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Cardinals pitcher Sonny Gray is Friday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to eighth 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 Friday, June 27.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 14.1 |
| 2 | Hunter Brown | pi sp | Astros | 11.4 |
| 3 | Garrett Crochet | pi sp | Red Sox | 11.1 |
| 4 | Bryan Woo | pi sp | Mariners | 11.0 |
| 5 | Nick Pivetta | pi sp | Padres | 11.0 |
| 6 | Tarik Skubal | pi sp | Tigers | 10.7 |
| 7 | Paul Skenes | pi sp | Pirates | 10.4 |
| 8 | Sonny Gray | pi sp | Cardinals | 10.0 |
| 9 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | pi sp | Dodgers | 10.0 |
| 10 | Max Fried | pi sp | Yankees | 9.7 |
Other Player of the Game winners Friday include Blue Jays pitcher José Berríos, Gary Sánchez of the Orioles and Trea Turner of the Phillies.
Player of the Day
Gray pitched a complete-game, one-hit shutout, strking out 11 and walking none, in the 5-0 win over the Guardians.
Gray, throwing just 89 pitches, allowed his only hit in the fifth inning, a single to Nolan Jones, the only baserunner he allowed.
Gray earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 10.0 for the season, eighth among all players and fourth among National League pitchers.
Gray becomes the ninth player this season to reach 10 Box-Toppers points. It is his seventh season (and fourth straight season) with 10 or more points. His best season was 2015 with the Athletics when he earned 17.8 Box-Toppers points, sixth among American League pitchers. In 2024, he earned 12.4 points with the Cardinals, 14th among NL pitchers.
Gray recorded a Box-Toppers game score Friday of +19.0, second-best by all Player of the Game winners so far in 2025, behind only the +20.0 game score recorded by Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal on May 25 (CG 2H 0R 0BB 13K W in the 5-0 win over the Guardians).
Highest Box-Toppers game scores 2025: +20.0—Tarik Skubal #TIgers 5/25: CG 2H 0R 0BB 13K W vs. CLE +19.0—Sonny Gray #Cardinals 6/27: CG H 0R 0BB 11K W vs. CLE +16.2—Zac Gallen #Dbacks 4/2: 6.2IP 3H 0R 0BB 13K W vs. NYY +16.0—Ronel Blanco #Astros 5/11: 8IP 2H 0R BB 11K W vs. CIN
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) Jun 28, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Gray also now has 120.3 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 50th among all players since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995. With his 2.0 points Friday, he passes three players on the “all-time” career points list—Carlos Delgado (118.7), Cliff Lee (119.1) and Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler (119.1). He now trails 49th-ranked player Gary Sheffield (124.1). (It should be noted Sheffield began his career before the 1995 advent of Box-Toppers. If his entire career from 1988 were tracked, Box-Toppers estimates his career total at 155.)
Passing Wheeler, Gray now ranks eighth among active players in career points, fifth among active NL pitchers.
American League Player of the Day
Blue Jays pitcher José Berríos struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk, in the 9-0 win over the Red Sox.
Berríos earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 7.7 for the season, 20th among all players and 10th among AL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day
Gary Sánchez of the Orioles homered, doubled and went 4-for-5, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 22-8 win over the Rays.
National League Batter of the Day
Trea Turner of the Phillies hit two home runs, doubled and went 4-for-6, scoring four times and driving in two runs, in the 13-0 win over the Braves.
Scoring
Gray earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Berríos earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day.
Sánchez and Turner each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day.
All of Friday’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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Friday’s Sidelights Sidebar
Reviewing the day’s top pitchers, overlooked top performers & lowest Box-Toppers game scores.Top pitching matchup
Result—STL 5, CLE 0A Box-Toppers look at Friday’s pitching matchups Notable—STL at CLE Sonny Gray #Cardinals 8.0 B-T points in 2025, 15th* Luis L. Ortiz #CleGuardians 7.4 B-T points in 2025, 25th* *Overall rank 2025 All Friday pitching matchups: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/6/...
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) Jun 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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Sonny Gray, Cardinals, was Player of the Game (CG H 0R 0BB 11K W) with +19.0 B-T game score.
Luis L. Ortiz, Guardians, had -3.0 B-T game score in loss (7IP 6H 4R BB 5K L).
Gray earns 2.0 B-T points as Friday’s overall Player of the Day, giving him 10.0 for 2025, rising to eighth place overall.
High scores, no points
Highest Box-Toppers game scores for the day among players who did not earn Player of the Game honors:▪️+6.0—Spencer Steer, Reds (3HR 3-4 3R 4BI)
Was not Player of the Game in win vs. SD.
Player of the Game—Teammate Nick Martinez (8IP H R 2BB 6K W) with +9.0 game score.
▪️+5.0—Colton Cowser, Orioles (3-2B 3-4 4R 2BI)
Was not Player of the Game in win vs. TB.
Player of the Game—Teammate Gary Sánchez (HR 2B 4-5 3R 4BI) with +6.0 game score.
▪️+5.0—Ramón Laureano, Orioles (2B 2-3 4R 2BI)
Was not Player of the Game in win vs. TB.
Player of the Game—Teammate Gary Sánchez (HR 2B 4-5 3R 4BI) with +6.0 game score.
Lowest Box-Toppers game scores
Out of 446 total players Friday, 132 pitchers-27.0—Bryce Elder, Braves (2IP 8H 10R 9ER 4BB 2K L vs. PHI)
-20.9—Jake Irvin, Nationals
-20.0—Cade Horton, Cubs
-19.0—José Soriano, Angels
Lowest Box-Toppers game scores by batters
Out of 314 total batters Friday-5.0—Ian Happ, Cubs 0-5 3K
-5.0—Michael Toglia, Rockies 0-5 3K
-5.0—Mickey Moniak, Rockies 0-5 2K
-5.0—Mike Tauchman, White Sox 0-5 2K
Box-Toppers uses Baseball-Reference.com, MLB.com and other sources to compile this information.
Career Box-Toppers points—Active NL pitchers 1—Clayton Kershaw #Dodgers 276.1 2—Justin Verlander #SFGiants 247.0 3—Chris Sale #Braves 179.8 4—Yu Darvish #Padres 139.7 5—Sonny Gray #STLCards 120.3* 6—Zack Wheeler #Phillies 119.1 *Earns 2.0 B-T points Friday www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/6/...
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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).| 6/27 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +19.0 | STL 5, CLE 0 | Sonny Gray (W, 8‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 9.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | |
| AL | +10.0 | TOR 9, BOS 0 | José Berríos (W, 4‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| +9.2 | MIN 4, DET 1 | David Festa (W, 2‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| +9.0 | CIN 8, SD 1 | Nick Martinez (W, 5‑8) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| BAT | +6.0 | BAL 22, TB 8 | Gary Sánchez C | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +6.0 | NYY 3, ATH 0 | Will Warren (W, 5‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | ||
| +5.0 | HOU 7, CHC 4 | Cam Smith RF | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | PHI 13, ATL 0 | Trea Turner SS | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | MIA 9, ARI 8 | Otto Lopez SS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | MIL 10, COL 6 | Jackson Chourio CF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | WSH 15, LAA 9 | Josh Bell DH | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | LAD 5, KC 4 | Shohei Ohtani DH | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | SF 3, CHW 1 | Camilo Doval (S, 13) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | PIT 9, NYM 1 | Bryan Reynolds RF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | SEA 7, TEX 6 (F/12) | Julio Rodríguez CF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gray, Sonny 3259 | pi sp | stl nl | 10.0 | 22.4 | 56.0 | 120.3 | -2.4 |
| Berrios, Jose 3791 | pi sp | tor al | 7.7 | 17.4 | 49.2 | 86.7 | -2.0 |
| Warren, Will 5143 | pi sp | nyy al | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | 7.4 | +7.4 |
| Chourio, Jackson 4970 | lf cf | mil nl | 5.0 | 10.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | -0.7 |
| Turner, Trea 3730 | ss | phi nl | 4.0 | 8.2 | 18.7 | 29.9 | -0.2 |
| Martinez, Nick 3430 | pi sp | cin nl | 3.7 | 13.4 | 25.8 | 32.5 | -6.0 |
| Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | dh | lad nl | 3.5 | 14.5 | 74.7 | 89.2 | -7.5 |
| Smith, Cam 5148 | rf | hou al | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | +3.5 |
| Sanchez, Gary 3701 | ca dh | bal al | 3.0 | 5.0 | 13.0 | 30.5 | +1.0 |
| Reynolds, Bryan 4169 | rf | pit nl | 2.5 | 8.0 | 30.7 | 33.7 | -3.0 |
| Lopez, Otto 5021 | ss 2b | fla nl | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | +0.5 |
| Rodriguez, Julio 4590 | cf | sea al | 2.0 | 8.5 | 20.0 | 20.0 | -4.5 |
| Doval, Camilo 4658 | pi cp | sf nl | 2.0 | 8.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | -4.0 |
| Bell, Josh E. 3682 | dh 1b | dc nl | 2.0 | 8.0 | 18.0 | 35.7 | -4.0 |
| Festa, David 5067 | pi sp mr | min al | 2.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | -0.7 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Saturday’s pitching matchups
A Box-Toppers look at the upcoming day’s probable pitching matchups. Teams are paired below with visiting teams on top and home teams on the bottom. Each team’s starting pitcher is shown with their Box-Toppers point total from 2025 (’25), this year and last year (’24-25), over a six-year period (’20-25) and their career point total.Back to top
| Game | Starter | ’25 | ’24‑25 | ’20‑25 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATH | Sears, JP 4627 | 2.0 | 9.7 | 18.7 | 18.7 |
| NYY | Schmidt, Clarke 4581 | 4.7 | 8.7 | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| MIN | Ober, Bailey 4441 | 1.0 | 14.4 | 32.8 | 32.8 |
| DET | Mize, Casey 4377 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 12.7 | 12.7 |
| NYM | Blackburn, Paul 3869 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 13.7 | 16.7 |
| PIT | Falter, Bailey 4473 | 4.7 | 8.4 | 18.1 | 18.1 |
| TB | Littell, Zack 4533 | 3.0 | 11.4 | 17.4 | 17.4 |
| BAL | Eflin, Zach 3679 | 3.0 | 10.7 | 32.8 | 54.2 |
| SEA | Woo, Bryan 4842 | 11.0 | 22.7 | 31.4 | 31.4 |
| TEX | Rocker, Kumar 5108 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| SD | Vasquez, Randy 4841 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| CIN | Abbott, Andrew 4839 | 6.7 | 11.7 | 22.7 | 22.7 |
| STL | Mikolas, Miles 3034 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 27.8 | 45.2 |
| CLE | Cecconi, Slade 4913 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| TOR | Bassitt, Chris 3413 | 4.0 | 11.7 | 62.9 | 75.6 |
| BOS | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 31.4 | 52.1 |
| COL | Senzatela, Antonio 3760 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 14.0 |
| MIL | Priester, Quinn 5059 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| LAD | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | 2.5 | 13.5 | 73.7 | 88.2 |
| KC | Lugo, Seth 3729 | 3.0 | 17.1 | 28.5 | 41.5 |
| SF | Ray, Robbie 3502 | 6.4 | 10.1 | 43.2 | 86.3 |
| CHW | Houser, Adrian 4162 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 16.4 | 18.4 |
| MIA | Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 43.8 | 50.2 |
| ARI | Pfaadt, Brandon 4812 | 3.7 | 16.1 | 19.8 | 19.8 |
| PHI | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | 8.7 | 10.7 | 44.6 | 44.6 |
| ATL | Schwellenbach, Spencer 5035 | 5.0 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 |
| CHC | Rea, Colin 3582 | 1.0 | 11.4 | 16.4 | 20.1 |
| HOU | McCullers, Lance 3488 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 18.8 | 51.7 |
| WSH | Soroka, Michael 3956 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 16.4 |
| LAA | Hendricks, Kyle 3386 | 3.0 | 8.7 | 28.4 | 82.3 |
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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