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Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings, first among American League pitchers, and recording the highest Box-Toppers game score of 2025.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in 2025 Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned in the regular season through Sunday, May 25.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 11.1 |
| 2 | Tarik Skubal | pi sp | Tigers | 8.0 |
| 3 | Bryan Woo | pi sp | Mariners | 8.0 |
| 4 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | pi sp | Dodgers | 8.0 |
| 5 | Kris Bubic | pi sp | Royals | 6.7 |
| 6 | Nick Pivetta | pi sp | Padres | 7.0 |
| 7 | Max Fried | pi sp | Yankees | 6.7 |
| 8 | Carlos Rodón | pi sp | Yankees | 6.7 |
| 9 | Jake Irvin | pi sp | Nationals | 6.7 |
| 10 | Joe Ryan | pi sp | Twins | 6.7 |
Also Sunday, Royals pitcher Kris Bubic rises to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors. Plus, Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs rises to lead National League batters in 2025 Box-Toppers points after earning NL Batter of the Day honors.
Player of the Day
Skubal pitched a complete-game, two-hit shutout, striking out 13 and walking none, in the 5-0 win over the Guardians.
Skubal earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 8.0 for the season, rising to second place overall, behind Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler (11.1 points). He rises to first place among AL pitchers, passing previous leader Bryan Woo of the Mariners (8.0 points), who falls to second place. Though Skubal and Woo both have 8.0 points on the season, Skubal ranks higher because he has more 2024 points—21.1 vs. 11.7.
With Skubal’s rise to second place, the top two players in 2025 Box-Toppers season player rankings are the same as the top two players at the end of 2024: Wheeler led all players with 21.4 points and Skubal ranked second with 21.1, first among AL pitchers.
Skubal recorded the highest Box-Toppers game score of 2025 Sunday (+20.0), ahead of the previous high, +16.2 on April 2 by Diamondbacks pitcher Zac Gallen (6.2IP 3H 0R 0BB 13K W in the 4-3 win over the Yankees).
Skubal’s +20.0 game score Sunday is the highest since Sept. 1, 2022, when Braves pitcher Spencer Strider recorded a +22.0 game score (8IP 2H 0R 0BB 16K W in the 3-0 win over the Rockies).
The highest game score in 2023 was +19.0 also by Braves pitcher Spencer Strider on April 24 (8IP 2H 0R 0BB 13K W in the 11-0 win over the Marlins).
The highest game score in 2024 was +19.0 by Twins pitcher Pablo López on June 23 (8IP 2H 0R BB 14K W in the 3-0 win over the Athletics).
With Skubal’s rise into Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list, he pushes the only remaining batter from the list, teammate Riley Greene (6.5 points), who falls to 12th place overall, but still ranks first among AL batters. Greene had only joined the top 10 list on Tuesday.
National League Player of the Day
Marlins pitcher Edward Cabrera (5.2IP 3H 0R 2BB 10K W in the 2-0 win over the Angels) earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points, his first points of the season, and is 71st among NL pitchers.
2025 Box-Toppers points—NL batters 1—Seiya Suzuki #Cubs 6.5* 2—Pete Crow-Armstrong #Cubs 6.5 3—Christian Yelich #Brewers 5.7 4—Pete Alonso #Mets 5.5 5—Carson Kelly #Cubs 4.5 6—James Wood #Nationals 3.7 *Earns 1.5 B-T points as NL Batter of the Day Sunday www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/5/...
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National League Batter of the Day
Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs (HR 2B 3-4 2R 3BI in the 11-8 win over the Reds) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, giving him 6.5 for the season, rising to 11th overall and first among NL batters, passing the previous leader, teammate Pete Crow-Armstrong (6.5 points), who falls to second place. Though Suzuki and Crow-Armstrong both have 6.5 points, Suzuki ranks higher because he has more 2024 points—6.0 vs. 1.0.
American League Batter of the Day
Ryan O'Hearn of the Orioles (HR 2B 3-3 2R BI in the 5-1 win over the Red Sox) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, giving him 3.5 for the season, ninth among AL batters.
Rankings
Royals pitcher Kris Bubic rises from ninth to fifth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.
Bubic (7IP 2H R 2BB 9K ND in the 2-1, 10-inning win over the Twins) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.7 for the season. Bubic ranks third among AL pitchers, behind Tarik Skubal of the Tigers (8.0 points) and Bryan Woo of the Mariners (8.0 points).
Debut
Two players made their Box-Toppers debut Sunday, each earning their first career Player of the Game honor:
Astros pitcher Bryan King (1.1IP H 0R 0BB 2K W in the 5-3 win over the Mariners) made his Major League debut June 23, 2024, and was playing in his 53rd career game.
Logan Davidson of the Athletics (2B 2-3 R 2BI in the 5-4 win over the Phillies) was making his Major League debut.
Scoring
Skubal earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Cabrera earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day.
Suzuki and O’Hearn each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day.
All of Sunday’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).| 5/25 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +20.0 | DET 5, CLE 0 | Tarik Skubal (W, 5‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 9.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |
| NL | +10.2 | MIA 3, LAA 0 | Edward Cabrera (W, 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| +10.0 | `KC 2, MIN 1 (F/10) | Kris Bubic | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||
| +8.0 | TB 13, TOR 0 | Ryan Pepiot (W, 3‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | ||
| +8.0 | SF 3, WSH 2 | Robbie Ray (W, 7‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | ||
| +4.1 | TEX 5, CHW 4 | Shawn Armstrong (W, 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | CHC 11, CIN 8 | Seiya Suzuki DH | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| BAT | +3.0 | BAL 5, BOS 1 | Ryan O’Hearn DH | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | `NYY 5, COL 4 | Will Warren | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| +2.1 | HOU 5, SEA 3 | Bryan King (W, 3‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | ATH 5, PHI 4 | Logan Davidson 1B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | MIL 6, PIT 5 | Trevor Megill (S, 9) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | STL 4, ARI 3 | Phil Maton (S, 2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | NYM 3, LAD 1 | Reid Garrett (S, 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +1.0 | SD 5, ATL 3 | Gavin Sheets LF | 4 | 1 | 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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 8.0 | 29.1 | 59.2 | 59.2 | -13.1 |
| Bubic, Kris 4413 | pi sp | kc al | 7.7 | 7.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 | +7.7 |
| Suzuki, Seiya 4924 | dh rf | chi nl | 6.5 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | +0.5 |
| Warren, Will 5143 | pi sp | nyy al | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | 5.4 | +5.4 |
| Ray, Robbie 3502 | pi sp | sf nl | 4.7 | 8.4 | 41.5 | 84.6 | +1.0 |
| O’Hearn, Ryan 4043 | rf 1b dh | bal al | 3.5 | 5.5 | 14.0 | 17.0 | +1.5 |
| Pepiot, Ryan 4714 | pi sp | tb al | 3.0 | 12.7 | 19.7 | 19.7 | -6.7 |
| Sheets, Gavin 4457 | dh lf | sd nl | 3.0 | 6.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 0.0 |
| Megill, Trevor 4531 | pi cp | mil nl | 2.0 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | -4.0 |
| Cabrera, Edward 4641 | pi sp mr | fla nl | 1.7 | 3.7 | 13.8 | 13.8 | -0.3 |
| Garrett, Reed 4963 | pi cp | nym nl | 1.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | -3.7 |
| Maton, Phil 4287 | pi cp mr | stl nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.0 |
| Armstrong, Shawn 4204 | pi mr sp | tex al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 4.0 | 6.0 | +1.0 |
| Davidson, Logan 5190 | 1b | oak al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| King, Bryan 5189 | pi cp | hou al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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