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Blue Jays pitcher José Berríos 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 29.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 11.1 |
| 2 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | pi sp | Dodgers | 9.0 |
| 3 | Carlos Rodón | pi sp | Yankees | 8.7 |
| 4 | Tarik Skubal | pi sp | Tigers | 8.0 |
| 5 | Bryan Woo | pi sp | Mariners | 8.0 |
| 6 | Joe Ryan | pi sp | Twins | 7.7 |
| 7 | Kris Bubic | pi sp | Royals | 7.7 |
| 8 | Nick Pivetta | pi sp | Padres | 7.0 |
| 9 | Max Fried | pi sp | Yankees | 6.7 |
| 10 | Paul Skenes | pi sp | Pirates | 6.7 |
Other Player of the Game winners Thursday are Nationals pitcher MacKenzie Gore, Braves pitcher Chris Sale, Junior Caminero of the Rays and Rafael Marchán of the Phillies.
Player of the Day
Berríos struck out nine over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 12-0 win over the Athletics.
Berríos earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 4.0 for the season, 50th among all players and 23rd among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day
Nationals pitcher MacKenzie Gore (6IP 4H 0R 0BB 8K ND in the 9-3, 10-inning win over the Mariners) earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points, giving him 4.7 for the season, 37th among all players and 14th among NL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day
Junior Caminero of the Rays (HR 2B 3-6 2R 6BI in the 13-3 win over the Astros) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, giving him 3.0 for the season, 17th among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day
Rafael Marchán of the Phillies (HR 1-2 2R 3BI in the 5-4 win over the Braves) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, his first points of the season.
All-time leaders
Here are Box-Toppers top 20 players since record keeping began in 1995:| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randy Johnson | pi sp | Retired | 282.5 |
| 2 | Clayton Kershaw | pi sp | Dodgers | 272.4 |
| 3 | Max Scherzer | pi sp | Rangers | 253.7 |
| 4 | Justin Verlander | pi sp | Astros | 247.0 |
| 5 | Pedro Martinez | pi sp | Retired | 244.8 |
| 6 | Zack Greinke | pi sp | Free agent | 224.5 |
| 7 | Albert Pujols | 1b | Retired | 207.8 |
| 8 | CC Sabathia | pi sp | Retired | 203.4 |
| 9 | Curt Schilling | pi sp | Retired | 194.1 |
| 10 | Alex Rodriguez | 3b | Retired | 187.0 |
| 11 | Jon Lester | pi sp | Retired | 179.3 |
| 12 | Chris Sale | pi sp | Braves | 176.1 |
| 13 | Felix Hernandez | pi sp | Retired | 175.1 |
| 14 | Cole Hamels | pi sp | Retired | 174.2 |
| 15 | Roy Halladay | pi sp | Retired | 170.7 |
| 16 | Johan Santana | pi sp | Retired | 166.6 |
| 17 | Manny Ramirez | lf dh | Retired | 166.2 |
| 18 | Gerrit Cole | pi sp | Yankees | 165.0 |
| 19 | Roger Clemens | pi sp | Retired | 164.8 |
| 20 | John Smoltz | pi sp | Retired | 160.9 |
Notable
Braves pitcher Chris Sale now has 176.1 career Box-Toppers points, 12th-most since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995, after earning 1.0 point as Player of the Game Thursday.
Sale (6IP 2H 0R 3BB 8K W in the 9-3 win over the Phillies) trails 11th-ranked player on the “all-time” career points list, Jon Lester (179.3).
Sale ranks 10th among all pitchers since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995. He ranks fourth among active players in career points and third among active NL pitchers, behind Clayton Kershaw of the Dodgers (272.4) and Justin Verlander of the Giants (247.0), neither of whom has earned Box-Toppers points this season.
Sale now has 3.7 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 24th among NL pitchers.
Scoring
Berríos earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Gore earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day.
Caminero and Marchán each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day.
All of Thursday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
Career Box-Toppers points—Active NL pitchers 1—Clayton Kershaw #Dodgers 272.4 2—Justin Verlander #SFGiants 247.0 3—Chris Sale #Braves 176.1* 4—Yu Darvish #Padres 139.7 5—Aaron Nola #Phillies 117.8 6—Sonny Gray #STLCards 116.3 *Earns 1.0 B-T point Thursday www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/5/...
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) May 30, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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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).| 5/29 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +11.0 | TOR 12, ATH 0 | José Berríos (W, 2‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |
| NL | +10.0 | `WSH 9, SEA 3 (F/10) | MacKenzie Gore | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| +9.0 | ATL 9, PHI 3 | Chris Sale (W, 3‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | TB 13, HOU 3 | Junior Caminero 3B | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| BAT | +4.0 | PHI 5, ATL 4 | Rafael Marchán C | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gore, MacKenzie 4582 | pi sp | dc nl | 4.7 | 12.7 | 24.4 | 24.4 | -3.3 |
| Berrios, Jose 3791 | pi sp | tor al | 4.0 | 13.7 | 45.5 | 83.0 | -5.7 |
| Sale, Chris 2806 | pi sp | atl nl | 3.7 | 22.8 | 33.5 | 176.1 | -15.4 |
| Caminero, Junior 5089 | 3b | tb al | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +2.0 |
| Marchan, Rafael 4346 | ca | phi nl | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | +1.5 |
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