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Tigers pitcher Tarik Skubal is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to second place in season player rankings and first among American League pitchers.
Other Player of the Game winners Sunday include Phillies pitcher Ranger Suárez, Aaron Judge of the Yankees and Oneil Cruz of the Pirates.
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 Sunday, June 29.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 14.1 |
| 2 | Tarik Skubal | pi sp | Tigers | 12.7 |
| 3 | Hunter Brown | pi sp | Astros | 11.4 |
| 4 | Garrett Crochet | pi sp | Red Sox | 11.1 |
| 5 | Bryan Woo | pi sp | Mariners | 11.0 |
| 6 | Nick Pivetta | pi sp | Padres | 11.0 |
| 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 |
Skubal struck out 13 over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 3-0 win over the Twins.
Skubal earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 12.7 for the season, rising from sixth to second place among all players behind Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler (14.1 points).
Skubal also rises to first place among American League pitchers, passing previous leader Hunter Brown of the Astros (11.4 points).
Skubal recorded a +18.0 Box-Toppers game score Sunday, the third-best among all Player of the Game winners so far this season. Skubal also has the highest game score this season (+20.0 on May 25: CG 2H 0R 0BB 13K W in the 5-0 win over the Guardians). The second-best game score this season was +19.0 on Friday by Cardinals pitcher Sonny Gray (CG H 0R 0BB 11K W in the 5-0 win over the Guardians).
National League Player of the Day
Phillies pitcher Ranger Suárez struck out eight over seven innings, allowing one run, four hits and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Braves.
Suárez earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 8.1 for the season, 17th among all players and eighth among NL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day
Aaron Judge of the Yankees hit two home runs and went 2-for-4, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 12-5 win over the Athletics.
Judge earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 5.0 for the season, fourth among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day
Oneil Cruz of the Pirates hit two home runs and went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 12-1 win over the Mets.
Debut
Kyle Teel of the White Sox made his Box-Toppers debut Sunday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Teel (2B 3-4 R 2BI in the 5-2 win over the Giants) made his Major League debut June 6 and was playing in his 16th career game.
Scoring
Skubal earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Suárez earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day.
Judge and Cruz each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day.
All of Sunday’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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Sunday’s Sidelights Sidebar
Reviewing the day’s top pitchers, overlooked top performers & lowest Box-Toppers game scores.Top pitching matchup
Result—HOU 2, CHC 0A Box-Toppers look at Sunday’s pitching matchups Notable—CHC at HOU Jameson Taillon #Cubs 13.4 B-T points over 2024-25, 63rd* Framber Valdez #Astros 23.1 B-T points over 2024-25, 9th* *Overall rank 2024-25 All Sunday pitching matchups: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/6/...
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) Jun 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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Framber Valdez, Astros, was Player of the Game (6IP 5H 0R 2BB 6K W) with +5.0 B-T game score.
Jameson Taillon, Cubs, had -1.8 B-T game score in loss (4.2IP 5H 2R BB 4K L).
Valdez earns 1.0 B-T point, giving him 24.1 over 2024-25, rising to 6th overall over that span.
High scores, no points
Highest Box-Toppers game scores for the day among players who did not earn Player of the Game honors:▪️+7.0—Chad Patrick, Brewers (5IP 4H 0R 2BB 8K ND)
Was not Player of the Game in loss vs. COL.
Player of the Game—Tyler Kinley, Rockies (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K Sv) with +3.0 game score.
▪️+4.2—Stephen Kolek, Padres (5.2IP 3H R BB 5K ND)
Was not Player of the Game in loss vs. CIN.
Player of the Game—Will Benson, Reds (2B 3-4 R BI) with +1.0 game score.
▪️+4.0—Cody Bellinger, Yankees (HR 2B 3-5 3R 3BI)
Was not Player of the Game in win vs. ATH.
Player of the Game—Teammate Aaron Judge (2HR 2-4 3R 4BI) with +5.0 game score.
Lowest Box-Toppers game scores
Out of 441 total players Sunday, 135 pitchers-14.8—Luis Severino, Athletics (3.2IP 5H 7R 6ER 3BB 3K L vs. NYY)
-13.8—Jalen Beeks, Diamondbacks
-12.9—JT Brubaker, Yankees
-11.9—Taj Bradley, Rays
-11.0—Frankie Montas, Mets
Lowest Box-Toppers game scores by batters
Out of 306 total batters Sunday-5.0—Isaac Collins, Brewers 0-5 2K
-5.0—Adolis García, Rangers 0-5 2K
-5.0—Jordan Beck, Rockies 0-5 K
-5.0—Brendan Donovan, Cardinals 0-5 K
-5.0—Steven Kwan, Guardians 0-5
Box-Toppers uses Baseball-Reference.com, MLB.com and other sources to compile this information.
Tarik Skubal #Tigers now has 2 of the 3 highest Box-Toppers game scores for 2025: +20.0—Skubal 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 +18.0—Skubal 6/29: 7IP H 0R BB 13K W vs. MIN +16.2—Zac Gallen #Dbacks 4/2: 6.2IP 3H 0R 0BB 13K W vs. NYY
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) Jun 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
2025 Box-Toppers points—AL batters 1—Riley Greene #Tigers 7.5 2—Wilyer Abreu #RedSox 6.0 3—George Springer #BlueJays 5.5 4—Aaron Judge #Yankees 5.0* 5—Brandon Lowe #Rays 5.0 6—Javier Báez #Tigers 5.0 *Earns 1.5 B-T points as Sunday’s AL Batter of the Day www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/6/...
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) Jun 30, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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).| 6/29 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +18.0 | DET 3, MIN 0 | Tarik Skubal (W, 10‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| +9.0 | BAL 5, TB 1 | Dean Kremer (W, 7‑7) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| NL | +8.0 | PHI 2, ATL 1 | Ranger Suárez (W, 7‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | |
| +8.0 | LAD 5, KC 1 | Justin Wrobleski (W, 4‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | NYY 12, ATH 5 | Aaron Judge DH | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | HOU 2, CHC 0 | Framber Valdez (W, 9‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| +5.0 | MIA 6, ARI 4 | Lake Bachar (W, 4‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | PIT 12, NYM 1 | Oneil Cruz CF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | TOR 5, BOS 3 | Jeff Hoffman (S, 18) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | STL 7, CLE 0 | Nolan Gorman DH | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | WSH 7, LAA 4 (F/11) | Kyle Finnegan (W, 1‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| +3.0 | COL 4, MIL 3 (F/11) | Tyler Kinley (S, 3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | SEA 6, TEX 4 (F/12) | Mitch Garver C | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | CHW 5, SF 2 | Kyle Teel C | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | CIN 3, SD 2 | Will Benson RF | 4 | 1 | 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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skubal, Tarik 4414 | pi sp | det al | 12.7 | 33.8 | 63.9 | 63.9 | -8.4 |
| Valdez, Framber 4048 | pi sp | hou al | 8.7 | 24.1 | 59.8 | 65.5 | -6.7 |
| Suarez, Ranger 4228 | pi sp | phi nl | 8.1 | 18.5 | 36.2 | 37.2 | -2.3 |
| Hoffman, Jeff 3806 | pi cp | tor al | 6.0 | 11.0 | 17.0 | 20.7 | +1.0 |
| Judge, Aaron 3767 | dh rf | nyy al | 5.0 | 18.0 | 56.2 | 73.4 | -8.0 |
| Benson, Will 4851 | rf | cin nl | 3.5 | 6.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | +0.8 |
| Bachar, Lake 5155 | pi mr | fla nl | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
| Cruz, Oneil 4665 | cf ss | pit nl | 2.5 | 6.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | -1.0 |
| Kremer, Dean 4330 | pi sp | bal al | 2.0 | 10.7 | 31.8 | 31.8 | -6.7 |
| Kinley, Tyler 4617 | pi cp | col nl | 2.0 | 7.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | -3.0 |
| Gorman, Nolan 4633 | 2b dh | stl nl | 2.0 | 5.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 | -1.5 |
| Wrobleski, Justin 5062 | pi cp mr sp | lad nl | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Finnegan, Kyle 4535 | pi cp | dc nl | 1.0 | 6.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | -4.0 |
| Garver, Mitch 3950 | ca dh | sea al | 1.0 | 2.5 | 11.5 | 26.5 | -0.5 |
| Teel, Kyle 5213 | ca | chi al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Monday’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SD | Waldron, Matt 4946 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| PHI | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | 14.1 | 35.5 | 86.7 | 119.1 |
| STL | Fedde, Erick 4065 | 2.7 | 11.4 | 26.2 | 29.9 |
| PIT | Heaney, Andrew 3515 | 6.0 | 15.0 | 42.8 | 62.5 |
| NYY | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | 9.7 | 22.4 | 54.9 | 80.0 |
| TOR | Scherzer, Max 2588 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 56.5 | 253.7 |
| CIN | Burnes, Chase* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| BOS | Crochet, Garrett 4434 | 11.1 | 21.8 | 22.8 | 22.8 |
| ATH | Lopez, Jacob 5202 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 |
| TB | Rasmussen, Drew 4547 | 7.7 | 9.4 | 29.2 | 29.2 |
| BAL | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | 3.7 | 5.7 | 19.7 | 19.7 |
| TEX | Corbin, Patrick 3027 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 24.8 | 99.4 |
| KC | Wacha, Michael 3276 | 5.4 | 15.8 | 42.3 | 77.0 |
| SEA | Kirby, George 4595 | 2.0 | 17.4 | 42.5 | 42.5 |
| SF | Webb, Logan 4258 | 5.0 | 16.0 | 54.6 | 56.3 |
| ARI | Nelson, Ryne 4728 | 4.7 | 13.1 | 21.5 | 21.5 |
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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