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Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings and first among American League pitchers.
Other Player of the Game winners Tuesday include Javier Báez of the Tigers, Padres pitcher Dylan Cease and Drake Baldwin of the Braves.
Player of the Day
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in 2025 Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned in the regular season through Tuesday, May 13.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 7.4 |
| 2 | Bryan Woo | pi sp | Mariners | 7.0 |
| 3 | Hunter Brown | pi sp | Astros | 6.4 |
| 4 | Garrett Crochet | pi sp | Red Sox | 6.4 |
| 5 | Tarik Skubal | pi sp | Tigers | 6.0 |
| 6 | Nick Pivetta | pi sp | Padres | 6.0 |
| 7 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | pi sp | Dodgers | 6.0 |
| 8 | Max Fried | pi sp | Yankees | 5.7 |
| 9 | Hunter Greene | pi sp | Reds | 5.7 |
| 10 | Tyler Mahle | pi sp | Rangers | 5.7 |
Woo struck out six over 6 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and no walks, in the 2-1, 11-inning win over the Yankees. Woo did not earn the win, picking up a no-decision, because the Yankees tied the game after he exited.
Woo earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 7.0 for the season, rising to second place overall, behind Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler (7.4 points). He also rises to first place among AL pitchers, passing previous leader Hunter Brown of the Astros (6.4 points), who falls to second place.
National League Player of the Day
Padres pitcher Dylan Cease (6.2IP 5H 2R BB 10K ND in the 6-4 win over the Angels) earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points, giving him 2.7 for the season, 34th among NL pitchers.
Cease earned 21.1 Box-Toppers points in 2024 with the Padres, second among NL pitchers and his 23.8 combined points over 2024-25 ranks third among all players over that span, behind Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler (28.8) and Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal (27.1).
American League Batter of the Day
Javier Báez of the Tigers (2HR 2-4 3R 6BI in the 10-9, 11-inning win over the Red Sox) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, giving him 2.5 for the season, 15th among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day
Drake Baldwin of the Braves (HR 2B 3-4 3R 2BI in the 5-2 win over the Nationals) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, giving him 2.5 for the season, 18th among NL batters.
Notable
Pitchers won Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors in seven of the 13 games completed Tuesday. But only one of those seven pitchers earned a decision in the game—Logan T. Allen of the Guardians (6IP 3H 0R BB 6K W in the 2-0 win over the Brewers)—who picked up the win. The other six picked up no-decisions.
Debut
Christian Koss of the Giants made his Box-Toppers debut Tuesday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Koss (GS 2-4 R 4BI in the 10-6 win over the Diamondbacks) made his Major League debut April 1 and was playing in his 23rd career game.
Scoring
Woo earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Cease earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day.
Báez and Baldwin 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.
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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).| 5/13 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +8.1 | `SEA 2, NYY 1 (F/11) | Bryan Woo | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| +8.0 | CLE 2, MIL 0 | Logan T. Allen (W, 2‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| +8.0 | `CHW 5, CIN 1 (F/10) | Jonathan Cannon | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| BAT | +7.0 | DET 10, BOS 9 (F/11) | Javier Báez CF | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| NL | +6.2 | `SD 6, LAA 4 | Dylan Cease | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 10 | |
| +6.0 | `HOU 2, KC 1 | Framber Valdez | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| +5.0 | ATH 11, LAD 1 | Jacob Wilson SS | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +5.0 | TEX 4, COL 1 | Josh Jung 3B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | ATL 5, WSH 2 | Drake Baldwin C | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | SF 10, ARI 6 | Christian Koss 2B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.2 | `NYM 2, PIT 1 | Kodai Senga | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| +2.1 | `CHC 5, MIA 4 | Ben Brown | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | ||
| +2.0 | TB 11, TOR 9 | Brandon Lowe DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Woo, Bryan 4842 | pi sp | sea al | 7.0 | 18.7 | 27.4 | 27.4 | -4.7 |
| Valdez, Framber 4048 | pi sp | hou al | 4.0 | 19.4 | 55.1 | 60.8 | -11.4 |
| Senga, Kodai 4762 | pi sp | nym nl | 4.0 | 5.0 | 17.7 | 17.7 | +3.0 |
| Allen, Logan T. 4789 | pi sp | cle al | 3.0 | 6.0 | 13.7 | 13.7 | 0.0 |
| Baez, Javier 3395 | cf ss 2b | det al | 2.5 | 2.5 | 8.0 | 31.7 | +2.5 |
| Baldwin, Drake 5149 | ca ph | atl nl | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
| Cease, Dylan 4231 | pi sp | sd nl | 2.0 | 23.1 | 67.9 | 69.9 | -19.1 |
| Brown, Ben 4967 | pi sp | chi nl | 2.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | -3.0 |
| Wilson, Jacob 5159 | ss | oak al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Lowe, Brandon 4108 | dh 2b | tb al | 1.0 | 8.0 | 28.5 | 29.5 | -6.0 |
| Jung, Josh 4751 | 3b | tex al | 1.0 | 3.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | -1.5 |
| Cannon, Jonathan 5036 | pi mr sp | chi al | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | -1.0 |
| Koss, Christian 5178 | 2b | sf nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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