 4, ATL 3 Sal Frelick RF 3 1 3 2 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.0 COL 4, MIA 3 Daniel Bard (W, 4‑1) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
+3.0 BAL 6, TB 5 Felix Bautista (S, 27) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 2
+2.0 CHC 8, STL 6 Nico Hoerner 2B 4 3 3 0 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+2.0 SEA 9, TOR 8 Cal Raleigh C 4 2 2 2 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+2.0 OAK 4, HOU 1 Zack Gelof 2B 3 2 2 1 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+2.0 NYM 5, BOS 4 Daniel Vogelbach DH 2 1 1 2 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
  +2.0 WSH 10, SF 1 Josiah Gray (W, 7‑8) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 7.0 4 1 1 3 4
+2.0 MIN 3, CHW 2 Jhoan Duran (S, 17) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 2 0 0 0 3
+1.0 PIT 3, LAA 0 Osvaldo Bido (W, 2‑1) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 3.0 4 0 0 1 3
MLB—Overall Box‑Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box‑Toppers points.
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.
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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 (+/-).
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Player of the Game Pos Team ’23 ’22‑23 ’18‑23 Career +/‑
Bautista, Felix 4668 pi cp bal al 11.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 +6.0
Cole, Gerrit 3232 pi sp nyy al 8.0 23.4 103.4 146.3 -7.4
Bibee, Tanner 4792 pi sp cle al 6.7 6.7 6.7 6.7 +6.7
Gray, Josiah 4503 pi sp dc nl 5.7 10.4 11.4 11.4 +1.0
Freeman, Freddie 2887 1b lad nl 4.5 13.0 38.7 80.4 -4.0
Williamson, Brandon 4813 pi sp cin nl 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 +3.7
Raleigh, Cal 4481 ca sea al 3.0 10.5 11.5 11.5 -4.5
Campusano, Luis 4770 ca sd nl 2.7 2.7 2.7 2.7 +2.7
Hoerner, Nico 4245 ss 2b chi nl 2.5 6.0 9.0 9.0 -1.0
Casas, Triston 4752 1b bos al 2.5 3.5 3.5 3.5 +1.5
Vogelbach, Daniel 4070 dh 1b nym nl 2.0 3.0 16.5 16.5 +1.0
Duran, Jhoan 4622 pi cp min al 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 +1.0
Bard, Daniel 2657 pi mr cp col nl 1.0 9.0 14.0 19.7 -7.0
Bido, Osvaldo 4882 pi mr pit nl 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 +1.0
Frelick, Sal 4880 rf mil nl 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 +1.0
Gelof, Zack 4881 2b oak al 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 +1.0
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A Box-Toppers look at Sunday’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.
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Game Starter ’23 ’22‑23 ’18‑23 Career
SD Musgrove, Joe 3705 6.0 23.4 53.5 59.2
DET Faedo, Alex 4612 2.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
KC Lyles, Jordan 3100 0.0 3.7 23.4 31.1
NYY Severino, Luis 3567 3.0 9.7 30.4 56.5
SF Alexander, Scott* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
WSH Gore, MacKenzie 4582 4.0 8.7 8.7 8.7
ARI Ruiz, Jose 4185 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
CIN Weaver, Luke 3719 0.0 0.0 16.0 25.7
BAL Wells, Tyler 4428 5.7 9.7 10.7 10.7
TB Bradley, Taj 4780 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
COL Blach, Ty 3754 0.0 2.0 4.0 8.0
MIA Luzardo, Jesus 4282 11.1 15.1 27.2 27.2
PHI Nola, Aaron 3569 7.0 23.0 72.2 96.7
CLE Curry, Xzavion 4875 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
ATL Elder, Bryce 4709 6.0 10.7 10.7 10.7
MIL Teheran, Julio 3176 1.0 1.0 21.7 73.2
CHW Giolito, Lucas 3900 3.0 7.0 43.1 46.1
MIN Ober, Bailey 4441 6.7 9.7 16.4 16.4
STL Montgomery, Jordan 3814 6.7 16.1 26.8 32.8
CHC Taillon, Jameson 3658 1.7 12.4 33.8 47.8
LAD Sheehan, Emmet* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
TEX Perez, Martin 3213 2.7 11.8 15.5 32.5
HOU Brown, Hunter 4729 8.4 9.4 9.4 9.4
OAK Medina, Luis 4876 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
PIT Keller, Mitch 4230 8.0 10.0 15.0 15.0
LAA Anderson, Tyler 3656 1.0 13.7 31.4 36.4
TOR Manoah, Alek 4424 2.0 15.1 25.8 25.8
SEA Woo, Bryan 4842 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
NYM Carrasco, Carlos 2885 1.7 11.4 43.2 111.5
BOS Bernardino, Brennan* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Starters subject to change.
* Player has yet to earn Box-Toppers points.
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