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Tigers pitcher Casey Mize 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 8.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick Pivetta | pi sp | Padres | 6.0 |
| 2 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | pi sp | Dodgers | 6.0 |
| 3 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 5.7 |
| 4 | Max Fried | pi sp | Yankees | 5.7 |
| 5 | Hunter Greene | pi sp | Reds | 5.7 |
| 6 | Kris Bubic | pi sp | Royals | 5.7 |
| 7 | Pete Alonso | 1b | Mets | 5.5 |
| 8 | Hunter Brown | pi sp | Astros | 5.4 |
| 9 | Garrett Crochet | pi sp | Red Sox | 5.4 |
| 10 | Zac Gallen | pi sp | Diamondbacks | 5.0 |
Also Thursday, Royals pitcher Kris Bubic rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Player of the Day
Mize struck out eight over six innings, allowing one run, three hits and no walks, in the 10-2 win over the Rockies.
Mize earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.0 for the season, 15th among all players and seventh among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day
Diamondbacks pitcher Brandon Pfaadt (6.1IP 4H 0R 3BB 6K W in the 5-3 win over the Dodgers) earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points, giving him 3.7 for the season, 11th among NL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day
Daulton Varsho of the Blue Jays (HR 2B SF 3-4 R 3BI in the 8-5 win over the Angels) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, his first points of the season.
National League Batter of the Day
Bryson Stott of the Phillies (HR 2B SAC 2-4 2R 3BI in the 7-6, 10-inning win over the Rays) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, his first points of the season.
Rankings
Royals pitcher Kris Bubic rises to sixth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Thursday.
Bubic (7IP 6H 0R BB 7K W in the 10-0 win over the White Sox) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 5.7 for the season. He ranks second among AL pitchers, behind Max Fried of the Yankees (5.7 points). Though Fried and Bubic both have 5.7 points in 2025, Fried ranks higher because he has more 2024 points—13.4 vs. 0.0.
Debut
Braves pitcher Scott Blewett made his Box-Toppers debut Thursday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Blewett (2IP 0H 0R 0BB K W in the 5-4, 11-inning win over the Reds) made his Major League debut Sept. 18, 2020, and was playing in his 26th career game.
Scoring
Mize earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Pfaadt earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day.
Varsho and Stott 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.
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).| 5/8 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +9.0 | DET 10, COL 2 | Casey Mize (W, 6‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | |
| +7.0 | KC 10, CHW 0 | Kris Bubic (W, 4‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| NL | +5.1 | ARI 5, LAD 3 | Brandon Pfaadt (W, 6‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | |
| BAT | +3.0 | TOR 8, LAA 5 | Daulton Varsho CF | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| BAT | +3.0 | PHI 7, TB 6 (F/10) | Bryson Stott 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | DET 11, COL 1 | Justyn‑Henry Malloy PH‑RF | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | ATL 5, CIN 4 (F/11) | Scott Blewett (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| +3.0 | MIN 5, BAL 2 | Griffin Jax (W, 1‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | BOS 5, TEX 0 | Rafael Devers DH | 3 | 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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bubic, Kris 4413 | pi sp | kc al | 5.7 | 5.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | +5.7 |
| Mize, Casey 4377 | pi sp | det al | 5.0 | 5.0 | 12.7 | 12.7 | +5.0 |
| Pfaadt, Brandon 4812 | pi sp | ari nl | 3.7 | 16.1 | 19.8 | 19.8 | -8.7 |
| Malloy, Justyn-Henry 5031 | dh rf ph | det al | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +1.0 |
| Stott, Bryson 4607 | 2b | phi nl | 1.5 | 7.5 | 13.0 | 13.0 | -4.5 |
| Varsho, Daulton 4398 | cf | tor al | 1.5 | 5.0 | 15.5 | 15.5 | -2.0 |
| Devers, Rafael 4038 | dh 3b | bos al | 1.0 | 6.0 | 27.5 | 39.5 | -4.0 |
| Jax, Griffin 4478 | pi mr | min al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 0.0 |
| Blewett, Scott 5174 | pi cp | atl nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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