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Rangers pitcher Nathan Eovaldi is Tuesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to 10th place in season player rankings.
Also Tuesday, two other players rise in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors: Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet rises from sixth to fifth place and Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo rises from 10th to eighth place.
Other Player of the Game winners Tuesday include Reds pitcher Zack Littell, Shea Langeliers of the Athletics and Max Muncy of the Dodgers.
Player of the Day
Eovaldi struck out six over eight scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks, in the 2-0 win over the Yankees.
Eovladi earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 12.4 for the season, 10th among all players and fourth among American League pitchers.
National League Player of the Day
Reds pitcher Zack Littell struck out nine over seven innings, allowing one run, two hits and no walks, in the 8-3 win over the White Sox.
Littell earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being NL Player of the Day, giving him 5.7 for the season, 35th among NL pitchers.
American League Batter of the Day
Shea Langeliers of the Athletics hit three home runs, doubled and went 5-for-6, scoring four times and driving in three runs, in the 16-7 win over the Nationals.
National League Batter of the Day
Max Muncy of the Dodgers hit two home runs and went 4-for-5, scoring three times and driving in four runs, in the 12-6 win over the Cardinals.
Muncy earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 7.5 for the season, sixth among NL batters.
This was Muncy’s second game since his return from a July 2 bone bruise in his left knee.
Rankings
In addition to Eovladi, two other player rose in Box-Toppers season player rankings top 10 list after both earned Player of the Game honors:
Crochet rises to fifth
Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet (7IP 4H 2R BB 8K W in the 6-2 win over the Royals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 14.1 for the season, rising from sixth to fifth in season player rankings. He ranks second among AL pitchers, 3.3 points behind Tarik Skubal of the Tigers (17.4 points).
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in 2025 Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned in the regular season through Tuesday, Aug. 5.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 19.1 |
| 2 | Tarik Skubal | pi sp | Tigers | 17.4 |
| 3 | Nick Pivetta | pi sp | Padres | 15.7 |
| 4 | Paul Skenes | pi sp | Pirates | 14.4 |
| 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 |
Woo rises to eighth
Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo (7IP 2H R 0BB 9K W in the 8-3 win over the White Sox) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 13.0 for the season, rising from 10th to eighth among all players. He ranks third among AL pitchers behind Tarik Skubal of the Tigers (17.4 points) and Garrett Crochet of the Red Sox (14.1 points).
Debut
Astros pitcher AJ Blubaugh made his Box-Toppers debut Tuesday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Blubaugh (5IP 3H 2R BB 5K W in the 7-3 win over the Marlins) made his Major League debut April 30 and was playing in his second career game.
Scoring
Eovaldi earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Littell earns 1.7 points for being NL Player of the Day.
Langeliers and Muncy each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day.
All of Tuesday’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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Tuesday’s Sidelights Sidebar
Reviewing the day’s top pitchers, overlooked top performers & lowest Box-Toppers game scores.Top pitching matchup
Result—TEX 2, NYY 0A Box-Toppers look at Tuesday’s pitching matchups Notable—NYY at TEX Will Warren #Yankees 8.4 B-T points in 2025, 19th* Nathan Eovaldi #Rangers 10.4 B-T points in 2025, 8th* *Rank among AL pitchers, 2025 All Tuesday pitching matchups: www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/8/...
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) Aug 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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Nathan Eovaldi, Rangers, was Player of the Game (8IP H 0R 0BB 6K W) with +13.0 B-T game score.
Will Warren, Yankees, had +4.0 B-T game score in loss (5IP 3H 0R 3BB 5K ND).
Eovaldi earns 2.0 B-T points as overall Player of the Day, giving him 12.4 for 2025, rising to 4th among AL pitchers.
High scores, no points
Highest Box-Toppers game scores for the day among players who did not earn Player of the Game honors:▪️+8.1—Shota Imanaga, Cubs (6.1IP 3H R 0BB 7K ND)
Was not Player of the Game in loss vs. CIN
Player of the Game—Zack Littell, Reds (7IP 3H R 2BB 8K W) with +8.0 game score.
▪️+6.0—JJ Bleday, Athletics (HR 2B 4-6 2R 6BI)
Was not Player of the Game in win vs. WSH.
Player of the Game—Teammate Shea Langeliers (3HR 2B 5-6 4R 3BI) with +6.0 game score.
Though Langeliers and Bleday both had +6.0 game scores, Langeliers won Player of the Game honors on a tiebreaker with more hits (5 vs. 4).
▪️+4.0—Brent Rooker, Athletics (2-2B 4-6 3R 3BI)
Was not Player of the Game in win vs. WSH.
Player of the Game—Teammate Shea Langeliers (3HR 2B 5-6 4R 3BI) with +6.0 game score.
Lowest Box-Toppers game scores
Out of 431 total players Tuesday, 130 pitchers-26.0—MacKenzie Gore, Nationals (3IP 12H 8R BB 0K L vs. ATH)
-19.9—Cal Quantrill, Marlins
-18.0—Andry Lara, Nationals
-17.0—Anthony Molina, Rockies
Lowest Box-Toppers game scores by batters
Out of 301 total batters Tuesday-5.0—Corbin Carroll, Diamondbacks 0-5 3K
-5.0—Daylen Lile, Nationals 0-5 3K
-5.0—Cal Raleigh, Mariners 0-5 3K
-5.0—William Contreras, Brewers 0-5 2K
-5.0—Ernie Clement, Blue Jays 0-5 K
Box-Toppers uses Baseball-Reference.com, MLB.com and other sources to compile this information.
2025 Box-Toppers points—AL pitchers 1—Tarik Skubal #Tigers 17.4 2—Garrett Crochet #RedSox 14.1* 3—Bryan Woo #Mariners 13.0* 4—Nathan Eovaldi #Rangers 12.4† 5—Hunter Brown #Astros 12.4 6—Carlos Rodón #Yankees 11.7 *Earns 1.0 B-T pt Tuesday †Earns 2.0 B-T pts TU www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/8/...
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) Aug 6, 2025 at 8:03 AM
2025 Box-Toppers points—NL batters 1—Christian Yelich #Brewers 9.7 2—Seiya Suzuki #Cubs 9.5 3—Pete Crow-Armstrong #Cubs 9.5 4—Kyle Schwarber #Phillies 8.0 5—James Wood #Nationals 7.7 6—Max Muncy #Dodgers 7.5* *Earns 1.5 B-T points as Tuesday’s NL Batter of the Day www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/8/...
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) Aug 6, 2025 at 7:51 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).| 8/5 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +13.0 | TEX 2, NYY 0 | Nathan Eovaldi (W, 10‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |
| +12.0 | SEA 8, CHW 3 | Bryan Woo (W, 9‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| NL | +8.0 | CIN 5, CHC 1 | Zack Littell (W, 9‑8) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| +7.0 | SF 8, PIT 1 | Logan Webb (W, 10‑8) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 | ||
| BAT | +6.0 | ATH 16, WSH 7 | Shea Langeliers C | 6 | 4 | 5 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| BAT | +6.0 | LAD 12, STL 6 | Max Muncy 3B | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +6.0 | TOR 10, COL 4 | Daulton Varsho CF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +6.0 | BOS 6, KC 2 | Garrett Crochet (W, 13‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | ||
| +6.0 | PHI 5, BAL 0 | Taijuan Walker (W, 4‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| +3.0 | MIL 7, ATL 2 | Freddy Peralta (W, 13‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| +3.0 | MIN 6, DET 3 | Zebby Matthews (W, 3‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| +3.0 | CLE 3, NYM 2 | Matt Festa (W, 3‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | SD 10, ARI 5 (F/11) | Jake Cronenworth 2B | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | HOU 7, MIA 3 | AJ Blubaugh (W, 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ||
| +1.0 | TB 7, LAA 3 | Brandon Lowe 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crochet, Garrett 4434 | pi sp | bos al | 14.1 | 24.8 | 25.8 | 25.8 | +3.4 |
| Woo, Bryan 4842 | pi sp | sea al | 13.0 | 24.7 | 33.4 | 33.4 | +1.3 |
| Eovaldi, Nathan 2928 | pi sp | tex al | 12.4 | 25.4 | 59.2 | 94.7 | -0.6 |
| Peralta, Freddy 3965 | pi sp | mil nl | 9.0 | 22.4 | 62.2 | 78.9 | -4.4 |
| Muncy, Max 3969 | 3b | lad nl | 7.5 | 9.5 | 29.2 | 39.2 | +5.5 |
| Webb, Logan 4258 | pi sp | sf nl | 6.0 | 17.0 | 55.6 | 57.3 | -5.0 |
| Lowe, Brandon 4108 | 2b | tb al | 6.0 | 13.0 | 33.5 | 34.5 | -1.0 |
| Littell, Zack 4533 | pi sp | cin nl | 5.7 | 14.1 | 20.1 | 20.1 | -2.7 |
| Langeliers, Shea 4715 | ca dh | oak al | 4.0 | 11.5 | 13.5 | 13.5 | -3.5 |
| Walker, Taijuan 3453 | pi sp | phi nl | 4.0 | 5.0 | 35.8 | 62.2 | +3.0 |
| Matthews, Zebby 5186 | pi sp | min al | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +3.0 |
| Varsho, Daulton 4398 | cf | tor al | 2.5 | 6.0 | 16.5 | 16.5 | -1.0 |
| Cronenworth, Jake 4380 | 2b 1b | sd nl | 1.0 | 5.5 | 16.0 | 16.0 | -3.5 |
| Festa, Matt 4692 | pi mr cp | cle al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 |
| Blubaugh, AJ 5243 | pi mr | hou al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Wednesday’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAL | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | 5.7 | 7.7 | 21.7 | 21.7 |
| PHI | Suarez, Ranger 4228 | 9.1 | 19.5 | 37.2 | 38.2 |
| SF | Ray, Robbie 3502 | 8.4 | 12.1 | 45.2 | 88.3 |
| PIT | Heaney, Andrew 3515 | 8.7 | 17.7 | 45.5 | 65.2 |
| CLE | Williams, Gavin 4865 | 5.0 | 8.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 |
| NYM | Peterson, David 4347 | 4.0 | 8.7 | 21.7 | 21.7 |
| MIN | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| DET | Flaherty, Jack 3971 | 4.7 | 16.7 | 32.4 | 62.0 |
| CIN | Abbott, Andrew 4839 | 8.7 | 13.7 | 24.7 | 24.7 |
| CHC | Horton, Cade 5216 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| NYY | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | 11.7 | 24.4 | 56.9 | 82.0 |
| TEX | Leiter, Jack 5132 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| TOR | Gausman, Kevin 3191 | 8.7 | 18.7 | 64.8 | 106.8 |
| COL | Freeland, Kyle 3763 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 22.7 | 42.1 |
| TB | Baz, Shane 4560 | 7.0 | 11.0 | 12.7 | 12.7 |
| LAA | Anderson, Tyler 3656 | 4.0 | 12.0 | 36.4 | 49.4 |
| STL | Liberatore, Matthew 4662 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| LAD | Ohtani, Shohei 3933 | 4.5 | 15.5 | 75.7 | 90.2 |
| HOU | Arrighetti, Spencer 5022 | 1.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| MIA | Junk, Janson 4697 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| ATH | Springs, Jeffrey 4372 | 7.7 | 12.7 | 30.1 | 30.1 |
| WSH | Cavalli, Cade* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| KC | Wacha, Michael 3276 | 8.1 | 18.5 | 45.0 | 79.7 |
| BOS | May, Dustin 4214 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 14.4 | 16.4 |
| MIL | Quintana, Jose 3040 | 1.0 | 11.0 | 23.4 | 94.1 |
| ATL | Strider, Spencer 4626 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 39.5 | 39.5 |
| CHW | Cannon, Jonathan 5036 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| SEA | Kirby, George 4595 | 6.0 | 21.4 | 46.5 | 46.5 |
| SD | Cortes, Nestor 4160 | 2.0 | 17.4 | 39.8 | 41.8 |
| ARI | DeSclafani, Anthony 3441 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 19.1 | 41.8 |
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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