Blue Jays’ Yesavage, Mariners’ Polanco top players in Sunday’s ALDS Game 2s

Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s ALDS Game 2 win over the Yankees.

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Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage tops players in Sunday’s two American League Division Series games.

Meanwhile, Jorge Polanco of the Mariners is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in the other ALDS Game 2.

AL Division Series Game 2: Blue Jays 13, Yankees 7

Blue Jays pitcher Trey Yesavage struck out 11 over 5 1/3 scoreless and hitless innings, allowing one walk. Yesavage exited with a no-hitter intact after 78 pitches, but the bullpen subsequently gave up 10 hits.

The Blue Jays now lead the best-of-five game series, 2-0.

Yesavage earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2025, tied for 709th among all players and tied for 194th among AL pitchers. Yesavage made his Major League debut Sept. 15 and appeared in three regular-season games.

Yesavage recorded a +15.1 Box-Toppers game score Sunday. Top Blue Jays batter Daulton Varsho recorded a +7.0 game score (HR 2-2B 4-5 4R 4BI). Yankees starting pitcher Max Fried had a -20.0 game score in the loss (3IP 8H 7R 2BB K L). Will Warren, who came on in relief for the Yankees and pitched the most innings for the team (4.2IP 7H 6R BB 4K ND), had a -11.8 game score.

Jorge Polanco of the Mariners is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Sunday’s ALDS Game 2 win over the Tigers.

AL Division Series Game 2: Mariners 3, Tigers 2

Jorge Polanco hit two solo home runs and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in two runs.

The Mariners tie the best-of-five game series with the Tigers, 1-1.

Polanco earned 3.0 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 71st among AL batters.

He had a Box-Toppers game score of +3.0 Sunday to lead Mariners players. Mariners starting pitcher Luis Castillo recorded a +2.2 game score (4.2IP H 0R 4BB 3K ND). Tigers starting pitcher Tarik Skubal had a game-high +6.0 Box-Toppers game score in the loss (7IP 5H 2R BB 9K ND), notably giving up both home runs to Polanco. Skubal led all players with 22.1 Box-Toppers points in the 2025 regular season.

Both AL Division Series take Monday off and resume with Game 3s on Tuesday.

All of Sunday’s Player of the Game winners are listed in the chart.

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).
10/5 BTG Game Player of the Game AB R H BI   IP H R ER BB K
  +15.1 TOR 13, NYY 7 Trey Yesavage (W, 1‑0) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   5.1 0 0 0 1 11
  +3.0 SEA 3, DET 2 Jorge Polanco 2B 4 2 3 2   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
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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 2025 (’25). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’24-’25), the period 2020-2025 (’20-25) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2025 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2024 total (+/-).
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Player of the Game Pos Team ’25 ’24‑25 ’20‑25 Career +/‑
Polanco, Jorge 3739 dh 2b sea al 3.0 4.0 13.7 22.7 +2.0
Yesavage, Trey 5287 pi sp tor al 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 +1.0
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Monday’s pitching matchups (for more, see matchups chart below):

NL Division Series Game 2: Dodgers lead Phillies, 1-0

Dodgers—Blake Snell, 7.0 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 98th among all players, 36th among NL pitchers. Snell was Player of the Game in the NL Wild Card Game 1 on Sept. 30.

Phillies—Jesús Luzardo, 17.4 Box-Toppers points in 2025, eighth among all players, fifth among NL pitchers.

More details—Previews of NL Division Series.

NL Division Series Game 2: Brewers lead Cubs, 1-0

Cubs—Shota Imanaga, 7.0 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 97th among all players, 35th among NL pitchers

Brewers—Aaron Ashby, 2.0 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 482nd among all players, 127th among NL pitchers.

More details—Previews of NL Division Series.

A Box-Toppers look at Monday’s League Division Series 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 2025 (’25), this year and last year (’24-25), over a six-year period (’20-25) and their career point total.
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Game Starter ’25 ’24‑25 ’20‑25 Career
LAD Snell, Blake 3688 7.0 22.7 65.6 111.8
PHI Luzardo, Jesus 4282 17.4 19.4 53.3 53.3
CHC Imanaga, Shota 4960 7.0 27.7 27.7 27.7
MIL Ashby, Aaron 4511 2.0 2.0 9.4 9.4
Starters subject to change.
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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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. (No Box-Toppers points are awarded in postseason games.)

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