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Guardians pitcher Tanner Bibee is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Thursday, Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Christian Yelich of the Brewers rises to first place among National League batters in player rankings after earning NL Player of the Day honors.
Player of the Day
Bibee struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and one walk, in the 7-0 win over the Tigers.
Bibee earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 4.0 for the season, 40th among all players and 20th among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day
Christian Yelich of the Brewers (2HR 2-3 3R 4BI in the 8-5 win over the Pirates) earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points, giving him 5.7 for the season, 15th among all players and rising to first among NL batters, passing previous leader Pete Alonso of the Mets (5.5 points), who falls to second place.
American League Batter of the Day
Taylor Ward of the Angels (GS 3-4 2R 5BI in the 10-5 win over the Athletics) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, giving him 3.5 for the season, seventh among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day
There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Thursday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Christian Yelich.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in 2025 Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned in the regular season through Thursday, May 22.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 9.1 |
| 2 | Bryan Woo | pi sp | Mariners | 8.0 |
| 3 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | pi sp | Dodgers | 8.0 |
| 4 | Carlos Rodón | pi sp | Yankees | 6.7 |
| 5 | Joe Ryan | pi sp | Twins | 6.7 |
| 6 | Kris Bubic | pi sp | Royals | 6.7 |
| 7 | Riley Greene | lf cf | Tigers | 6.5 |
| 8 | Hunter Brown | pi sp | Astros | 6.4 |
| 9 | Garrett Crochet | pi sp | Red Sox | 6.4 |
| 10 | Tarik Skubal | pi sp | Tigers | 6.0 |
Rankings
Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Thursday.
Rodón (6IP 2H 0R 2BB 8K W in the 1-0 win over the Rangers) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 6.7 for the season. He ranks second among AL pitchers behind Bryan Woo of the Mariners (8.0 points).
Though Rodón has the same 6.7-point total as two other AL pitchers, he ranks ahead of them because he has more 2024 points. Rodón had 12.7 points in 2024, while Joe Ryan of the Twins had 9.7 and Kris Bubic of the Royals had 0.0.
Scoring
Bibee earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Yelich earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day.
Ward 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.
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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).| 5/22 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +11.0 | CLE 7, DET 0 | Tanner Bibee (W, 4‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| +10.0 | NYY 1, TEX 0 | Carlos Rodón (W, 6‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | ||
| BAT | +6.0 | LAA 10, ATH 5 | Taylor Ward LF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| NL | +6.0 | MIL 8, PIT 5 | Christian Yelich DH | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | HOU 9, SEA 2 | Jose Altuve LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | WSH 8, ATL 7 (F/10) | James Wood LF | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.2 | PHI 2, COL 0 | Ranger Suárez (W, 3‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | ||
| +1.0 | TOR 7, SD 6 (F/11) | Jonatan Clase LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | nyy al | 6.7 | 19.4 | 51.9 | 77.0 | -6.0 |
| Yelich, Christian 3334 | dh | mil nl | 5.7 | 9.2 | 28.9 | 72.6 | +2.2 |
| Bibee, Tanner 4792 | pi sp | cle al | 4.0 | 18.0 | 26.7 | 26.7 | -10.0 |
| Wood, James 5078 | dh lf | dc nl | 3.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | -0.3 |
| Ward, Taylor 4345 | lf dh | ana al | 3.5 | 5.5 | 19.4 | 19.4 | +1.5 |
| Suarez, Ranger 4228 | pi sp | phi nl | 2.0 | 12.4 | 30.1 | 31.1 | -8.4 |
| Altuve, Jose 3007 | lf 2b | hou al | 2.0 | 6.0 | 24.0 | 61.5 | -2.0 |
| Clase, Jonatan 5120 | lf | tor al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
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