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White Sox pitcher Davis Martin is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day, rising to seventh in season player rankings.
Other Player of the Game winners Thursday include Ronald Acuña Jr. of the Braves and Blue Jays pitcher Jeff Hoffman.
Player of the Day: Davis Martin, White Sox
Martin struck out five over six innings, allowing one run, two hits and two walks, in the 6-2 win over the Twins.
Martin earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 8.7 for the season, seventh among all players and third among American League pitchers, behind Gavin Williams of the Guardians (9.7 points) and Cam Schlittler of the Yankees (8.7). (Schlittler and Martin both have 8.7 points, but Schlittler ranks ahead on a tiebreaker with more 2025 points—7.4 vs. 3.0.)
Thursday’s Sidelights Sidebar
Box-Toppers review of the day’s top pitchers, overlooked top performers & lowest B-T game scores:
⬛ Skenes has best game score among day’s non-Player of the Game winners in 3rd straight loss
NL Player of the Day: Ronald Acuña Jr., Braves
Acuña hit a grand slam and went 1-for-3, scoring once and driving in four runs, in the 10-2 win over the Red Sox.
Acuña earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points as National League Player of the Day, his first points of the season, and is 45th among NL batters.
AL and NL Batters of the Day
There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Thursday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Ronald Acuña Jr. There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Thursday because no AL batter won Player of the Game honors in the six games completed.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in 2026 Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned in the regular season through Thursday, May 28.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristopher Sánchez | pi sp | Phillies | 10.7 |
| 2 | Gavin Williams | pi sp | Guardians | 9.7 |
| 3 | Braxton Ashcraft | pi sp | Pirates | 9.4 |
| 4 | Paul Skenes | pi sp | Pirates | 9.0 |
| 5 | Cam Schlittler | pi sp | Yankees | 8.7 |
| 6 | Shohei Ohtani | pi sp dh | Dodgers | 8.7 |
| 7 | Davis Martin | pi sp | White Sox | 8.7 |
| 8 | José Soriano | pi sp | Angels | 8.0 |
| 9 | Jacob Misiorowski | pi sp | Brewers | 8.0 |
| 10 | Jesús Luzaro | pi sp | Phillies | 7.0 |
Notable: Jeff Hoffman, Blue Jays
Hoffman (1IP H 0R 0BB 2K W in the 2-1 win over the Orioles) won Player of the Game honors for the second straight Thursday. He also won Wednesday in the 2-1 win over the Marlins (1.1IP 2H 0R 0BB 2K W). He earned 1.0 Box-Toppers point in each game, giving him 2.0 for the season, 49th among AL pitchers.
Scoring
Martin earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points as Player of the Day.
Acuña earns 1.7 points as NL Player of the Day.
All of Thursday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers 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).| 5/28 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +5.0 | CHW 6, MIN 2 | Davis Martin (W, 8‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | |
| +4.0 | LAA 7, DET 1 | Grayson Rodriguez (W, 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
| NL | +3.0 | ATL 10, BOS 2 | Ronald Acuña Jr. RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +3.0 | HOU 5, TEX 1 | Spencer Arrighetti (W, 7‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
| +2.0 | TOR 2, BAL 1 | Jeff Hoffman (W, 4‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +1.0 | CHC 7, PIT 2 | Ian Happ LF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 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 2026 (’26). Also shown is their point total for this season and last (’25-26), the period 2021-2026 (’21-26) and each players’ career point total. Also shown is how their 2026 Box-Toppers point total compares with their 2025 total (+/-).Back to top
| Player of the Game | Pos | Team | ’26 | ’25‑26 | ’21‑26 | Career | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin, Davis 4657 | pi sp | chi al | 8.7 | 11.7 | 16.7 | 16.7 | +5.7 |
| Arrighetti, Spencer 5022 | pi sp | hou al | 6.4 | 7.4 | 14.1 | 14.1 | +5.4 |
| Hoffman, Jeff 3806 | pi mr cp | tor al | 2.0 | 10.0 | 20.0 | 24.7 | -6.0 |
| Happ, Ian 3798 | lf | chi nl | 2.0 | 8.0 | 23.0 | 29.0 | -4.0 |
| Acuna, Ronald Jr. 3947 | rf | atl nl | 1.7 | 6.2 | 21.4 | 35.8 | -2.8 |
| Rodriguez, Grayson 4790 | pi sp | ana al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | +1.0 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Friday’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 | ’25‑26 | ’21‑26 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATL | Holmes, Grant 5127 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| CIN | Paddack, Chris 4093 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 17.7 | 36.5 |
| MIN | Bradley, Taj 4780 | 6.7 | 12.7 | 29.8 | 29.8 |
| PIT | Jones, Jared 4956 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| SD | Giolito, Lucas 3900 | 0.0 | 9.4 | 29.8 | 57.5 |
| WSH | Schultz. Paxton* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| TOR | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| BAL | Rogers, Trevor 4311 | 1.0 | 12.7 | 27.7 | 28.7 |
| LAA | Ureña, Walbert 5350 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| TB | Martinez, Nick 3430 | 3.0 | 9.7 | 31.8 | 38.5 |
| BOS | Samaniego, Tyler* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| CLE | Cecconi, Slade 4913 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| MIA | Meyer, Max 4965 | 6.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 |
| NYM | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | 0.0 | 14.7 | 65.9 | 84.6 |
| CHC | Imanaga, Shota 4960 | 5.0 | 12.0 | 32.7 | 32.7 |
| STL | Pallante, Andre 4656 | 4.0 | 9.7 | 20.4 | 20.4 |
| DET | Melton, Troy 5231 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| CHW | Fedde, Erick 4065 | 1.0 | 3.7 | 26.2 | 30.9 |
| KC | Kolek, Stephen 5046 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 |
| TEX | Gore, MacKenzie 4582 | 4.0 | 12.7 | 32.4 | 32.4 |
| MIL | Crow, Coleman 5356 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| HOU | Teng, Kai-Wei 5247 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| SF | Webb, Logan 4258 | 0.0 | 9.0 | 57.6 | 60.3 |
| COL | Lorenzen, Michael 3479 | 0.0 | 5.0 | 22.7 | 33.2 |
| NYY | Rodon, Carlos 3494 | 0.0 | 13.7 | 58.9 | 84.0 |
| ATH | Severino, Luis 3567 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 26.1 | 71.9 |
| ARI | Gallen, Zac 4171 | 1.0 | 13.7 | 65.5 | 77.2 |
| SEA | Kirby, George 4595 | 2.0 | 13.0 | 53.5 | 53.5 |
| PHI | Wheeler, Zack 3204 | 5.0 | 25.1 | 96.7 | 130.1 |
| LAD | Wrobleski, Justin 5062 | 2.7 | 8.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 |
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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