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Yankees pitcher Ryan Yarbrough is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Monday, Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Player of the Day
Yarbrough struck out seven over six innings, allowing one run, two hits and one walk, in the 5-1 win over the Angels.
Yarbrough earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 3.0 for the season, 96th among all players and 35th among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day
Cubs pitcher Jameson Taillon (6.1IP 4H R 0BB 7K W in the 3-1 win over the Rockies) earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points, giving him 2.7 for the season, 49th among NL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day
Dylan Carlson of the Orioles (HR 2-4 2R 3BI in the 5-2 win over the Cardinals) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, his first points of the season, and is 64th among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day
Tyler Stephenson of the Reds (HR 3-5 R 3BI in the 7-4 win over the Royals) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, his first points of the season, and is 49th among NL batters.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in 2025 Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned in the regular season through Monday, May 26.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 11.1 |
| 2 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | pi sp | Dodgers | 9.0 |
| 3 | Tarik Skubal | pi sp | Tigers | 8.0 |
| 4 | Bryan Woo | pi sp | Mariners | 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 |
Rankings
Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto rises from fourth to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Monday.
Yamamoto (6IP 3H 2R 2BB 7K W in the 7-2 win over the Guardians) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 9.0 for the season. He ranks second behind overall leader, Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler (11.1 points). Yamamoto also ranks second among NL pitchers behind Wheeler.
Notable
Blue Jays pitcher Kevin Gausman now has 102.1 career Box-Toppers points after earning 1.0 point as Player of the Game Monday.
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—Carlos Carrasco #Yankees 114.2 5—Charlie Morton #Orioles 113.5 6—Kevin Gausman #BlueJays 102.1* *Earns 1.0 B-T pt MO www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/5/...
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) May 27, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Gausman (8IP 5H R 0BB 6K W in the 2-1 win over the Rangers) rises to 86th place among all players in career points since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995. With his 1.0 point Monday, he passes three players on the “all-time” career points list—Jason Schmidt (101.2), Mark Teixeira (101.3) and Tim Wakefield (101.4). (Wakefield began his career before the advent of Box-Toppers. He would have an estimated 110 career points if his career from 1992 were tracked.)
Gausman now trails 85th-ranked player Ken Griffey Jr. (102.2). (Griffey also began his career before Box-Toppers tracking began. He would have an estimated 140 career points if his career from 1989 were tracked.)
Gausman ranks 14th among active players in career points, sixth among active AL pitchers.
His 4.0 Box-Toppers points in 2024 is 46th overall and 21st among AL pitchers.
Debut
Luisangel Acuña of the Mets made his Box-Toppers debut Monday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Acuña (0-0 R 0BI) scored a run as a pinch runner in the 2-1 win over the White Sox. He made his Major League debut Sept. 14, 2024, and was playing in his 60th career game.
Scoring
Yarbrough earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Taillon earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day.
Carlson and Stephenson each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day.
All of Monday’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).| 5/26 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +8.0 | NYY 5, LAA 1 | Ryan Yarbrough (W, 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | |
| NL | +7.1 | CHC 3, COL 1 | Jameson Taillon (W, 4‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| +7.0 | TOR 2, TEX 1 | Kevin Gausman (W, 5‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| +6.2 | ARI 5, PIT 0 | Ryne Nelson (W, 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| +5.2 | `MIL 3, BOS 2 | Chad Patrick | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| +5.1 | TB 7, MIN 2 | Zack Littell (W, 4‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | ||
| +5.0 | DET 3, SF 1 | Keider Montero (W, 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | ||
| +4.0 | LAD 7, CLE 2 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (W, 6‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | BAL 5, STL 2 | Dylan Carlson CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| BAT | +2.0 | CIN 7, KC 4 | Tyler Stephenson C | 5 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +2.0 | SD 4, MIA 3 (F/11) | Adrian Morejon (W, 2‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| +1.0 | NYM 2, CHW 1 | Luisangel Acuña PR | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamamoto, Yoshinobu 4964 | pi sp | lad nl | 9.0 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 15.4 | +2.6 |
| Gausman, Kevin 3191 | pi sp | tor al | 4.0 | 14.0 | 60.1 | 102.1 | -6.0 |
| Yarbrough, Ryan 3962 | pi sp mr | nyy al | 3.0 | 6.7 | 24.4 | 43.8 | -0.7 |
| Taillon, Jameson 3658 | pi sp | chi nl | 2.7 | 10.7 | 35.8 | 62.2 | -5.3 |
| Nelson, Ryne 4728 | pi sp cp | ari nl | 2.0 | 10.4 | 18.8 | 18.8 | -6.4 |
| Littell, Zack 4533 | pi sp | tb al | 2.0 | 10.4 | 16.4 | 16.4 | -6.4 |
| Morejon, Adrian 4298 | pi mr cp | sd nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | +2.0 |
| Patrick, Chad 5131 | pi sp | mil nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Stephenson, Tyler 4384 | ca | cin nl | 1.5 | 3.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | -0.5 |
| Carlson, Dylan 4359 | cf | bal al | 1.5 | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | +1.5 |
| Montero, Keider 5057 | pi sp | det al | 1.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | -3.7 |
| Acuña, Luisangel 5191 | pr | nym nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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