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Rays pitcher Drew Rasmussen is Wednesday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Wednesday, White Sox pitcher Davis Martin climbs to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Other top Wednesday players include Tyler Callihan of the Pirates and Jazz Chisholm Jr. of the Yankees.
Player of the Day: Drew Rasmussen, Rays
Rasmussen struck out 13 over seven scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 7-5 win over the Red Sox.
Rasmussen earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 6.0 for the season, 25th among all players and 11th among American League pitchers.
NL Player of the Day: Tyler Callihan, Pirates
Callihan hit two home runs, including a three-run homer, in the 9-8 win over the Dodgers. Callihan went 2-for-2, scoring three times and driving in four runs.
Callihan earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points as National League Player of the Day, his first points of the season, and is 57th among NL batters.
This was Callihan’s Box-Toppers debut, his first career Player of the Game honor. Callihan made his Major League debut April 30, 2025, and was playing in his 11th career game.
AL Batter of the Day: Jazz Chisholm Jr., Yankees
Chisholm tripled and went 1-for-4, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 8-4 win over the Guardians.
NL Batter of the Day
There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Wednesday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter Tyler Callihan.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in 2026 Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned in the regular season through Wednesday, June 10.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristopher Sánchez | pi sp | Phillies | 13.7 |
| 2 | Jacob Misiorowski | pi sp | Brewers | 11.0 |
| 3 | Shohei Ohtani | pi sp dh | Dodgers | 10.7 |
| 4 | Braxton Ashcraft | pi sp | Pirates | 10.4 |
| 5 | Gavin Williams | pi sp | Guardians | 9.7 |
| 6 | Cam Schlittler | pi sp | Yankees | 9.7 |
| 7 | Davis Martin | pi sp | White Sox | 9.7 |
| 8 | Paul Skenes | pi sp | Pirates | 9.0 |
| 9 | Kyle Harrison | pi sp | Brewers | 9.0 |
| 10 | Jacob deGrom | pi sp | Rangers | 8.7 |
Wednesday’s Sidelights Sidebar
Box-Toppers review of the day’s top pitchers, overlooked top performers & lowest B-T game scores:
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Rankings: Davis Martin, White Sox
Martin climbs from 10th to seventh place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Wednesday.
Martin (6IP 6H 0R 0BB 6K W in the 2-1 win over the Braves) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 9.7 for the season. He ranks third among AL pitchers, trailing Gavin Williams of the Guardians and Cam Schlittler of the Yankees. While all three have 9.7 Box-Toppers points this season, Williams ranks ahead on a tiebreaker with the most 2025 points (11.7), Schlittler ranks second (7.4) and Martin ranks third (3.0).
Debut
In addition to Callihan, two other players also made their Box-Toppers debut Wednesday, each with their first career Player of the Game honor:
Athletics closing pitcher Elvis Alvarado (1IP 0H 0R 0BB 2K Sv in the 4-3 win over the Brewers) made his Major League debut May 9, 2025, and was playing in his 50th career game.
Jase Bowen of the Padres, who scored a game-tying, eighth-inning run as a pinch runner (0-0 R 0BI in the 5-4 win over the Reds) made his Major League debut June 2 and was playing in his eighth career game.
Scoring
Rasmussen earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points as Player of the Day.
Callihan earns 1.7 points as NL Player of the Day.
Chisholm earns 1.5 points as AL Batter of the Day.
All of Wednesday’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).| 6/10 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +17.0 | TB 7, BOS 5 | Drew Rasmussen (W, 6‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | |
| +13.0 | `LAA 3, HOU 2 (F/10) | Reid Detmers | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | ||
| +8.0 | BAL 7, SEA 2 | Brandon Young (W, 5‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | ||
| NL | +7.0 | PIT 9, LAD 8 | Tyler Callihan RF | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +6.0 | CHW 2, ATL 1 | Davis Martin (W, 9‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| +6.0 | `COL 3, CHC 2 | Michael Lorenzen | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | ||
| +5.0 | SF 11, WSH 10 | Matt Chapman 3B | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +5.0 | TEX 6, KC 4 (F/10) | Jakob Junis (W, 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +4.0 | `MIA 8, ARI 0 | Ryan Gusto | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| +3.2 | PHI 7, TOR 4 | Jesús Luzardo (W, 5‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | ||
| +3.0 | MIN 6, DET 4 | Taylor Rogers (W, 2‑3) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +3.0 | ATH 4, MIL 3 | Elvis Alvarado (S, 1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +2.0 | STL 9, NYM 2 | Jordan Walker DH | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +2.0 | NYY 8, CLE 4 | Jazz Chisholm Jr. 2B | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +1.0 | SD 5, CIN 4 | Jase Bowen PR‑RF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 | 9.7 | 12.7 | 17.7 | 17.7 | +6.7 |
| Luzardo, Jesus 4282 | pi sp | phi nl | 8.0 | 25.4 | 56.6 | 61.3 | -9.4 |
| Rasmussen, Drew 4547 | pi sp | tb al | 6.0 | 15.7 | 37.2 | 37.2 | -3.7 |
| Detmers, Reid 4513 | pi sp mr | ana al | 4.0 | 8.0 | 26.4 | 26.4 | 0.0 |
| Chapman, Matt 3849 | 3b | sf nl | 3.5 | 8.5 | 30.2 | 47.2 | -1.5 |
| Walker, Jordan 4918 | rf | stl nl | 3.5 | 4.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | +2.5 |
| Young, Brandon 5253 | pi sp | bal al | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | +1.0 |
| Chisholm, Jazz Jr. 4364 | 2b | nyy al | 2.5 | 9.7 | 21.2 | 22.2 | -4.7 |
| Callihan, Tyler 5380 | rf | pit nl | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | +1.7 |
| Lorenzen, Michael 3479 | pi sp | col nl | 1.0 | 6.0 | 23.7 | 34.2 | -4.0 |
| Rogers, Taylor 3648 | pi mr cp | min al | 1.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 19.0 | -1.0 |
| Junis, Jakob 3857 | pi mr sp | tex al | 1.0 | 2.0 | 12.7 | 23.7 | 0.0 |
| Gusto, Ryan 5156 | pi sp | fla nl | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 0.0 |
| Alvarado, Elvis 5381 | pi cp | oak al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
| Bowen, Jase 5382 | rf pr | sd nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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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 | ’25‑26 | ’21‑26 | Career |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARI | Kelly, Merrill 4143 | 2.7 | 15.4 | 44.4 | 56.4 |
| MIA | Phillips, Tyler 5064 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| MIN | Matthews, Zebby 5186 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| DET | Montero, Keider 5057 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| STL | Dobbins, Hunter 5203 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| NYM | Scott, Christian 5344 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| TEX | Rocker, Kumar 5108 | 2.7 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 8.4 |
| KC | Wacha, Michael 3276 | 4.7 | 14.8 | 51.7 | 86.4 |
| CHC | Cabrera, Edward 4641 | 2.0 | 13.7 | 25.8 | 25.8 |
| COL | Feltner, Ryan 4635 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| LAD | Wrobleski, Justin 5062 | 4.7 | 10.7 | 12.7 | 12.7 |
| PIT | Keller, Mitch 4230 | 3.0 | 9.7 | 40.4 | 41.4 |
| SEA | Woo, Bryan 4842 | 8.4 | 26.4 | 46.8 | 46.8 |
| BAL | Bradish, Kyle 4597 | 1.7 | 2.7 | 27.7 | 27.7 |
| ATL | Perez, Martin 3213 | 2.0 | 3.7 | 24.2 | 43.9 |
| CHW | Kay, Anthony 4285 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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