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Dodgers pitcher Blake Snell is Saturday’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 Saturday, Aug. 9.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 19.1 |
| 2 | Tarik Skubal | pi sp | Tigers | 17.4 |
| 3 | Paul Skenes | pi sp | Pirates | 16.1 |
| 4 | Nick Pivetta | pi sp | Padres | 15.7 |
| 5 | Garrett Crochet | pi sp | Red Sox | 14.1 |
| 6 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | pi sp | Dodgers | 14.0 |
| 7 | Sonny Gray | pi sp | Cardinals | 13.0 |
| 8 | Bryan Woo | pi sp | Mariners | 13.0 |
| 9 | Jesús Luzardo | pi sp | Phillies | 12.7 |
| 10 | Nathan Eovaldi | pi sp | Rangers | 12.4 |
Other Player of the Game winners Saturday include Shea Langeliers of the Athletics, Taylor Ward of the Angels and Marcell Ozuna of the Braves.
Player of the Day
Snell struck out 10 over five scoreless innings, allowing three hits and three walks, in the 9-1 win over the Blue Jays.
Snell earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season, and is 309th among all players, 82nd among National League pitchers.
Snell has now earned Box-Toppers points in 10 straight seasons with his first points of the 2025 season. He earned his first points in 2016 with the Rays and now has 106.8 career points, 78th-most among all players since Box-Toppers tracking began in 1995.
With his 2.0 points Saturday, Snell passes five players on the “all-time” career points list—Scott Kazmir (105.1), Aramis Ramirez (105.8), Frank Thomas (106.2), Francisco Liriano (106.2) and James Shields (106.4). (It should be noted that Thomas began his career in 1990, prior to the start of Box-Toppers tracking. If his entire career had been tracked, Box-Toppers projects he would have about 146 career points).
Snell now trails 77th-ranked player Lance Berkman (108.1). Snell ranks 14th among active, signed players in career points, ninth among active NL pitchers.
Snell’s best season was 2018 with the Rays, when he had 27.2 Box-Toppers points, first among all players. In 2024, he had 15.7 points with the Giants, seventh overall and fifth among NL pitchers.
American League Player of the Day
Shea Langeliers of the Athletics homered, doubled and went 3-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 11-3 win over the Orioles.
Langeliers earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being AL Player of the Day, giving him 5.7 for the season, 13th among AL batters.
Notable
Langeliers recorded a +4.0 Box-Toppers game score, the same as another AL batter who won Player of the Game honors Saturday—Taylor Ward of the Angels (HR 2B 3-4 2R 3BI in the 7-4 win over the Tigers). Though they both had the same game score and similar line scores, Langeliers beat Ward for AL Player of the Day honors on a tiebreaker with more walks—one vs. zero.
Notably, Ward has the most 2025 Box-Toppers points among Saturday’s 16 Player of the Game winners.
Ward earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 7.5 for the season, 56th among all players and fifth among AL batters.
National League Batter of the Day
Marcell Ozuna of the Braves hit two home runs, including a three-run homer, in the 8-6 win over the Marlins. Ozuna went 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in four runs.
Ozuna earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 5.7 for the season, 15th among NL batters.
American League Batter of the Day
There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Saturday because the overall AL Player of the Day is batter Shea Langeliers.
Debut
Braves pitcher Hurston Waldrep made his Box-Toppers debut Saturday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Waldrep (6IP 4H R BB 6K W in the 7-1 win over the Marlins) made his Major League debut June 9, 2024, and was playing in his fourth career game.
Scoring
Snell earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Langeliers earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day.
Ozuna earns 1.5 points for being NL Batter of the Day.
All of Saturday’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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Saturday’s Sidelights Sidebar
Reviewing the day’s top pitchers, overlooked top performers & lowest Box-Toppers game scores.Top pitching matchup
Result—PHI 3, TEX 2A Box-Toppers look at Saturday’s pitching matchups Notable—PHI at TEX Jesús Luzardo #Phillies 12.7 B-T points in 2025, 9th* Jacob deGrom #Rangers 9.0 B-T points in 2025, 29th* *Overall rank 2025 All Saturday pitching matchups: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/8/...
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) Aug 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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Neither starter was Player of the Game.
Jesús Luzardo, Phillies, had 0.0 B-T game score (6IP 7H R BB 4K W).
Jacob deGrom, Rangers, had +1.2 B-T game score in loss (6.2IP 6H 3R BB 8K L).
Player of the Game—Jhoan Duran, Phillies (1IP 0H 0R 0BB K Sv) with +2.0 game score.
High scores, no points
Highest Box-Toppers game scores for the day among players who did not earn Player of the Game honors:▪️+3.0—Matt Shaw, Cubs (HR 3B 2-3 2R 2BI)
Was not Player of the Game in win vs. STL
Player of the Game—Teammate Colin Rea (6IP 3H R 2BB 6K W) with +5.0 game score.
▪️+3.0—Kenley Jansen, Angels (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K Sv)
Was not Player of the Game in win vs. DET.
Player of the Game—Teammate Taylor Ward (HR 2B 3-4 2R 3BI) with +4.0 game score.
▪️+3.0—Bailey Ober, Twins (6IP 4H R BB 4K L)
Was not Player of the Game in loss vs. KC
Player of the Game—Carlos Estévez, Royals (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K Sv) with +3.0 game score.
Lowest Box-Toppers game scores
Out of 461 total players Saturday, 141 pitchers-18.8—Andre Pallante, Cardinals (1.2IP 7H 6R BB 0K L vs. CHC)
-15.0—Brandon Young, Orioles
-13.9—Eduardo Rodriguez, Diamondbacks
-13.8—Lucas Giolito, Red Sox
-13.8—Framber Valdez, Astros
Lowest Box-Toppers game scores by batters
Out of 320 total batters Saturday-5.0—Francisco Lindor, Mets 0-5 3K
-5.0—Hunter Goodman, Rockies 0-5 2K
-5.0—Pete Crow-Armstrong, Cubs 0-5
-4.0—Nacho Alvarez Jr., Braves 0-4 4K
Box-Toppers uses Baseball-Reference.com, MLB.com and other sources to compile this information.
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).| 8/9 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +9.0 | LAD 9, TOR 1 | Blake Snell (W, 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | |
| +5.0 | CHC 9, STL 1 | Colin Rea (W, 9‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| +5.0 | ATL 7, MIA 1 | Hurston Waldrep (W, 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| AL | +4.0 | ATH 11, BAL 3 | Shea Langeliers C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | LAA 7, DET 4 | Taylor Ward LF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | ATL 8, MIA 6 | Marcell Ozuna DH | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | `MIL 7, NYM 4 | Abner Uribe (H, 31) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | CIN 2, PIT 1 | Nick Martinez (W, 10‑9) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
| +3.0 | WSH 4, SF 2 | Brad Lord (W, 3‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| +3.0 | CLE 3, CHW 1 | Cade Smith (S, 5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +3.0 | KC 2, MIN 0 | Carlos Estévez (S, 29) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.2 | NYY 5, HOU 4 | David Bednar (W, 3‑5)(BS, 2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | SEA 7, TB 4 | Julio Rodríguez CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | SD 5, BOS 4 (F/10) | Xander Bogaerts SS | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | PHI 3, TEX 2 | Jhoan Duran (S, 19) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ||
| +2.0 | ARI 6, COL 5 | Andrew Hoffmann (W, 1‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward, Taylor 4345 | lf | ana al | 7.5 | 9.5 | 23.4 | 23.4 | +5.5 |
| Martinez, Nick 3430 | pi sp | cin nl | 5.7 | 15.4 | 27.8 | 34.5 | -4.0 |
| Ozuna, Marcell 3190 | dh | atl nl | 5.7 | 13.2 | 27.7 | 69.9 | -1.8 |
| Langeliers, Shea 4715 | ca | oak al | 5.7 | 13.2 | 15.2 | 15.2 | -1.8 |
| Bogaerts, Xander 3383 | ss | sd nl | 5.5 | 6.5 | 26.7 | 52.4 | +4.5 |
| Rodriguez, Julio 4590 | cf | sea al | 4.0 | 10.5 | 22.0 | 22.0 | -2.5 |
| Bednar, David 4499 | pi cp | nyy al | 4.0 | 6.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | +2.0 |
| Duran, Jhoan 4622 | pi cp | phi nl | 3.0 | 9.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | -3.0 |
| Estevez, Carlos 3641 | pi cp | kc al | 3.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 15.0 | 0.0 |
| Snell, Blake 3688 | pi sp | lad nl | 2.0 | 17.7 | 60.6 | 106.8 | -13.7 |
| Rea, Colin 3582 | pi sp | chi nl | 2.0 | 12.4 | 17.4 | 21.1 | -8.4 |
| Smith, Cade 5066 | pi mr cp | cle al | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.0 |
| Hoffmann, Andrew 5242 | pi mr cp | ari nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Lord, Brad 5234 | pi sp | dc nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Uribe, Abner 5195 | pi mr | mil nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +2.0 |
| Waldrep, Hurston 5248 | pi sp | oak al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Sunday’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KC | Bergert, Ryan 5198 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| MIN | Urena, Jose 3492 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 25.4 |
| CIN | Littell, Zack 4533 | 5.7 | 14.1 | 20.1 | 20.1 |
| PIT | Burrows, Mike 5196 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| HOU | Alexander, Jason 5241 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| NYY | Fried, Max 4011 | 10.7 | 24.1 | 66.6 | 77.6 |
| MIA | Quantrill, Cal 4195 | 6.7 | 11.7 | 27.4 | 29.4 |
| ATL | Wentz, Joey 4639 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| ATH | Morales, Luis* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| BAL | Povich, Cade 5029 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| LAA | Kochanowicz, Jack 5094 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| DET | Mize, Casey 4377 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 13.7 | 13.7 |
| CLE | Cecconi, Slade 4913 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| CHW | Martin, Davis 4657 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| NYM | Manaea, Sean 3637 | 1.0 | 16.4 | 43.8 | 70.3 |
| MIL | Priester, Quinn 5059 | 8.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 |
| PHI | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | 19.1 | 40.5 | 91.7 | 124.1 |
| TEX | Corbin, Patrick 3027 | 4.0 | 9.0 | 26.8 | 101.4 |
| WSH | Gore, MacKenzie 4582 | 6.7 | 14.7 | 26.4 | 26.4 |
| SF | Verlander, Justin 2112 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 41.4 | 247.0 |
| BOS | Bello, Brayan 4727 | 6.4 | 14.1 | 17.1 | 17.1 |
| SD | Cease, Dylan 4231 | 7.7 | 28.8 | 73.6 | 75.6 |
| COL | Gordon, Tanner 5230 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| ARI | Pfaadt, Brandon 4812 | 5.7 | 18.1 | 21.8 | 21.8 |
| TB | Houser, Adrian 4162 | 4.7 | 5.7 | 19.1 | 21.1 |
| SEA | Woo, Bryan 4842 | 13.0 | 24.7 | 33.4 | 33.4 |
| TOR | Lauer, Eric 4017 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 25.4 | 38.8 |
| LAD | Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | 3.0 | 14.7 | 47.8 | 63.5 |
| CHC | Imanaga, Shota 4960 | 6.0 | 26.7 | 26.7 | 26.7 |
| STL | Gray, Sonny 3259 | 13.0 | 25.4 | 59.0 | 123.3 |
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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