Giants’ Cobb tops players for Tuesday, July 25; Rays’ Glasnow tops AL players

Giants pitcher Alex Cobb is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

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Giants pitcher Alex Cobb is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.

Cobb struck out nine over six scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Athletics. Cobb did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Athletics tied the game after he exited.

Cobb earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 8.0 for the season, 27th among all players and 15th among National League pitchers.

American League Player of the Day

Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow struck out eight over seven innings, allowing one run, two hits and two walks, in the 4-1 win over the Marlins.

Glasnow earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 5.4 for the season, 37th among AL pitchers.

American League Player of the Day is Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow.

National League Batter of the Day

Pete Alonso of the Mets hit two home runs, including a three-run shot, in the 9-3 win over the Yankees. Alonso went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in five runs.

Alonso earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 6.0 for the season, fourth among NL batters.

National League Batter of the Day is Pete Alonso of the Mets.

American League Batter of the Day

Bo Naylor of the Guardians hit two home runs and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 5-1 win over the Royals.

This was Naylor’s Box-Toppers debut, his first career Player of the Game honor. Naylor made his Major League debut Oct. 1, 2022, and was playing in his 27th career game.

American League Batter of the Day is Bo Naylor of the Guardians.

Notable

Reds pitcher Andrew Abbott has the most 2023 Box-Toppers points among the 15 who earned Player of the Game honors Tuesday.

Abbott (6IP 7H 0R BB 9K W in the 4-3 win over the Brewers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 9.0 for the season, 15th among all players and eighth among NL pitchers.

Reds pitcher Andrew Abbott is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s win over the Brewers.

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 Tuesday, July 25.

Player Pos Team BTP
1 Ohtani, Shohei 3933 dh pi sp ana al 13.9
2 Luzardo, Jesus 4282 pi sp fla nl 13.1
3 Strider, Spencer 4626 pi sp atl nl 12.7
4 Bassitt, Chris 3413 pi sp tor al 12.4
5 Gausman, Kevin 3191 pi sp tor al 12.0
6 Burnes, Corbin 4029 pi sp mil nl 11.7
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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Debut

In addition to Naylor, Angels pitcher Jose Soriano also made his Box-Toppers debut Tuesday with his first career Player of the Game honor.

Soriano (2IP H 0R 0BB 3K ND in the 7-6, 10-inning win over the Tigers) made his Major League debut June 3 and was playing in his 16th career game.

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Scoring

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

  • Glasnow earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day.

  • Alonso and Naylor each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day.

  • All of Tuesday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart) 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).

7/25 BTG Game Player AB R H BI IP H R ER BB K
MLB +11.0 `SF 2, OAK 1 Alex Cobb ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.0 3 0 0 1 9
AL +9.0 TB 4, MIA 1 Tyler Glasnow (W, 4‑3) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 7.0 2 1 1 2 8
+7.0 CIN 4, MIL 3 Andrew Abbott (W, 6‑2) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.0 7 0 0 1 9
BAT +6.0 NYM 9, NYY 3 Pete Alonso 1B 4 2 3 5 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+6.0 CHC 7, CHW 3 Dansby Swanson SS 3 2 3 4 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+6.0 BOS 7, ATL 1 Nick Pivetta (W, 7‑5) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 5.0 3 0 0 1 5
+5.0 `LAA 7, DET 6 (F/10) Jose Soriano (H, 8) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 2.0 0 0 0 0 3
+4.0 WSH 6, COL 5 Joey Meneses 1B 4 2 3 3 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
BAT +4.0 CLE 5, KC 1 Bo Naylor C 3 2 2 3 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+4.0 `SEA 9, MIN 7 Gabe Speier ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.0 0 0 0 0 3
+3.0 SD 5, PIT 1 Gary Sánchez C 4 1 3 3 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+3.0 `ARI 3, STL 1 Merrill Kelly ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 6.0 4 1 1 2 5
+2.0 LAD 8, TOR 7 (F/10) James Outman CF 3 1 3 1 ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
+2.0 HOU 4, TEX 3 J.P. France (W, 6‑3) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 7.0 5 1 0 2 3
+1.2 PHI 4, BAL 3 Yunior Marte (W, 1‑1) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ 1.2 0 0 0 1 1
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 +/‑
Abbott, Andrew 4839 pi sp cin nl 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 +9.0
Kelly, Merrill 4143 pi sp ari nl 8.0 19.0 34.0 34.0 -3.0
Cobb, Alex 2916 pi sp sf nl 8.0 14.7 26.1 65.9 +1.3
Outman, James 4699 cf lad nl 6.7 8.2 8.2 8.2 +5.2
Alonso, Pete 4118 1b nym nl 6.0 20.9 32.4 32.4 -8.9
Glasnow, Tyler 3948 pi sp tb al 5.4 5.4 41.8 41.8 +5.4
Pivetta, Nick 3825 pi mr bos al 4.0 11.7 31.4 39.4 -3.7
Meneses, Joey 4725 dh 1b dc nl 4.0 8.0 8.0 8.0 0.0
France, J.P. 4811 pi sp hou al 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 +3.0
Marte, Yunior 4854 pi cp phi nl 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 +2.0
Naylor, Bo 4885 ca cle al 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 +1.5
Swanson, Dansby 3751 ss chi nl 1.0 6.7 23.7 28.2 -4.7
Sanchez, Gary 3701 ca sd nl 1.0 4.5 17.5 25.5 -2.5
Speier, Gabe 4268 pi mr sea al 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 +1.0
Soriano, Jose 4884 pi mr ana al 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 +1.0
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A Box-Toppers look at Wednesday’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
COL Lambert, Peter 4155 2.0 2.0 4.0 4.0
WSH Irvin, Jake 4805 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
MIA Alcantara, Sandy 4061 4.0 25.1 44.2 44.2
TB Eflin, Zach 3679 7.0 10.7 33.5 38.5
KC Marsh, Alec* 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
CLE Williams, Gavin 4865 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
SEA Miller, Bryce 4797 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4
MIN Ryan, Joe 4539 7.0 21.7 24.4 24.4
CIN Lively, Ben 3903 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.0
MIL Peralta, Freddy 3965 6.7 14.1 45.5 45.5
STL Flaherty, Jack 3971 3.0 4.0 44.3 44.3
ARI Gallen, Zac 4171 10.7 29.4 45.1 45.1
TOR Kikuchi, Yusei 4136 7.0 12.7 24.4 24.4
LAD Gonsolin, Tony 4211 3.7 15.1 27.5 27.5
PIT Oviedo, Johan 4442 3.7 6.7 7.7 7.7
SD Lugo, Seth 3729 1.7 3.7 14.7 19.7
BAL Bradish, Kyle 4597 7.0 13.0 13.0 13.0
PHI Suarez, Ranger 4228 3.7 8.7 18.7 18.7
LAA Sandoval, Patrick 4357 2.0 10.0 13.0 13.0
DET Lorenzen, Michael 3479 5.7 9.7 14.2 20.2
ATL Strider, Spencer 4626 12.7 26.1 26.1 26.1
BOS Bello, Brayan 4727 2.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
NYM Quintana, Jose 3040 0.0 11.4 32.9 83.1
NYY Rodon, Carlos 3494 0.0 19.8 37.5 56.6
CHC Stroman, Marcus 3327 7.7 13.4 34.4 62.2
CHW Lynn, Lance 2992 1.0 10.7 50.2 114.8
TEX Heaney, Andrew 3515 6.7 14.7 37.8 42.8
HOU Valdez, Framber 4048 7.0 23.0 38.4 38.4
OAK Harris, Hogan 4846 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
SF Wood, Alex 3246 3.0 10.0 28.0 63.1
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