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Yankees pitcher Luis Gil is Box-Toppers Player of the Day in Wednesday’s spring training games while Jacob Amaya of the Diamondbacks earns National League Player of the Day.
Player of the Day: Luis Gil, Yankees
Gil struck out six over three scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 4-0 win over the Red Sox.
Gil earned just 1.0 Box-Toppers point in 2025 after earning 17.4 in 2024, sixth among all players, second among American League pitchers and first among AL rookies, winning AL Rookie of the Year honors. Gil was sidelined in 2025 with a right lat strain that kept him out until Aug. 3, and limited him to 11 starts.
NL Player of the Day: Jacob Amaya, Diamondbacks
Amaya homered, hit a sacrifice fly and went 2-for-2, scoring once and driving in three runs, in the 3-1 win over the Athletics.
Amaya has appeared in 64 games over the past three seasons for the White Sox, Marlins and Astros, but has yet to make his Box-Toppers debut by earning his first career Player of the Game honor.
AL and NL Batters of the Day
There is no AL Batter of the Day for Wednesday because no AL batter won Player of the Game honors in the five games completed. There is no NL Batter of the Day for Wednesday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Jacob Amaya.
Wednesday’s games
In five spring training games between two Major League teams Wednesday:
1 Game: Won by player with previous regular-season Box-Toppers points (see table).
4 Games: Won by players with 0.0 career regular-season Box-Toppers points.
(Note: This excludes exhibition games against World Baseball Classic teams.)
Wednesday’s Scoring Summary
No official Box-Toppers points are awarded for preseason exhibition games. Had this been the regular season, points would have been awarded as follows:
Luis Gil, Yankees: 2.0 points (Player of the Day)
Jacob Amaya, Diamondbacks: 1.7 points (NL Player of the Day)
All other winners, listed in the chart: 1.0 point
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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).| 3/4 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +5.0 | NYY 4, BOS 0 | Luis Gil (W, 2‑0) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | |
| NL | +4.0 | ARI 3, ATH 1 | Jacob Amaya SS | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | SF 9, SEA 4 | Jake Holton DH | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | CHC 4, MIL 1 | Connor Noland (S, 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| +1.1 | HOU 4, BAL 2 | Alimber Santa (S, 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
MLB—Overall Box‑Toppers Player of the Day, worth 2.0 total Box‑Toppers points.
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.
N/A—Not applicable. No Player of the Game was chosen because the game ended in a tie.
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. No points are awarded during spring training games, so all players have 0.0 Box-Toppers points for 2026. Players are ranked by their Box-Toppers point total in 2025 (’25). Also shown is their point total for the period 2021-2025 (’21-25) and each players’ career point total. (Player of the Game winners not listed here have yet to earn Box-Toppers points during the regular season.)Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’26 | ’25 | ’21‑25 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gil, Luis 4498 | pi sp | nyy al | 0.0 | 1.0 | 19.4 | 22.0 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Thursday’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 2026 (’26)†, last year (’25), over five years (’21-25), and their career point total.Back to top
| Game | Starter | ’26† | ’25 | ’21‑25 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYM | Hagenman, Justin 5250 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| WSH | Mikolas, Miles 3034 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 29.8 | 47.2 |
| STL | May, Dustin 4214 | 0.0 | 5.7 | 13.4 | 17.4 |
| PIT | Keller, Mitch 4230 | 0.0 | 6.7 | 37.4 | 38.4 |
| BAL | Eflin, Zach 3679 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 30.1 | 54.2 |
| TB | Pepiot, Ryan 4714 | 0.0 | 10.7 | 27.4 | 27.4 |
| BOS | Sikkema, T.J. | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| PHI | Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | 0.0 | 17.4 | 48.6 | 53.3 |
| TOR | Cease, Dylan 4231 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 74.6 | 76.6 |
| ATL | Sale, Chris 2806 | 0.0 | 11.4 | 41.2 | 183.8 |
| MIN | Bradley, Taj 4780 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 23.1 | 23.1 |
| NYY | Blackburn, Paul 3869 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 13.7 | 16.7 |
| HOU | Imai, Tatsuya* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| MIA | Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 45.8 | 55.2 |
| ARI | Nelson, Ryne 4728 | 0.0 | 8.4 | 25.2 | 25.2 |
| CHC | Rea, Colin 3582 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 18.4 | 22.1 |
| LAD | Irvin, Cole 4140 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 18.4 | 21.4 |
| CIN | Aguiar, Julian* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| ATH | Morales, Luis 5268 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| LAA | Manoah, Alek 4424 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 27.5 | 27.5 |
| SD | Buehler, Walker 3943 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 28.4 | 65.6 |
| SEA | Castillo, Luis Miguel 3840 | 0.0 | 16.1 | 61.9 | 97.7 |
| MIL | Gasser, Robert 4998 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| COL | Lorenzen, Michael 3479 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 22.7 | 33.2 |
| TEX | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| KC | Ragans, Cole 4889 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 23.4 | 23.4 |
| CLE | Bibee, Tanner 4792 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 29.7 | 29.7 |
| CHW | Burke, Sean 5124 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
Games shown are spring training games between MLB teams. Doesn't include games vs. non-MLB teams.
† Players don’t earn Box-Toppers points in spring training games, only regular season games, so no pitcher has earned any points in 2026.
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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