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Marlins pitcher Tyler Phillips is Thursday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other top Thursday players include Orioles pitcher Tyler Wells, Rangers pitcher Jacob Latz and Seiya Suzuki of the Cubs.
Player of the Day: Tyler Phillips, Marlins
Phillips struck out five over five scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 2-0 win over the Diamondbacks.
Phillips earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, his first points of the season, and ranks 253rd among all players, 73rd among National League pitchers.
AL Player of the Day: Tyler Wells, Orioles
Wells struck out four over three scoreless and hitless innings of middle relief, walking one, in the 7-5 win over the Mariners.
Wells earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points as American League Player of the Day, his first points of the season, and is 85th among AL pitchers.
Both of Thursday’s top two players—Phillips and Wells—recorded +6.0 Box-Toppers game scores. But Phillips won overall Player of the Day honors over Wells on a tiebreaker with more innings pitched—five vs. three.
NL Batter of the Day: Seiya Suzuki, Cubs
Suzuki hit a grand slam and went 1-for-4, scoring once and driving in four runs, in the 9-3 win over the Rockies.
AL Batter of the Day
There is no separate AL Batter of the Day for Thursday because no AL batter won Player of the Game honors in the seven games completed.
Thursday’s Sidelights Sidebar
Box-Toppers review of the day’s top pitchers, overlooked top performers & lowest B-T game scores:
⬛ Sullivan hits 2 homers but fails to win Player of the Game honors as Rockies fall to Cubs
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in 2026 Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned in the regular season through Thursday, June 11.| 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 |
Notable: Jacob Latz, Rangers
Latz has the most 2026 Box-Toppers points among Thursday’s Player of the Game winners.
Latz (2IP 0H 0R 0BB 3K W in the 4-2 win over the Royals) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 3.0 for the season, 118th among all players, 40th among AL pitchers and second among AL closing pitchers, behind Cade Smith of the Guardians (4.0 points).
Scoring
Phillips earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points as Player of the Day.
Wells earns 1.7 points as AL Player of the Day.
Suzuki earns 1.5 points as NL Batter 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).| 6/11 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +6.0 | MIA 2, ARI 0 | Tyler Phillips (W, 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | |
| AL | +6.0 | BAL 7, SEA 5 | Tyler Wells (W, 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | |
| +5.1 | DET 11, MIN 0 | Keider Montero (W, 3‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| +5.0 | TEX 4, KC 2 | Jacob Latz (W, 2‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +4.1 | LAD 8, PIT 6 | Tanner Scott (S, 7) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +3.0 | NYM 5, STL 4 | Devin Williams (S, 9) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| BAT | +2.0 | CHC 9, COL 3 | Seiya Suzuki RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ |
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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Latz, Jacob 5204 | pi cp | tex al | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | -1.0 |
| Suzuki, Seiya 4924 | rf dh | chi nl | 2.5 | 12.0 | 19.0 | 19.0 | -7.0 |
| Montero, Keider 5057 | pi sp | det al | 2.0 | 6.0 | 10.7 | 10.7 | -2.0 |
| Scott, Tanner 4292 | pi cp | lad nl | 2.0 | 4.0 | 14.0 | 16.0 | 0.0 |
| Phillips, Tyler 5064 | pi sp | fla nl | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +2.0 |
| Wells, Tyler 4428 | pi mr sp | bal al | 1.7 | 4.7 | 15.4 | 15.4 | -1.3 |
| Williams, Devin 4319 | pi cp | nym nl | 1.0 | 3.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | -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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIA | Alcantara, Sandy 4061 | 5.7 | 13.7 | 51.5 | 60.9 |
| PIT | Ashcraft, Braxton 5208 | 10.4 | 15.1 | 15.1 | 15.1 |
| SEA | Miller, Bryce 4797 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 34.8 | 34.8 |
| WSH | Littell, Zack 4533 | 3.0 | 9.7 | 24.1 | 24.1 |
| SD | Canning, Griffin 4134 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 20.7 | 29.4 |
| BAL | Baz, Shane 4560 | 3.0 | 13.7 | 19.4 | 19.4 |
| DET | Flaherty, Jack 3971 | 1.0 | 9.4 | 32.4 | 66.7 |
| CLE | Bibee, Tanner 4792 | 2.0 | 9.0 | 31.7 | 31.7 |
| TEX | Leiter, Jack 5132 | 3.7 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.4 |
| BOS | Gray, Sonny 3259 | 5.0 | 19.0 | 60.3 | 129.3 |
| ARI | Rodriguez, Eduardo 3480 | 3.0 | 7.7 | 31.7 | 75.9 |
| CIN | Lodolo, Nick 4586 | 1.0 | 10.7 | 26.7 | 26.7 |
| ATL | Strider, Spencer 4626 | 2.0 | 7.0 | 42.5 | 42.5 |
| NYM | McLean, Nolan 5255 | 2.0 | 9.7 | 9.7 | 9.7 |
| NYY | Weathers, Ryan 4388 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 12.7 | 12.7 |
| TOR | Yesavage, Trey 5287 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 |
| LAD | Sasaki, Roki 5358 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| CHW | Kay, Anthony 4285 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| PHI | Painter, Andrew 5302 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| MIL | Misiorowski, Jacob 5200 | 11.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 |
| HOU | Imai, Tatsua 5307 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 |
| KC | Avila, Luinder* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| STL | Leahy, Kyle 5001 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| MIN | Ryan, Joe 4539 | 5.0 | 16.7 | 52.5 | 52.5 |
| TB | McClanahan, Shane 4399 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 35.8 | 35.8 |
| LAA | Aldegheri, Samuel 5103 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| COL | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| ATH | Jump, Gage 5372 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 |
| CHC | Assad, Javier 4899 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 14.7 | 14.7 |
| SF | Roupp, Landen 5079 | 4.0 | 8.7 | 10.7 | 10.7 |
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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