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Dodgers pitcher Tyler Glasnow is Monday’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, Sept. 8.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tarik Skubal | pi sp | Tigers | 22.1 |
| 2 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 20.1 |
| 3 | Paul Skenes | pi sp | Pirates | 20.1 |
| 4 | Garrett Crochet | pi sp | Red Sox | 17.8 |
| 5 | Nick Pivetta | pi sp | Padres | 17.7 |
| 6 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto | pi sp | Dodgers | 15.7 |
| 7 | Bryan Woo | pi sp | Mariners | 15.0 |
| 8 | Jesús Luzardo | pi sp | Phillies | 14.7 |
| 9 | Nathan Eovaldi | pi sp | Rangers | 14.4 |
| 10 | Sonny Gray | pi sp | Cardinals | 14.0 |
Also Monday, Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet rises to fourth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning American League Player of the Day honors. In addition, Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo rises to seventh place overall after earning Player of the Game honors.
Other Player of the Game winners Monday include Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola, Josh Bell of the Nationals and Royce Lewis of the Twins.
Player of the Day
Glasnow struck out 11 over seven hitless innings, allowing one run and two walks, in the 3-1 win over the Rockies.
Glasnow earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 5.0 for the season, 151st among all players and 46th among National League pitchers.
Glasnow exited after 105 pitches, not allowing a hit, as the Dodgers took a no-hitter into the ninth inning for the second time in three days. However, reliever Tanner Scott gave up the only hit to the Rockies in the ninth inning, breaking up the no-hitter. But unlike Saturday, when the Dodgers collapsed and lost after 8 2/3 hitless innings to the Orioles, they held on for the win Monday.
Glasnow allowed the only run to the Rockies—without a hit—in the second inning when Jordan Beck walked, advanced to second on a steal, advanced to third on an outfield fly out and scored on a sacrifice fly.
2025 Box-Toppers points—AL pitchers 1—Tarik Skubal #Tigers 22.1 2—Garrett Crochet #RedSox 17.8* 3—Bryan Woo #Mariners 15.0† 4—Nathan Eovaldi #Rangers 14.4 5—Hunter Brown #Astros 13.4 6—Carlos Rodón #Yankees 12.7 *Earns 1.7 B-T pts Monday †Earns 1.0 B-T pt Monday www.box-toppers.com/blog/2025/9/...
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American League Player of the Day
Red Sox pitcher Garrett Crochet struck out 10 over seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks, in the 7-0 win over the Athletics.
Crochet earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 17.8 for the season, rising from fifth to fourth place overall, passing Padres pitcher Nick Pivetta (17.7 points). Crochet ranks second among AL pitchers, 4.3 points behind Tarik Skubal of the Tigers (22.1 points).
Crochet likely has as many as three starts remaining in the season and he would need to earn Player of the Game honors in all of them, plus earn bonus Box-Toppers points in at least two (as Player of the Day or AL Player of the Day), to have a chance to pass Skubal. And that’s if Skubal does not earn more Box-Toppers points this season.
Crochet recorded a +14.0 Box-Toppers game score Monday, the same score as Glasnow. But Glasnow won Player of the Game honors over Crochet on a tiebreaker with more strikeouts—11 vs. 10.
National League Batter of the Day
Josh Bell of the Nationals hit two home runs and went 4-for-6, scoring three times and driving in six runs, in the 15-7 win over the Marlins.
Bell earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being NL Batter of the Day, giving him 5.5 for the season, 25th among NL batters.
This is the second straight day Bell has earned Player of the Game honors. He was also Player of the Game in Sunday’s 6-3 win over the Cubs (HR 1-1 R 3BI), earning 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
American League Batter of the Day
Royce Lewis of the Twins hit two home runs and went 2-for-5, scoring twice and driving in four runs, in the 12-3 win over the Angels.
Lewis earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points for being AL Batter of the Day, giving him 5.0 for the season, 27th among AL batters.
Rankings
Mariners pitcher Bryan Woo (6IP 3H 2R 0BB 9K W in the 4-2 win over the Cardinals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 15.0 for the season, rising from 10th to seventh place overall and third among AL pitchers, behind Tarik Skubal of the Tigers (22.1 points) and Garrett Crochet of the Red Sox (17.8 points).
Woo likely has as many as three starts remaining in the season, which means that even if he earned overall Player of the Day honors worth 2.0 Box-Toppers points each time, he would finish with 21.0 points, not enough to pass Skubal (22.1 points) for the lead among AL pitchers.
Monday’s Sidelights Sidebar
Box-Toppers post reviewing the day’s top pitchers, overlooked top performers & lowest Box-Toppers game scores is on Substack:
⬛ Helman has Monday’s best game score among non-Player of the Game winners
Notable
Phillies pitcher Aaron Nola (6IP 3H 0R 2BB 7K W in the 1-0 win over the Mets) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 118.8 career Box-Toppers points, rising to 54th among all players in career points since player tracking began in 1995.
With his 1.0 point Monday, he passes two players on the “all-time” career points list—Johnny Cueto (118.2) and Carlos Delgado (118.7). He now trails 53rd-ranked player Cliff Lee (119.1).
Nola ranks 11th among active players in career points, seventh among active NL pitchers.
He has 3.7 Box-Toppers points in 2025, 74th among NL pitchers.
Scoring
Glasnow earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day.
Crochet earns 1.7 points for being AL Player of the Day.
Bell and Lewis each earn 1.5 points for being their league’s Batter of the Day.
All of Monday’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).| 9/8 | BTG | Game | Player of the Game | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +14.0 | LAD 3, COL 1 | Tyler Glasnow (W, 2‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | |
| AL | +14.0 | BOS 7, ATH 0 | Garrett Crochet (W, 15‑5) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | |
| +8.0 | SEA 4, STL 2 | Bryan Woo (W, 13‑7) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | ||
| +8.0 | PHI 1, NYM 0 | Aaron Nola (W, 4‑8) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | ||
| BAT | +7.0 | WSH 15, MIA 7 | Josh Bell 1B | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +7.0 | CLE 10, KC 2 | Slade Cecconi (W, 6‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 8.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | ||
| +5.2 | TEX 5, MIL 0 | Jacob Latz (W, 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| +4.1 | ATL 4, CHC 1 | Bryce Elder (W, 7‑9) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| BAT | +3.0 | MIN 12, LAA 3 | Royce Lewis 3B | 5 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | SF 11, ARI 5 | Jung Hoo Lee CF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | SD 4, CIN 3 (F/10) | Gavin Sheets DH | 3 | 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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crochet, Garrett 4434 | pi sp | bos al | 17.8 | 28.5 | 29.5 | 29.5 | +7.1 |
| Woo, Bryan 4842 | pi sp | sea al | 15.0 | 26.7 | 35.4 | 35.4 | +3.3 |
| Sheets, Gavin 4457 | lf dh | sd nl | 6.5 | 9.5 | 18.0 | 18.0 | +3.5 |
| Lee, Jung Hoo 5139 | cf | sf nl | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | +6.5 |
| Bell, Josh E. 3682 | dh 1b | dc nl | 5.5 | 11.5 | 21.5 | 39.2 | -0.5 |
| Glasnow, Tyler 3948 | pi sp | lad nl | 5.0 | 16.7 | 49.8 | 65.5 | -6.7 |
| Lewis, Royce 4606 | 3b | min al | 5.0 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | +3.0 |
| Elder, Bryce 4709 | pi sp | atl nl | 4.0 | 6.0 | 18.7 | 18.7 | +2.0 |
| Cecconi, Slade 4913 | pi sp | cle al | 4.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | +2.0 |
| Latz, Jacob 5204 | pi cp | tex al | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| Nola, Aaron 3569 | pi sp | phi nl | 3.7 | 17.1 | 63.5 | 118.8 | -9.7 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Tuesday’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PIT | Burrows, Mike 5196 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| BAL | Bradish, Kyle 4597 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 25.0 | 25.0 |
| KC | Cameron, Noah 5167 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| CLE | Cantillo, Joey 5106 | 3.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
| WSH | Parker, Mitchell 4982 | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| MIA | Mazur, Adam* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| NYM | Manaea, Sean 3637 | 1.0 | 16.4 | 43.8 | 70.3 |
| PHI | Suarez, Ranger 4228 | 13.8 | 24.2 | 41.9 | 42.9 |
| DET | Mize, Casey 4377 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 14.7 | 14.7 |
| NYY | Warren, Will 5143 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 | 9.4 |
| HOU | Garcia, Luis 4423 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 23.7 | 23.7 |
| TOR | Berrios, Jose 3791 | 11.7 | 21.4 | 53.2 | 90.7 |
| CHC | Horton, Cade 5216 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| ATL | Strider, Spencer 4626 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 39.5 | 39.5 |
| TB | Houser, Adrian 4162 | 6.7 | 7.7 | 21.1 | 23.1 |
| CHW | Gómez, Yoendrys 5249 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| MIL | Patrick, Chad 5131 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| TEX | Leiter, Jack 5132 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| MIN | Matthews, Zebby 5186 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| LAA | Hendricks, Kyle 3386 | 5.0 | 10.7 | 30.4 | 84.3 |
| CIN | Littell, Zack 4533 | 5.7 | 14.1 | 20.1 | 20.1 |
| SD | King, Michael 4549 | 4.4 | 17.1 | 31.8 | 31.8 |
| STL | Liberatore, Matthew 4662 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 |
| SEA | Kirby, George 4595 | 8.0 | 23.4 | 48.5 | 48.5 |
| ARI | Gallen, Zac 4171 | 10.0 | 22.4 | 67.8 | 73.5 |
| SF | Ray, Robbie 3502 | 9.4 | 13.1 | 46.2 | 89.3 |
| BOS | May, Dustin 4214 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 15.4 | 17.4 |
| ATH | Springs, Jeffrey 4372 | 8.7 | 13.7 | 31.1 | 31.1 |
| COL | Marquez, German 3788 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 26.8 | 53.9 |
| LAD | Sheehan, Emmet 4886 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 6.7 | 6.7 |
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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