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Diamondbacks pitcher Merrill Kelly is Wednesday’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 Wednesday, June 4.| 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 | Merrill Kelly | pi sp | Diamondbacks | 7.7 |
| 9 | Kris Bubic | pi sp | Royals | 7.7 |
| 10 | Hunter Brown | pi sp | Astros | 7.4 |
Other Player of the Game winners Wednesday include Guardians pitcher Luis Ortiz, Isaac Collins of the Brewers and Brandon Lowe of the Rays.
Player of the Day
Kelly struck out eight over seven scoreless innings, allowing one hit and one walk, in the 2-1 win over the Braves.
Kelly earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 7.7 for the season, eighth among all players and third among National League pitchers, behind Zack Wheeler of the Phillies (11.1 points) and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Dodgers (9.0 points).
American League Player of the Day
Luis L. Ortiz of the Guardians (5.2IP 3H 0R 3BB 7K W in the 4-0 win over the Astros) earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points, giving him 5.4 for the season, 13th among AL pitchers.
National League Batter of the Day
Isaac Collins of the Brewers (HR 1-1 R 3BI in the 9-1 win over the Reds) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, giving him 2.5 for the season, 36th among NL batters.
American League Batter of the Day
Brandon Lowe of the Rays (HR 2B 3-4 2R 2BI in the 5-4 win over the Rangers) earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points, giving him 4.0 for the season, fifth among AL batters.
Debut
2025 Box-Toppers points—NL pitchers 1—Zack Wheeler #Phillies 11.1 2—Yoshinobu Yamamoto #Dodgers 9.0 3—Merrill Kelly #Dbacks 7.7* 4—Sonny Gray #STLCards 7.0 5—Nick Pivetta #Padres 7.0 6—Paul Skenes #Pirates 6.7 *Earns 2.0 B-T points as Wednesday’s Player of the Day www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/6/...
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) Jun 5, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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Pirates pitcher Mike Burrows made his Box-Toppers debut Wednesday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Burrows (5.1IP 5H 0R 0BB 6K W in the 3-0 win over the Astros) made his Major League debut Sept. 28, 2024, and was playing in his fourth career game.
Scoring
Kelly earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Ortiz earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day.
Collins and Lowe each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day.
All of Wednesday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
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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).| 6/4 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +13.0 | ARI 2, ATL 1 | Merrill Kelly (W, 6‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | |
| +10.0 | WSH 2, CHC 0 | MacKenzie Gore (W, 3‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| +9.0 | NYM 6, LAD 1 | Griffin Canning (W, 6‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | ||
| AL | +6.2 | CLE 4, NYY 0 | Luis L. Ortiz (W, 3‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | |
| +6.1 | PIT 3, HOU 0 | Mike Burrows (W, 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| +5.0 | `DET 5, CHW 4 | Will Vest (5‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +4.1 | COL 3, MIA 2 | Kyle Freeland (W, 1‑8) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | MIL 9, CIN 1 | Isaac Collins LF | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| BAT | +3.0 | TB 5, TEX 4 | Brandon Lowe 2B | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | BOS 11, LAA 9 | Wilyer Abreu RF | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | TOR 2, PHI 1 | José Berríos | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| +3.0 | `BAL 3, SEA 2 | Grergory Soto (H, 13) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| +2.2 | SF 6, SD 5 | Sean Hjelle (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||
| +2.0 | MIN 6, ATH 1 | Ryan Jeffers DH | 4 | 2 | 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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly, Merrill 4143 | pi sp | ari nl | 7.7 | 9.7 | 40.7 | 48.7 | +5.7 |
| Abreu, Wilyer 4911 | rf | bos al | 6.0 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 12.0 | +1.5 |
| Gore, MacKenzie 4582 | pi sp | dc nl | 5.7 | 13.7 | 25.4 | 25.4 | -2.3 |
| Ortiz, Luis 4738 | pi sp | cle al | 5.4 | 14.4 | 15.4 | 15.4 | -3.6 |
| Berrios, Jose 3791 | pi sp | tor al | 5.0 | 14.7 | 46.5 | 84.0 | -4.7 |
| Lowe, Brandon 4108 | 2b dh | tb al | 4.0 | 11.0 | 31.5 | 32.5 | -3.0 |
| Canning, Griffin 4134 | pi sp | nym nl | 4.0 | 8.7 | 19.7 | 26.4 | -0.7 |
| Vest, Will 4608 | pi cp mr | det al | 4.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | +3.0 |
| Jeffers, Ryan 4432 | ca dh | min al | 2.5 | 5.0 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 0.0 |
| Collins, Isaac 5165 | lf | mil nl | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | +2.5 |
| Freeland, Kyle 3763 | pi sp | col nl | 1.0 | 3.0 | 22.7 | 42.1 | -1.0 |
| Soto, Gregory 4371 | pi mr cp | bal al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 0.0 |
| Hjelle, Sean 4858 | pi mr | sf nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +1.0 |
| Burrows, Mike 5196 | pi sp | pit nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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