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Rangers pitcher Jacob deGrom is Thursday’s Box-Toppers 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 Thursday, May 15.| 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 |
Other Player of the Game winners Thursday include Reds pitcher Nick Martinez and Brandon Lowe of the Rays.
Player of the Day
deGrom struck out seven over eight scoreless innings, allowing five hits and one walk, in the 1-0 win over the Astros.
deGrom earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.0 for the season, 19th among all players and 11th among American League pitchers.
deGrom now has 145.2 career Box-Toppers points, 32nd-most among all players since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995. He trails 31st-ranked player David Ortiz (145.9). deGrom ranks sixth among active players in career points, third among active AL pitchers, behind Max Scherzer of the Blue Jays (253.7) and Gerrit Cole of the Yankees (165.0).
National League Player of the Day
Reds pitcher Nick Martinez (7IP 2H 0R 0BB 3K W in the 7-1 win over the White Sox) earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points, his first points of the season, and is 64th among NL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day
Brandon Lowe of the Rays (2HR 3-5 2R 4BI in the 8-3 win over the Blue Jays) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, giving him 2.5 for the season, 11th among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day
Most career Box-Toppers points—active AL pitchers 1—Max Scherzer #BlueJays 253.7 2—Gerrit Cole #Yankees 165.0 3—Jacob deGrom #Rangers 145.2* 4—Charlie Morton #Orioles 113.5 5—Patrick Corbin #Rangers 99.4 *Earns 2.0 B-T pts as Thursday’s Player of the Day www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/5/...
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) May 16, 2025 at 7:04 AM
There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Thursday because no NL batter won Player of the Game honors in the six games completed.
Scoring
deGrom earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Martinez earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day.
Lowe earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day.
All of Thursday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
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.
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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).| 5/15 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +9.0 | TEX 1, HOU 0 | Jacob deGrom (W, 4‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | |
| NL | +8.0 | CIN 7, CHW 1 | Nick Martinez (W, 2‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | |
| +7.0 | ATL 5, WSH 2 | AJ Smith‑Shawver (W, 3‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| +7.0 | LAD 19, ATH 2 | Justin Wrobleski (W, 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| +6.0 | MIN 4, BAL 0 | Chris Paddack (W, 2‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | TB 8, TOR 3 | Brandon Lowe 2B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| deGrom, Jacob 3343 | pi sp | tex al | 5.0 | 6.0 | 48.5 | 145.2 | +4.0 |
| Smith-Shawver, AJ 4951 | pi sp | atl nl | 4.7 | 5.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | +3.7 |
| Lowe, Brandon 4108 | dh 2b | tb al | 2.5 | 9.5 | 30.0 | 31.0 | -4.5 |
| Paddack, Chris 4093 | pi sp | min al | 2.0 | 7.7 | 17.7 | 33.5 | -3.7 |
| Martinez, Nick 3430 | pi mr sp | cin nl | 1.7 | 11.4 | 23.8 | 30.5 | -8.0 |
| Wrobleski, Justin 5062 | pi cp sp | lad nl | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | -1.0 |
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