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Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in 2025 Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned in the regular season through Friday, May 9.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunter Brown | pi sp | Astros | 6.4 |
| 2 | Tarik Skubal | pi sp | Tigers | 6.0 |
| 3 | Nick Pivetta | pi sp | Padres | 6.0 |
| 4 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | pi sp | Dodgers | 6.0 |
| 5 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 5.7 |
| 6 | Max Fried | pi sp | Yankees | 5.7 |
| 7 | Hunter Greene | pi sp | Reds | 5.7 |
| 8 | Kris Bubic | pi sp | Royals | 5.7 |
| 9 | Pete Alonso | 1b | Mets | 5.5 |
| 10 | Garrett Crochet | pi sp | Red Sox | 5.4 |
Also Friday, Astros pitcher Hunter Brown becomes the new leader in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Other Player of the Game winners Friday include Cardinals pitcher Erick Fedde, Jasson Domínguez of the Yankees and Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers.
Player of the Day
Skubal struck out 12 over seven innings, allowing one run, two hits and no walks, in the 2-1 win over the Rangers.
Skubal earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 6.0 for the season, second among all players, behind Astros pitcher Hunter Brown (6.4 points), who also won Player of the Game honors Friday. Skubal also ranks second among AL pitchers behind Brown.
Skubal led American League pitchers in Box-Toppers points in 2024 with 21.1, second overall.
National League Player of the Day
Cardinals pitcher Erick Fedde pitched a complete-game, six-hit shutout, striking out eight and walking none, in the 10-0 win over the Nationals.
Fedde earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 2.7 for the season, 31st among NL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day
Jasson Domínguez of the Yankees hit three home runs, including a grand slam, in the 10-2 win over the Athletics. Dominguez also hit a sacrifice fly and went 3-for-4, scoring three times and driving in seven runs.
Domínguez earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, giving him 2.5 for the season, 13th among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day
Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers hit a three-run homer, two doubles and went 3-for-6, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 14-11 win over the Diamondbacks.
Ohtani earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 2.5 for the season, 11th among NL batters.
Ohtani led NL batters with 11.0 Box-Toppers points in 2024. He now has 88.2 career Box-Toppers points since 2018—42.7 as a batter (48.4 percent) and 45.5 as a pitcher (51.6 percent). He has not yet pitched in 2025 as he recovers from 2023 elbow surgery. He last earned Box-Toppers Player of the Game as a pitcher Aug. 9, 2023, with the Angels. At that point, he’d earned 33.9 of his 73.7 career points as a batter (38.3 percent).
New season player rankings leader
Astros pitcher Hunter Brown becomes the new leader in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Friday.
Brown (5.2IP 2H 0R 4BB 9K W in the 3-0 win over the Reds) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.4 for the season, rising from eighth to first place overall, passing previous leader, Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta (6.0 points), who falls to third place. Pivetta had led since April 22.
Brown also rises to first place among AL pitchers, passing previous leader Max Fried of the Yankees (5.7), who falls to third among AL pitchers.
Debut
White Sox relief pitcher Jordan Leasure made his Box-Toppers debut Friday with his first career Player of the Game honor
Leasure (1IP H 0R 0BB 2K ND in the 6-2 in over the Marlins) made his Major League debut March 30, 2024, and was playing in his 49th career game.
Scoring
Skubal earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Fedde earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day.
Domínguez and Ohtani each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day.
All of Friday’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).| 5/9 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +15.0 | DET 2, TEX 1 | Tarik Skubal (W, 4‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 12 | |
| NL | +11.0 | STL 10, WSH 0 | Erick Fedde (W, 3‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 9.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| +11.0 | `KC 2, BOS 1 (F/12) | Michael Lorenzen | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
| BAT | +9.0 | NYY 10, ATH 2 | Jasson Domínguez LF | 4 | 3 | 3 | 7 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +8.2 | HOU 3, CIN 0 | Hunter Brown (W, 6‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | ||
| +8.1 | MIN 3, SF 1 | Chris Paddack (W, 1‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| +7.1 | BAL 4, LAA 1 | Tomoyuki Sugano (W, 4‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| +5.0 | PIT 3, ATL 2 | Bailey Falter (W, 2‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| +5.0 | CLE 6, PHI 0 | Gavin Williams (W, 3‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 8 | ||
| +4.0 | TOR 6, SEA 3 | Jeff Hoffman (S, 8) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | LAD 14, ARI 11 | Shohei Ohtani DH | 6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | NYM 7, CHC 2 | Clay Holmes (W, 5‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| +2.0 | SD 13, COL 9 | Gavin Sheets DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | `CHW 6, MIA 2 | Jordan Leasure (H, 5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +1.0 | TB 4, MIL 3 | Taylor Walls SS | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 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 (+/-).Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’25 | ’24‑25 | ’20‑25 | Career | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, Hunter 4729 | pi sp | hou al | 6.4 | 18.4 | 29.5 | 29.5 | -5.6 |
| Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 6.0 | 27.1 | 57.2 | 57.2 | -15.1 |
| Hoffman, Jeff 3806 | pi cp | tor al | 4.0 | 9.0 | 15.0 | 18.7 | -1.0 |
| Holmes, Clay 4022 | pi sp | nym nl | 4.0 | 7.0 | 16.0 | 17.0 | +1.0 |
| Fedde, Erick 4065 | pi sp | stl nl | 2.7 | 11.4 | 26.2 | 29.9 | -6.0 |
| Falter, Bailey 4473 | pi sp | pit nl | 2.7 | 6.4 | 16.1 | 16.1 | -1.0 |
| Sugano, Tomoyuki 5163 | pi sp | bal al | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh | lad nl | 2.5 | 13.5 | 73.7 | 88.2 | -8.5 |
| Domínguez, Jasson 5146 | lf | nyy al | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
| Lorenzen, Michael 3479 | pi sp | kc al | 2.0 | 7.0 | 21.7 | 30.2 | -3.0 |
| Sheets, Gavin 4457 | dh rf | sd nl | 2.0 | 5.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | -1.0 |
| Paddack, Chris 4093 | pi sp | min al | 1.0 | 6.7 | 16.7 | 32.5 | -4.7 |
| Williams, Gavin 4865 | pi sp | cle al | 1.0 | 4.7 | 8.7 | 8.7 | -2.7 |
| Wells, Tyler 4428 | pi sp | bal al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 11.7 | 11.7 | +1.0 |
| Leasure, Jordan 5175 | pi mr | chi al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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