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Rays pitcher Drew Rasmussen is Tuesday’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 Monday, June 2.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 11.1 |
| 2 | Carlos Rodón | pi sp | Yankees | 9.7 |
| 3 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | pi sp | Dodgers | 9.0 |
| 4 | Garrett Crochet | pi sp | Red Sox | 8.4 |
| 5 | Tarik Skubal | pi sp | Tigers | 8.0 |
| 6 | Bryan Woo | pi sp | Mariners | 8.0 |
| 7 | Joe Ryan | pi sp | Twins | 7.7 |
| 8 | Kris Bubic | pi sp | Royals | 7.7 |
| 9 | Hunter Brown | pi sp | Astros | 7.4 |
| 10 | Sonny Gray | pi sp | Cardinals | 7.0 |
Also Tuesday, Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón rises to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors, extending his lead among American League pitchers. Other Player of the Game winners Tuesday include Corbin Carroll of the Diamondbacks and Bobby Witt Jr. of the Royals.
Player of the Day
Rasmussen struck out eight over five scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 5-1 win over the Rangers.
Rasmussen earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 6.7 for the season, 16th among all players and ninth among AL pitchers.
National League Player of the Day
Corbin Carroll of the Diamondbacks (2HR 3-4 3R 4BI in the 8-3 win over the Braves) earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points, giving him 4.2 for the season, 52nd among all players and sixth among NL batters.
American League Batter of the Day
Bobby Witt Jr. of the Royals (HR 2-4 2R 4BI in the 10-7 win over the Cardinals) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, giving him 2.5 for the season, 21st among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day
There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Tuesday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Corbin Carroll.
2025 Box-Toppers points—AL pitchers 1—Carlos Rodón #Yankees 9.7* 2—Garrett Crochet #RedSox 8.4 3—Tarik Skubal #Tigers 8.0 4—Bryan Woo #Mariners 8.0 5—Joe Ryan #Twins 7.7 6—Kris Bubic #Royals 7.7 *Earns 1.0 B-T point as Player of the Game Tuesday www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/6/...
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) Jun 4, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Rankings
Yankees pitcher Carlos Rodón rises from third to second place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Tuesday, extending his lead among American League pitchers.
Rodón (7IP 5H R BB 8K W in the 3-2 win over the Guardians) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 9.7 for the season, trailing only Phillies pitcher Zack Wheeler (11.1 points). He leads AL pitchers ahead of second-place Garrett Crochet of the Red Sox (8.4 points).
Scoring
Rasmussen earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Carroll earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day.
Witt earns 1.5 points for being AL Batter of the Day.
All of Tuesday’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).| 6/3 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +12.0 | TB 5, TEX 1 | Drew Rasmussen (W, 5‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | |
| +10.0 | HOU 3, PIT 0 | Lance McCullers Jr. (W, 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| +7.0 | NYY 3, CLE 2 | Carlos Rodón (W, 8‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| +6.1 | CHW 8, DET 1 | Shane Smith (W, 2‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | ||
| NL | +6.0 | ARI 8, ATL 3 | Corbin Carroll RF | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | CHC 8, WSH 3 | Michael Busch 1B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | KC 10, STL 7 | Bobby Witt Jr. SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | BAL 5, SEA 1 | Tomoyuki Sugano (W, 5‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | ||
| +3.0 | PHI 8, TOR 3 | Trea Turner SS | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | LAD 6, NYM 5 (F/10) | Max Muncy 3B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | LAA 4, BOS 3 (F/10) | Reid Detmers (S, 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.1 | CIN 4, MIL 2 | Graham Ashcraft (W, 4‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| +2.0 | SD 3, SF 2 (F/10) | Manny Machado 3B | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | MIN 10, ATH 3 | Willi Castro RF‑LF | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.1 | COL 3, MIA 2 | Victor Vodnik (W, 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rodon, Carlos 3494 | pi sp | nyy al | 9.7 | 22.4 | 54.9 | 80.0 | -3.0 |
| Rasmussen, Drew 4547 | pi sp | tb al | 6.7 | 8.4 | 28.2 | 28.2 | +5.0 |
| Carroll, Corbin 4818 | rf | ari nl | 4.2 | 7.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 | +0.7 |
| Ashcraft, Graham 4645 | pi mr | cin nl | 4.0 | 5.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | +3.0 |
| Sugano, Tomoyuki 5163 | pi sp | bal al | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | +3.7 |
| Muncy, Max 3969 | 3b | lad nl | 3.5 | 5.5 | 25.2 | 35.2 | +1.5 |
| Smith, Shane 5158 | pi sp | chi al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
| Busch, Michael 4981 | 1b | chi nl | 2.7 | 6.2 | 6.2 | 6.2 | -0.8 |
| Witt, Bobby Jr. 4592 | ss | kc al | 2.5 | 11.4 | 21.1 | 21.1 | -6.4 |
| Machado, Manny 3087 | 3b dh | sd nl | 2.5 | 9.5 | 26.9 | 63.3 | -4.5 |
| Turner, Trea 3730 | ss | phi nl | 2.5 | 6.7 | 17.2 | 28.4 | -1.7 |
| Castro, Willi 4334 | lf 3b rf | min al | 2.5 | 2.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | +2.5 |
| McCullers, Lance 3488 | pi sp | hou al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 18.8 | 51.7 | +2.0 |
| Detmers, Reid 4513 | pi sp | ana al | 1.0 | 4.7 | 19.4 | 19.4 | -2.7 |
| Vodnik, Victor 5116 | pi mr | col nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
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