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Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to first place in season player rankings.
Also Sunday, Eugenio Suarez earns Player of the Game honors and extends his consecutive streak of earning Box-Toppers points to 11 seasons.
Player of the Day
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in 2024 Box-Toppers points (BTP) through Sunday, July 7:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | pi sp | Tigers | 13.4 |
| 2 | Luis Gil | pi sp | Yankees | 13.4 |
| 3 | Chris Sale | pi sp | Braves | 12.4 |
| 4 | Tanner Bibee | pi sp | Guardians | 11.0 |
| 5 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 10.7 |
| 6 | George Kirby | pi sp | Mariners | 10.7 |
| 7 | Tyler Glasnow | pi sp | Dodgers | 10.7 |
| 8 | Shota Imanaga | pi sp | Cubs | 10.7 |
| 9 | Dylan Cease | pi sp | Padres | 10.4 |
| 10 | Logan Gilbert | pi sp | Mariners | 10.0 |
Skubal struck out 13 over seven innings, allowing one run, three hits and no walks, in the 5-1 win over the Reds.
Skubal earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 13.4 for the season, rising from third to first place in season player rankings, passing previous leader, Yankees pitcher Luis Gil, who held the lead since May 29.
Though Skubal and Gil both have 13.4 Box-Toppers points this season, Skubal ranks ahead because he has more 2023 points—10.7 vs. 0.0.
Skubal also takes the lead among American League pitchers, passing Gil. This is the first time Skubal has led Box-Toppers season player rankings.
This is the 19th time this season there has been a lead change in Box-Toppers team rankings. Gil’s 39-day stay atop rankings was the longest this season.
Gil pitched Sunday and recorded a +9.2 Box-Toppers game score (6.2IP 4H R 0BB 9K L), best among all players in the Red Sox-Yankees game. But Gil did not earn Player of the Game honors because the Yankees lost, 3-0. Gil has not earned Player of the Game honors since June 4.
National League Player of the Day
Braves pitcher Reynaldo Lopez struck out six over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and three walks, in the 6-0 win over the Phillies.
Lopez earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 8.8 for the season, 14th among all players and seventh among NL pitchers.
Lopez had a +7.0 Box-Toppers game score Sunday, same as Mets pitcher Sean Manaea, who was Player of the Game in the 3-2 win over the Pirates (6IP 2H 0R 3BB 6K ND). Though they both had the same game score and similar line scores, Lopez won NL Player of the Day honors over Manaea because he earned the win in his game, while Manaea picked up a no-decision.
National League Batter of the Day
Eugenio Suarez of the Diamondbacks homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in five runs, in the 9-1 win over the Padres.
Suarez has now earned Box-Toppers points in 11 consecutive seasons with his first Player of the Game honor of 2024. Suarez earned his first Box-Toppers point in 2014 with the Tigers and now has 46.0 career Box-Toppers points, 17th among active NL batters and fourth among active NL third basemen. His best season was 2016 with the Reds when he had 8.5 Box-Toppers points, ninth among NL batters. He had 2.5 Box-Toppers points in 2023 with the Mariners.
American League Batter of the Day
Jonah Heim of the Rangers homered, doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 13-2 win over the Rays.
2024 lead changes
Here are the season’s lead changes among players in Box-Toppers points. Chart shows the date and the player’s Box-Toppers point (BTP) total when they took the lead.| Date | Leader | Team | BTP |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3/20 | Evan Phillips | lad nl | 2.0 |
| 3/21 | Jake Cronenworth | sd nl | 2.0 |
| 3/28 | Corbin Burnes | bal al | 2.0 |
| 4/3 | Evan Phillips | lad nl | 3.0 |
| 4/5 | Brady Singer | kc al | 3.0 |
| 4/9 | Corbin Burnes | bal al | 3.7 |
| 4/12 | Freddy Peralta | mil nl | 4.0 |
| 4/27 | Ranger Suarez | phi nl | 6.7 |
| 5/6 | Zack Wheeler | phi nl | 6.7 |
| 5/7 | Shota Imanaga | chi nl | 7.7 |
| 5/8 | Dylan Cease | sd nl | 7.7 |
| 5/17 | Zack Wheeler | phi nl | 7.7 |
| 5/18 | Shota Imanaga | chi nl | 8.7 |
| 5/20 | Chris Sale | atl nl | 8.7 |
| 5/21 | Ranger Suarez | phi nl | 9.4 |
| 5/23 | Luis Gil | nyy al | 9.7 |
| 5/26 | Chris Sale | atl nl | 9.7 |
| 5/29 | Luis Gil | nyy al | 11.7 |
| 7/7 | Tarik Skubal | det al | 13.4 |
Scoring
Skubal earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Lopez earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day.
Suarez and Heim each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day.
All of Sunday’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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Top pitching matchup
▪️José Berríos, Blue Jays15.1 Box-Toppers points over 2023-24, 23rd among AL pitchers
▪️George Kirby, Mariners
24.4 Box-Toppers points over 2023-24, 3rd among AL pitchersbt
Result—TOR 5, SEA 4 (F/10)
Neither starter was Player of the Game.
Berríos had 0.0 B-T game score (6IP 7H 4R BB 10K ND).
Kirby had 0.0 B-T game score (6IP 7H 3R BB 8K ND).
Player of the Game—George Springer, Blue Jays (HR 1-5 R 3BI) with 0.0 game score. (In cases of game score ties, batters rank ahead of pitchers, so Springer’s 0.0 game score ranks ahead of Berríos’s 0.0 game score.)
High scores, no points
Highest Box-Toppers game scores for the day among players who did not earn Player of the Game honors:▪️+9.2—Luis Gil, Yankees (6.2IP 4H R 0BB 9K L)
Was not Player of the Game in loss vs. BOS.
Player of the Game—Kutter Crawford, Red Sox (7IP 4H 0R 0BB 4K W) with +7.0 game score.
▪️+7.0—Luis L. Ortiz, Pirates (6IP 4H 0R 0BB 5K ND)
Was not Player of the Game in loss vs. NYM.
Player of the Game—Sean Manaea, Mets (6IP 2H 0R 3BB 6K ND) with +7.0 game score.
▪️+6.0—Tyler Phillips, Phillies (4IP 3H R 0BB 7K ND)
Was not Player of the Game in win vs. ATL.
Player of the Game—Reynaldo López, Braves (6IP 2H 0R 3BB 6K W) with +7.0 game score.
Lowest Box-Toppers game scores
Out of 445 total players Sunday, 124 pitchers-15.8—Michael Mercado, Phillies (1.2IP 5H 5R 3BB K L vs. ATL)
-15.0—Zack Littell, Rays
-12.0—Austin Davis, Padres
-11.8—Michael Kopech, White Sox
-10.0—Shawn Armstrong, Rays
Lowest Box-Toppers game scores by batters
Out of 321 total batters Sunday-5.0—Justin Turner, Blue Jays 0-5 3K
-5.0—Eloy Jiménez, White Sox 0-5 2K
-5.0—Gavin Sheets, White Sox 0-5 K
-5.0—Adley Rutschman, Orioles 0-5
-5.0—J.P. Crawford, Mariners 1-6 2K
Box-Toppers uses Baseball-Reference.com, MLB.com and other sources to compile this information.
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).| 7/7 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +15.0 | DET 5, CIN 1 | Tarik Skubal (W, 10‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | |
| +7.0 | BOS 3, NYY 0 | Kutter Crawford (W, 5‑7) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| NL | +7.0 | ATL 6, PHI 0 | Reynaldo López (W, 7‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| +7.0 | `NYM 3, PIT 2 | Sean Manaea | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| +6.1 | CHC 5, LAA 0 | Hayden Wesneski (W, 3‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| BAT | +6.0 | ARI 9, SD 1 | Eugenio Suárez 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | MIL 9, LAD 2 | Christian Yelich DH | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | TEX 13, TB 2 | Jonah Heim C | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | KC 10, COL 1 | Brady Singer (W, 5‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| +3.0 | CLE 5, SF 4 | Bo Naylor PH‑C | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | STL 8, WSH 3 | Willson Contreras DH | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | MIN 3, HOU 2 | Christian Vázquez C | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | MIA 7, CHW 4 | Vidal Bruján 2B | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | BAL 6, OAK 3 | Craig Kimbrel (S, 23) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 0.0 | TOR 5, SEA 4 (F/10) | George Springer RF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 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.
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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 2024 (’24). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’23-24), the period 2019-2024 (’19-24) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2024 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2023 total (+/-).Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’24 | ’23‑24 | ’19‑24 | Career | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 13.4 | 24.1 | 43.5 | 43.5 | +2.7 |
| Lopez, Reynaldo 3712 | pi sp | atl nl | 8.8 | 9.8 | 30.3 | 38.0 | +7.8 |
| Singer, Brady 4337 | pi sp | kc al | 7.0 | 12.0 | 30.7 | 30.7 | +2.0 |
| Kimbrel, Craig 2825 | pi cp | bal al | 6.0 | 10.0 | 19.7 | 94.1 | +2.0 |
| Crawford, Kutter 4660 | pi sp | bos al | 4.0 | 9.7 | 13.7 | 13.7 | -1.7 |
| Yelich, Christian 3334 | dh lf | mil nl | 3.5 | 12.7 | 34.9 | 66.9 | -5.7 |
| Manaea, Sean 3637 | pi mr sp | nym nl | 3.0 | 6.7 | 34.1 | 56.9 | -0.7 |
| Naylor, Bo 4885 | ca dh ph | cle al | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | -0.5 |
| Springer, George 3337 | rf | tor al | 2.5 | 4.5 | 24.4 | 44.4 | +0.5 |
| Wesneski, Hayden 4731 | pi mr sp | chi nl | 2.0 | 4.7 | 6.4 | 6.4 | -0.7 |
| Heim, Jonah 4492 | ca | tex al | 1.5 | 6.0 | 12.7 | 12.7 | -3.0 |
| Suarez, Eugenio 3355 | 3b | ari nl | 1.5 | 4.0 | 21.0 | 46.0 | -1.0 |
| Contreras, Willson 3776 | dh ca | stl nl | 1.0 | 6.0 | 18.5 | 29.0 | -4.0 |
| Vazquez, Christian 3380 | ca | min al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 18.0 | 0.0 |
| Brujan, Vidal 5056 | 2b | fla nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Monday’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 2024 (’24), this year and last year (’23-24), over a six-year period (’19-24) and their career point total.Back to top
| Game | Starter | ’24 | ’23-24 | ’19‑24 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYM | Scott, Christian* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| PIT | Keller, Mitch 4230 | 7.7 | 20.7 | 27.7 | 27.7 |
| STL | Mikolas, Miles 3034 | 2.0 | 8.7 | 23.8 | 38.2 |
| WSH | Parker, Mitchell 4982 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| CLE | Williams, Gavin 4865 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| DET | Montero, Keider* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| COL | Feltner, Ryan 4635 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| CIN | Abbott, Andrew 4839 | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 |
| MIN | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| CHW | Flexen, Chris 4368 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 15.4 | 15.4 |
| TEX | Gray, Jon 3634 | 5.0 | 12.7 | 34.7 | 58.1 |
| LAA | Daniel, Davis 4953 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| ATL | Sale, Chris 2806 | 12.4 | 21.1 | 34.1 | 165.7 |
| ARI | Diaz, Yiber* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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