Mariners’ Gilbert, Yankees’ Judge top players in Tuesday’s AL Division Series games

Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s ALDS Game 3 win over the Tigers.

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Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert and Aaron Judge of the Yankees are Box-Toppers Player of the Game winners in Tuesday’s two American League Division Series games.

AL Division Series Game 3: Mariners 8, Tigers 4

Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert struck out seven over six innings, allowing one run, four hits and no walks.

The Mariners now lead the best-of-five game series, 2-1.

Gilbert earned 13.1 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 20th among all players and 10th among AL pitchers.

Gilbert recorded a +7.0 Box-Toppers game score to lead all Mariners. Top Mariners batter was J.P. Crawford (HR SF 2-2 2R 2BI) with a +4.0 game score. Tigers starting pitcher Jack Flaherty had a -4.9 game score in the loss (3.1IP 4H 4R 3ER 3BB 6K L).

Aaron Judge of the Yankees is Box-Toppers Player of the Game in Tuesday’s Game 3 win over the Blue Jays.

AL Division Series Game 3: Yankees 9, Blue Jays 6

Aaron Judge of the Yankees hit a three-run home run, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in four runs.

The Yankees win their first game of the series and trail the Blue Jays in the best-of-five game series, 2-1.

Judge earned 6.5 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 20th among AL batters. Though he is a favorite for AL Most Valuable Player, he ranked comparatively lower in Box-Toppers rankings because in Yankees wins, there was often another player who was a more key contributor to the win.

Judge recorded a +6.0 Box-Toppers game score to lead all Yankees players. Yankees starting pitcher Carlos Rodón recorded a game-low game score of -15.9 (2.1IP 6H 6R 2BB 2K ND). David Bednar, who served as Yankees closing pitcher, had a +3.2 game score (1.2IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K Sv). Blue Jays starting pitcher Shane Bieber recorded a -6.8 game score in the loss (2.2IP 5H 3R 2ER BB 2K ND). Blue Jays reliever Louis Varland had a -3.0 game score (1IP 2H 2R 0BB 2K L).

All of Tuesday’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).
10/7 BTG Game Player of the Game AB R H BI   IP H R ER BB K
  +7.0 SEA 8, DET 4 Logan Gilbert (W, 1‑0) ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑   6.0 4 1 1 0 7
  +6.0 NYY 9, TOR 6 Aaron Judge RF 4 3 3 4   ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑ ‑
No Box-Toppers points are awarded in postseason games.
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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 +/‑
Gilbert, Logan 4439 pi sp sea al 13.1 26.1 60.6 60.6 +0.1
Judge, Aaron 3767 dh rf nyy al 6.5 19.5 57.7 74.9 -6.5
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Wednesday’s pitching matchups (for more, see matchups chart below):

AL Division Series Game 4: Mariners lead Tigers, 2-1

Mariners—Bryce Miller, 3.0 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 302nd among all players, 89th among AL pitchers.

Tigers—Casey Mize, 7.0 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 116th among all players, 45th among AL pitchers.

More details—Previews of AL Division Series

NL Division Series Game 3: Brewers lead Cubs, 2-0

Brewers—Quinn Priester, 11.0 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 36th among all players, 14th among NL pitchers.

Cubs—Jameson Taillon, 10.1 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 42nd among all players, 17th among NL pitchers. Taillon started Game 3 of the Wild Card series against the Padres, earning Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors.

More details—Previews of NL Division Series.

AL Division Series Game 4: Blue Jays lead Yankees, 2-1

Blue Jays—Louis Varland, 2.0 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 476th among all players, 126th among AL pitchers. This is Varland’s third appearance in the 2025 postseason. He pitched the fourth inning in Tuesday’s loss to the Yankees picking up the loss. He appeared in 74 games in the regular season, never pitching more than two innings.

Yankees—Cam Schlittler, 7.4 points, 93rd among all players, 38th among AL pitchers. Schlittler started in the Wild Card series Game 3 win over the Red Sox, winning Player of the Game honors.

More details—Previews of AL Division Series

NL Division Series Game 3: Dodgers lead Phillies, 2-0

Phillies—Aaron Nola, 5.7 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 159th among all players, 51st among NL pitchers.

Dodgers—Yoshinobu Yamamoto, 17.7 Box-Toppers points in 2025, seventh among all players, fourth among NL pitchers. Yamamoto was Box-Toppers Player of the Game in NL Wild Card Game 2 win over the Reds on Oct. 1.

More details—Previews of NL Division Series.

A Box-Toppers look at Wednesday’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
SEA Miller, Bryce 4797 3.0 18.7 31.8 31.8
DET Mize, Casey 4377 7.0 7.0 14.7 14.7
MIL Priester, Quinn 5059 11.0 12.0 12.0 12.0
CHC Taillon, Jameson 3658 10.1 18.1 43.2 69.6
TOR Varland, Louie 4758 2.0 2.0 5.0 5.0
NYY Schlittler, Cam 5261 7.4 7.4 7.4 7.4
PHI Nola, Aaron 3569 5.7 19.1 65.5 120.8
LAD Yamamoto, Yoshinobu 4964 17.7 24.1 24.1 24.1
Starters subject to change.
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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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