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Mets pitcher Nolan McLean is Sunday’s Box-Toppers Player of the Day.
Also Sunday, Mariners pitcher Logan Gilbert rises to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors.
Other Player of the Game winners Sunday include White Sox pitcher Sean Burke, Dodgers pitcher Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Drake Baldwin of the Braves, Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes and Willson Contreras of the Red Sox.
Player of the Day: Nolan McLean, Mets
McLean struck out 10 over six scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks, in the 6-1 win over the Phillies.
McLean earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points for being Player of the Day, giving him 7.0 for the season, 32nd among all players and 15th among National League pitchers.
AL Player of the Day: Sean Burke, White Sox
Burke struck out five over 6 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk, in the 3-0 win over the Blue Jays.
Burke earns 1.7 Box-Toppers points as American League Player of the Day, giving him 9.1 for the season, 11th among AL pitchers.
NL Batter of the Day: Drake Baldwin, Braves
Baldwin hit two home runs and went 5-for-5, scoring three times and driving in two runs, in the 8-5 win over the Rangers.
AL Batter of the Day: Willson Contreras, Red Sox
Contreras homered and went 1-for-3, scoring twice and driving in two runs, in the 6-1 win over the Rays.
Contreras earns 1.5 Box-Toppers points as AL Batter of the Day, giving him 5.0 for the season, sixth among AL batters.
Top 10 players
Here are the top 10 players in 2026 Box-Toppers points (BTP) earned in the regular season through Sunday, July 19.| Player | Pos | Team | BTP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jacob Misiorowski | pi sp | Brewers | 15.0 |
| 2 | Cristopher Sánchez | pi sp | Phillies | 14.7 |
| 3 | Dylan Cease | pi sp | Blue Jays | 14.4 |
| 4 | Jesús Luzardo | pi sp | Phillies | 14.0 |
| 5 | Cam Schlittler | pi sp | Yankees | 13.7 |
| 6 | Shohei Ohtani | pi sp dh | Dodgers | 13.7 |
| 7 | Braxton Ashcraft | pi sp | Pirates | 13.4 |
| 8 | Zack Wheeler | pi sp | Phillies | 13.0 |
| 9 | Logan Gilbert | pi sp | Mariners | 12.0 |
| 10 | Bryan Woo | pi sp | Mariners | 11.4 |
Rankings: Logan Gilbert, Mariners
Gilbert rises from 10th to ninth place in Box-Toppers season player rankings after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.
Gilbert (6IP 4H 3R BB 10K W in the 6-3 win over the Giants) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 12.0 for the season. He ranks third among AL pitchers, behind Dylan Cease of the Blue Jays (14.4 points) and Cam Schlittler of the Yankees (13.7 points).
Notable: Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Dodgers
Yamamoto becomes the 16th player to reach 10 Box-Toppers points in 2026 after earning Player of the Game honors Sunday.
Yamamoto (CG 4H 2R 0BB 7K W in the 8-2 win over the Yankees) earns 1.0 Box-Toppers point, giving him 10.4 for the season, 13th among all players and eighth among NL pitchers.
This is Yamamoto’s second straight season with 10 or more points. In 2025, he had 17.7 points with the Dodgers, seventh overall and fourth among NL pitchers.
Also notable: Paul Skenes, Pirates
Skenes now has 11.0 Box-Toppers points—11th overall and seventh among NL pitchers—after earning 1.0 point as Player of the Game Sunday (7IP 7H R 2BB 8K W in the 7-1 win over the Guardians).
Sunday’s Sidelights Sidebar
Box-Toppers review of the day’s top pitchers, overlooked top performers & lowest B-T game scores:
⬛ Marlins’ Pérez posts +11.0 game score, best among day’s non-Player of the Game winners
Scoring
McLean earns 2.0 Box-Toppers points as Player of the Day.
Burke earns 1.7 points as AL Player of the Day.
Baldwin and Contreras each earn 1.5 points as their league’s Batter of the Day.
All of Sunday’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).| 7/19 | BTG | Game | Player | AB | R | H | BI | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MLB | +12.0 | NYM 6, PHI 1 | Nolan McLean (W, 7‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 10 | |
| AL | +8.2 | CHW 3, TOR 0 | Sean Burke (W, 7‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | |
| +8.0 | LAD 8, NYY 2 | Yoshinobu Yamamoto (W, 10‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 9.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | ||
| +6.0 | BAL 5, HOU 2 | Brandon Young (W, 8‑2) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| BAT | +5.0 | ATL 8, TEX 5 | Drake Baldwin C | 5 | 3 | 5 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +5.0 | SEA 6, SF 3 | Logan Gilbert (W, 8‑6) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | ||
| +5.0 | `MIL 3, MIA 1 | Robert Gasser | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | ||
| +5.0 | SD 19, KC 2 | Yuki Matsui (W, 1‑1) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +5.0 | `NYY 2, LAD 1 | Brent Headrick (H, 11) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| +4.0 | CIN 9, COL 6 | Tyler Stephenson C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +4.0 | PIT 7, CLE 1 | Paul Skenes (W, 9‑8) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| +4.0 | CHC 10, MIN 1 | Shota Imanaga (W, 6‑8) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 7.0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| +3.0 | LAA 3, DET 2 | Ryan Johnson (W, 2‑4) | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | 5.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | ||
| BAT | +2.0 | BOS 6, TB 1 | Willson Contreras 1B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | |
| +1.0 | WSH 5, ATH 2 | CJ Abrams SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ‑ | ||
| +1.0 | ARI 8, STL 7 (F/10) | Adrian Del Castillo DH | 3 | 2 | 2 | 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 | +/‑ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gilbert, Logan 4439 | pi sp | sea al | 12.0 | 25.1 | 72.6 | 72.6 | -1.1 |
| Skenes, Paul 5005 | pi sp | pit nl | 11.0 | 32.1 | 45.1 | 45.1 | -10.1 |
| Yamamoto, Yoshinobu 4964 | pi sp | lad nl | 10.4 | 28.1 | 34.5 | 34.5 | -7.3 |
| Burke, Sean 5124 | pi sp | chi al | 9.1 | 12.8 | 13.8 | 13.8 | +5.4 |
| McLean, Nolan 5255 | pi sp | nym nl | 7.0 | 14.7 | 14.7 | 14.7 | -0.7 |
| Imanaga, Shota 4960 | pi sp | chi nl | 6.0 | 13.0 | 33.7 | 33.7 | -1.0 |
| Contreras, Willson 3776 | 1b | bos al | 5.0 | 10.7 | 27.7 | 42.2 | -0.7 |
| Abrams, CJ 4688 | ss | dc nl | 5.0 | 7.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | +3.0 |
| Young, Brandon 5253 | pi sp | bal al | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | +2.0 |
| Del Castillo, Adrian 5087 | ca dh | ari nl | 3.0 | 6.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.0 |
| Gasser, Robert 4998 | pi sp | mil nl | 3.0 | 3.0 | 5.7 | 5.7 | +3.0 |
| Johnson, Ryan 5391 | pi sp | ana al | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 2.7 | +2.7 |
| Baldwin, Drake 5149 | ca | atl nl | 2.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | -4.0 |
| Headrick, Brent 4852 | pi mr | nyy al | 2.0 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | +2.0 |
| Stephenson, Tyler 4384 | ca dh | cin nl | 1.0 | 5.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | -3.0 |
| Matsui, Yuki 4976 | pi mr | sd nl | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | +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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIN | Ryan, Joe 4539 | 7.7 | 19.4 | 55.2 | 55.2 |
| CLE | Bibee, Tanner 4792 | 4.7 | 11.7 | 34.4 | 34.4 |
| LAD | Sheehan, Emmet 4886 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 11.7 | 11.7 |
| PHI | Sanchez, Cristopher 4850 | 14.7 | 30.1 | 45.5 | 45.5 |
| PIT | Ashcraft, Braxton 5208 | 13.4 | 18.1 | 18.1 | 18.1 |
| NYY | Weathers, Ryan 4388 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 13.7 | 13.7 |
| TB | Martinez, Nick 3430 | 4.0 | 10.7 | 32.8 | 39.5 |
| TOR | Cease, Dylan 4231 | 14.4 | 23.1 | 89.0 | 91.0 |
| BAL | Baz, Shane 4560 | 4.0 | 14.7 | 20.4 | 20.4 |
| BOS | Tolle, Payton 5348 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| SD | Sears, JP 4627 | 1.0 | 5.0 | 21.7 | 21.7 |
| ATL | Elder, Bryce 4709 | 4.7 | 9.7 | 24.4 | 24.4 |
| NYM | Peralta, Freddy 3965 | 0.0 | 14.7 | 65.9 | 84.6 |
| MIL | Misiorowski, Jacob 5200 | 15.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 21.0 |
| SF | McDonald, Trevor 5297 | 3.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| KC | Wacha, Michael 3276 | 5.7 | 15.8 | 52.7 | 87.4 |
| CHW | Fedde, Erick 4065 | 4.7 | 7.4 | 29.9 | 34.6 |
| TEX | deGrom, Jacob 3343 | 9.7 | 20.7 | 55.5 | 160.9 |
| DET | Flaherty, Jack 3971 | 3.0 | 11.4 | 34.4 | 68.7 |
| CHC | Taillon, Jameson 3658 | 1.0 | 11.1 | 44.2 | 70.6 |
| MIA | Junk, Janson 4697 | 2.0 | 6.7 | 8.4 | 8.4 |
| HOU | Blanco, Ronel 4959 | 0.0 | 3.0 | 13.7 | 13.7 |
| WSH | Alvarez, Andrew 5274 | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| COL | Freeland, Kyle 3763 | 2.7 | 6.7 | 27.4 | 47.8 |
| ATH | Springs, Jeffrey 4372 | 4.0 | 12.7 | 35.1 | 35.1 |
| ARI | Bratt, Mitch* | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| CIN | Abbott, Andrew 4839 | 1.0 | 11.7 | 27.7 | 27.7 |
| SEA | Kirby, George 4595 | 2.0 | 13.0 | 53.5 | 53.5 |
| STL | Leahy, Kyle 5001 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 7.7 | 7.7 |
| LAA | Soriano, Jose 4884 | 9.7 | 22.4 | 26.4 | 26.4 |
* Player has yet to earn any career Box-Toppers points.
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