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Royals pitcher Cole Ragans is Monday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to sixth place in season player rankings.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in 2025 Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned in the regular season through Monday, May 5.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Pivetta | pi sp | Padres | 6.0 |
| 2 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | pi sp | Dodgers | 6.0 |
| 3 | Pete Alonso | 1b | Mets | 5.5 |
| 4 | Hunter Brown | pi sp | Astros | 5.4 |
| 5 | Garrett Crochet | pi sp | Red Sox | 5.4 |
| 6 | Cole Ragans | pi sp | Royals | 5.0 |
| 7 | Bryan Woo | pi sp | Mariners | 5.0 |
| 8 | Andrew Heaney | pi sp | Pirates | 5.0 |
| 9 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 4.7 |
| 10 | Max Fried | pi sp | Yankees | 4.7 |
Other Player of the Game winners Monday include Braves pitcher AJ Smith-Shawver and Jose Barrero of the Cardinals.
Player of the Day
Ragans struck out 11 over five scoreless innings, allowing three hits and two walks, in the 3-0 win over the White Sox.
Ragans earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.0 for the season, sixth among all players and third among American League pitchers, behind Hunter Brown of the Astros (5.4 points) and Garrett Crochet of the Red Sox (5.4 points).
National League Player of the Day
Braves pitcher AJ Smith-Shawver (8IP H 0R 4BB 5K W in the 4-0 win over the Reds) earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points, giving him 2.7 for the season, 26th among NL pitchers.
Smith-Shawver did not give up a hit until facing his first batter in the eighth inning.
National League Batter of the Day
Jose Barrero of the Cardinals (HR 2B 2-4 R 3BI in the 6-3 win over the Pirates) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, his first points of the season.
American League Batter of the Day
There is no AL Batter of the Day for Monday because no AL batter won Player of the Game honors in the nine games completed.
Scoring
Ragans earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Smith-Shawver earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day.
Barrero earns 1.5 points for being NL 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).| 5/5 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +11.0 | KC 3, CHW 0 | Cole Ragans (W, 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | |
| NL | +8.0 | ATL 4, CIN 0 | AJ Smith‑Shawver (W, 2‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | |
| +4.0 | CHC 9, SF 2 | Matthew Boyd (W, 3‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| +3.0 | LAD 7, MIA 4 | Kirby Yates (S, 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +3.0 | SD 4, NYY 3 | Robert Suarez (S, 14) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| BAT | +2.0 | STL 6, PIT 3 | Jose Barrero SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +2.0 | MIL 5, HOU 1 | Christian Yelich DH | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | NYM 5, ARI 4 | Griffin Canning (W, 5‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| +2.0 | ATH 7, SEA 6 (F/11) | Hogan Harris (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ragans, Cole 4889 | pi sp | kc al | 5.0 | 17.0 | 21.4 | 21.4 | -7.0 |
| Yelich, Christian 3334 | dh | mil nl | 4.0 | 7.5 | 27.2 | 70.9 | +0.5 |
| Yates, Kirby 3628 | pi mr cp | lad nl | 3.0 | 9.0 | 10.0 | 26.0 | -3.0 |
| Boyd, Matthew 3550 | pi sp | chi nl | 3.0 | 6.0 | 10.0 | 34.8 | 0.0 |
| Smith-Shawver, AJ 4951 | pi sp | atl nl | 2.7 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | +1.7 |
| Suarez, Robert 4750 | pi cp | sd nl | 2.0 | 8.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | -4.0 |
| Canning, Griffin 4134 | pi sp | nym nl | 2.0 | 6.7 | 17.7 | 24.4 | -2.7 |
| Harris, Hogan 4846 | pi mr cp sp | oak al | 2.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | -2.0 |
| Barrero, Jose 4703 | ss | stl nl | 1.5 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | +1.5 |
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