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Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Other top players Sunday include William Contreras of the Brewers, Pete Alonso of the Orioles and Kyle Schwarber of the Phillies.
Player of the Day: Logan Gilbert, Mariners
Gilbert struck out eight over 6 1/3 innings, allowing one run, three hits and two walks, in the 3-1 win over the Red Sox.
Gilbert earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 9.0 for the season, 14th among all players and seventh among American League pitchers.
NL Player of the Day: William Contreras, Brewers
Contreras hit a three-run home run and went 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 9-4 win over the Braves.
Contreras earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points as National League Player of the Day, giving him 3.7 for the season, 17th among NL batters.
AL Batter of the Day: Pete Alonso, Orioles
Alonso hit a three-run homer and went 2-for-3, scoring twice and driving in three runs, in the 12-1 win over the Dodgers.
NL Batter of the Day
There is no separate NL Batter of the Day for Sunday because the overall NL Player of the Day is batter William Contreras.
2026 Box-Toppers points, NL batters 1—Shohei Ohtani #Dodgers 10.7† 2—Sal Stewart #Reds 7.0 3—Kyle Schwarber #Phillies 6.7* 4—Michael Harris II #Braves 6.5 5—James Wood #Nationals 5.5 6—Ketel Marte #Dbacks 5.5 7—Corbin Carroll #Dbacks 5.5 † 3.0 pts as batter, 7.7 as pitcher *Earns 1.0 B-T pt Sunday
— Box-Toppers Baseball (@boxtoppers.bsky.social) 8:21 AM · Jun 22, 2026
Notable: Kyle Schwarber, Phillies
Schwarber won Box-Toppers Player of the Game honors for a second straight day Sunday.
Schwarber (HR 1-3 2R 3BI in the 6-2 win over the Mets) was also NL Player of the Day Saturday in the 15-3 win over the Mets (3HR 4-5 4R 6BI). He earned 1.7 Box-Toppers points Saturday and 1.0 point Sunday and now has 6.7 for the season, third among NL batters, behind Shohei Ohtani of the Dodgers (10.7) and Sal Stewart of the Reds (7.0).
It should be noted that Ohtani has earned only 3.0 of his 10.7 points as a batter, with the other 7.7 coming as a pitcher. However, because at least 25% of his nine Player of the Game honors have come from each role (33.3% batting, 66.7% pitching), he qualifies to rank at both positions with his full 10.7-point total.
Schwarber led NL batters in Box-Toppers points in 2025 with 12.0.
Sunday’s Sidelights Sidebar
Box-Toppers review of the day’s top pitchers, overlooked top performers & lowest B-T game scores:
⬛ Caglianone posts Sunday’s 2nd-best B‑T game score but does not win top player in Royals’ loss
Debut
Denzer Guzman of the Angels made his Box-Toppers debut Sunday with his first career Player of the Game honor.
Guzman (HR 2-3 2R 3BI in the 9-7 win over the Athletics) made his Major League debut Sept. 13, 2025, and was playing in his 25th career game.
Scoring
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in 2026 Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned in the regular season through Sunday, June 21.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cristopher Sánchez | pi sp | Phillies | 13.7 |
| 2 | Jacob Misiorowski | pi sp | Brewers | 13.0 |
| 3 | Cam Schlittler | pi sp | Yankees | 11.7 |
| 4 | Shohei Ohtani | pi sp dh | Dodgers | 10.7 |
| 5 | Bryan Woo | pi sp | Mariners | 10.4 |
| 6 | Braxton Ashcraft | pi sp | Pirates | 10.4 |
| 7 | Kyle Harrison | pi sp | Brewers | 10.0 |
| 8 | José Soriano | pi sp | Angels | 9.7 |
| 9 | Gavin Williams | pi sp | Guardians | 9.7 |
| 10 | Davis Martin | pi sp | White Sox | 9.7 |
Gilbert earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points as Player of the Day.
Contreras earns 1.7 points as NL Player of the Day.
Alonso earns 1.5 points as AL Batter of the Day.
All of Sunday’s other Player of the Game winners (listed in the chart) earn 1.0 Box-Toppers point.
Correction and update: An earlier version of this post incorrectly named Denzer Guzman of the Angels as Sunday’s AL Batter of the Day.
While both Guzman and Pete Alonso of the Orioles finished with identical +4.0 Box-Toppers game scores and highly similar stat lines, Alonso wins the category on a tiebreaker because he drew more walks (two versus Guzman’s one). The post and player point totals have been updated to reflect Alonso as the AL Batter of the Day. Box-Toppers regrets the error.
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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).| 6/21 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +7.1 | SEA 3, BOS 1 | Logan Gilbert (W, 6‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | |
| NL | +4.0 | MIL 9, ATL 4 | William Contreras C | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | STL 12, KC 10 | JJ Wetherholt 2B | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| BAT | +4.0 | BAL 12, LAD 1 | Pete Alonso 1B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +4.0 | LAA 9, ATH 7 | Denzer Guzman 3B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | PIT 8, COL 6 | Yohan Ramírez (W, 5‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | ||
| +3.1 | `MIA 2, SF 1 | Ryan Gusto | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 4.1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| +3.0 | PHI 6, NYM 2 | Kyle Schwarber DH | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +3.0 | HOU 2, CLE 1 | Kai‑Wei Teng (W, 4‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| +2.0 | TEX 4, SD 3 | Wyatt Langford CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | MIN 4, ARI 2 | Josh Bell PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +2.0 | CIN 4, NYY 1 | Chase Burns (W, 9‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| +2.0 | TB 4, WSH 3 | Garrett Cleavinger (W, 2‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| +1.0 | DET 5, CHW 4 (F/10) | Zach McKinstry 2B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 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 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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 9.0 | 22.1 | 69.6 | 69.6 | -4.1 |
| Burns, Chase 5301 | pi sp | cin nl | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | +8.0 |
| Schwarber, Kyle 3536 | dh | phi nl | 6.7 | 18.7 | 39.2 | 59.2 | -5.3 |
| Teng, Kai-Wei 5247 | pi sp | hou al | 4.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | +3.7 |
| Wetherholt, JJ 5320 | 2b | stl nl | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| Contreras, William 4717 | ca | mil nl | 3.7 | 7.7 | 15.9 | 15.9 | -0.3 |
| Alonso, Pete 4118 | 1b | bal al | 3.0 | 10.2 | 45.1 | 53.6 | -4.2 |
| Bell, Josh E. 3682 | dh 1b ph | min al | 2.0 | 9.0 | 25.0 | 42.7 | -5.0 |
| Ramirez, Yohan 4756 | pi cp mr | pit nl | 2.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | +1.0 |
| Gusto, Ryan 5156 | pi sp | fla nl | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +1.0 |
| Langford, Wyatt 5058 | cf | tex al | 1.0 | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | -1.0 |
| McKinstry, Zach 5086 | 2b ss dh | det al | 1.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | -1.0 |
| Cleavinger, Garrett 5008 | pi mr cp | tb al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +1.0 |
| Guzman, Denzer 5391 | 3b | ana al | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | +1.0 |
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A Box-Toppers look at Monday’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYY | Cole, Gerrit 3232 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 66.5 | 167.0 |
| DET | Valdez, Framber 4048 | 3.0 | 14.7 | 61.1 | 71.5 |
| KC | Wacha, Michael 3276 | 4.7 | 14.8 | 51.7 | 86.4 |
| TB | Rasmussen, Drew 4547 | 6.0 | 15.7 | 37.2 | 37.2 |
| TEX | Rocker, Kumar 5108 | 2.7 | 7.4 | 8.4 | 8.4 |
| MIA | Phillips, Tyler 5064 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| PHI | Undecided | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| WSH | Griffin, Foster 5317 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| HOU | Brown, Hunter 4729 | 2.0 | 15.4 | 38.5 | 38.5 |
| TOR | Bieber, Shane 4005 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 29.4 | 65.3 |
| CHC | Imanaga, Shota 4960 | 5.0 | 12.0 | 32.7 | 32.7 |
| NYM | Senga, Kodai 4762 | 0.0 | 8.0 | 21.7 | 21.7 |
| MIL | Woodruff, Brandon 3868 | 1.0 | 10.7 | 55.6 | 72.3 |
| CIN | Singer, Brady 4337 | 0.0 | 10.0 | 39.7 | 43.7 |
| CLE | Williams, Gavin 4865 | 9.7 | 21.4 | 29.1 | 29.1 |
| CHW | Kay, Anthony 4285 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 |
| LAD | Lauer, Eric 4017 | 1.0 | 11.0 | 28.4 | 41.8 |
| MIN | Matthews, Zebby 5186 | 1.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 | 5.7 |
| ARI | Kelly, Merrill 4143 | 2.7 | 15.4 | 44.4 | 56.4 |
| STL | Pallante, Andre 4656 | 6.0 | 11.7 | 22.4 | 22.4 |
| BOS | Bennett, Jake* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| COL | Feltner, Ryan 4635 | 0.0 | 1.7 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| BAL | Bradish, Kyle 4597 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 29.4 | 29.4 |
| LAA | Aldegheri, Samuel 5103 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| ATL | Holmes, Grant 5127 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| SD | King, Michael 4549 | 4.0 | 8.4 | 35.8 | 35.8 |
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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